Handgun Marksmanship Fundamentals
Handgun Marksmanship Fundamentals
Class Level: BeginnerClass Type: Live Fire
Class Length: 2 hours
Prerequisites: Intro to Shooting Recommended
Student Provided Equipment: The student will be expected to have a reliable handgun and serviceable ammunition. A semi-automatic or a revolver is acceptable and any common handgun caliber is acceptable (no rifle caliber handguns). No holster is needed but we recommend at least two magazines or revolver loading devices (speed loaders, speed strips, moon clips, etc).
Round Count: 75-100
Handgun Marksmanship Fundamentals is a class that covers exactly what the title implies. It is a class for a pistol shooter that wants to improve their accuracy with a handgun.
Shooting a handgun isn’t difficult. Shooting a handgun well is very difficult. The majority of handgun owners are not very accurate with their handguns. Shooting a handgun accurately presents a challenge that requires a larger degree of skill than most tasks a person undertakes. We won’t presume to turn a student into a champion bullseye shooter in a single short class, but we will help the average shooter improve their basic marksmanship considerably.
The Marksmanship Fundamentals class works on the foundations of accurate shooting. We will show students the most effective means to ensure that they can operate a handgun with practical marksmanship. This is a skill required before any other skills can be mastered. If a student can’t reliably hit what they are shooting at, the rest isn’t important.
Equipment
This is the first class in our lineup that the student will provide their own gun and ammunition. We encourage shooters to take this class with whatever handgun they intend to use regularly. This is a good class to get comfortable with your particular handgun and learn to use it effectively. Any reliable handgun, semi-auto or revolver, is welcome. Just about any common handgun caliber is acceptable. Rifle caliber handguns are not permitted.Shooting for this class will be done from the shooting table in the standard lanes so no holster or magazine carrier is required. We do recommend having at least two magazines or revolver loading devices for this class so that time isn’t wasted loading on the firing line but one will suffice.
The Range
Our classes always begin with a safety brief. Once on the range we will start with a refresher on things like grip and stance. We find that most shooters have some wrinkles in this area that need to be adjusted and a little work here will often produce significant improvement. We will start shooting at close range and gradually work our way to longer ranges. During these drills the instructors will evaluate students’ techniques and results and provide feedback to help assist the student in refining their skills and correcting any bad habits that may be detrimental to accuracy.The round count for this class is 75 to 100 rounds. We will do a fair amount of dry practice during the range session and in between live fire session to reinforce good habits and help shooters make the proper techniques ingrained. The goal is good repetition to make the shooter’s habit the proper technique. We will use live fire to confirm results. Shooters will have some latitude in the number of rounds fired as we understand that ammo cost is a significant factor. It is possible to shoot more than 100 rounds if that student wants to, so it is never a bad idea to bring extra.
The Skills Evaluation
This is the first class where we will have a skills evaluation at the end. The evaluation for this course will be a simple bullseye course of fire. It is scored and based on that score we can determine if the student should focus on continuing marksmanship training or if they are ready to move on to the next level. This evaluation isn’t something to get nervous about, it is simply a tool used by our instructors to help students evaluate their own performance so they are not getting bored or getting overwhelmed.Register For This Class Here