This class will help build skills & techniques in relation to accurate defensive shooting and shot placement for the intermediate to experienced/advanced shooter. Students will learn proper sight alignment, and sight picture as well as accurate bulls eye shooting with traditional defensive pistols at various distances.
This is also a great opportunity for the advanced shooter to refresh and practice their skills as well as learn something new.
Prerequisites:
All students must understand and be able to successfully maintain all shooting safety fundamentals.
Students should know and be able to perform all aspects of safe firearm handing, loading and unloading, malfunction clearing. Students should have experience working out of and back to a holster.
Students are expected to arrive no later than 5:45pm for set up and range safety briefing.
– Range safety, orientation and proper range protocol.
– Shooting fundamentals (grip, stance, breath control, trigger control, hold control, sight picture and sight alignment, follow through).
– Dry fire / live fire drills.
– Reloading techniques.
– Strong hand and support hand shooting.
– Accuracy and speed development drills.
– Engaging multiple targets.
– Gear discussion/selection.
– Alternate shooting positions
EQUIPMENT LISTS:
All students must bring:
– Semi-automatic pistol or revolver of their choice. (a back up/second pistol is recommended in case of malfunction or failure).
– Minimum of 250 rounds of quality ammunition – more is better!
– Quality eye and ear protection.
– Four magazines minimum with magazine carriers/pouch, etc. Please arrive with magazines loaded!
– Pistol / caliber specific cleaning supplies and repair kit.
– Sturdy belt and strong side holster. Please no flimsy, dangling or cloth holsters. No Blackhawk serpa, Alien Gear, Uncle Mike’s or Fobus please! Kydex preferred. We recommend holsters from Dark Star Gear, C&G Holsters, Raven Concealment, Blackpoint Tactical, Concealment Express, 508 Holsters, Black Center Tactical.
– notepad or notebook with pen
– An open mind, humble, willing to learn attitude!
– Lunch, beverages and snacks to last the day.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:
Benjamin DeWalt is the co-founder and senior instructor of OnSight Firearms Training. Benjamin has been a life-long martial artist and firearms enthusiast, starting as a kid with long guns in western Pennsylvania. His accreditations include Sig Sauer Academy Master Pistol Instructor, Rangemaster Certified Advanced Instructor, various NRA instructor certifications, Utah Concealed Firearm Permit Instructor certification, Massachusetts State Police Certified Firearms Instructor and other instructor certifications. Benjamin has been teaching various defensive-focused shooting classes since 2005. He has also been teaching martial arts and hand-to-hand self-defense since 2010. Benjamin’s preferred classes to teach are all levels of pistol shooting, hand-to-hand combatives, and defensive shotgun.
Benjamin has trained with and learned from some of the best in the firearms training industry.
CREDENTIALS:
» Sig Sauer Academy Certified Master Pistol Instructor
