Knob Creek
NES Member
Is it worth it being an Instructor? Between people undercutting and NRA Blending and not Blending Pistol Courses.
I started instructing many years ago. Working to hold classes at a club. Typically the Home Firearms Safety Course was generally $70 for most Instructors. And the Basic Pistol $125. With sometime a reduced rate when taking both.
Now in my area in about a 8 mile radius we have about 6 gun shops offering classes as low as $49 for a three hour course.
It looks like there is a price war going on and classes are being shortened to make more of a profit. Another company is advertising to train more instructors. Do we really need more instructors or is this just a money maker?
At the same time there is talk of Massachusetts moving to require Live Fire for LTC. Most of these Shops and Instructors have no facilities to accomplish this.
Not sure where this is headed.
I started instructing many years ago. Working to hold classes at a club. Typically the Home Firearms Safety Course was generally $70 for most Instructors. And the Basic Pistol $125. With sometime a reduced rate when taking both.
Now in my area in about a 8 mile radius we have about 6 gun shops offering classes as low as $49 for a three hour course.
It looks like there is a price war going on and classes are being shortened to make more of a profit. Another company is advertising to train more instructors. Do we really need more instructors or is this just a money maker?
At the same time there is talk of Massachusetts moving to require Live Fire for LTC. Most of these Shops and Instructors have no facilities to accomplish this.
Not sure where this is headed.