150 Pistol and Offsite classes
150 Defensive Pistol
is an introductory course. You will be taught the Modern Technique
of the Pistol, focusing on safety, weapons handling, basic pistol
presentation and marksmanship skills in this three day class.
Cost: $905
Cost:
(Indiana Offsite $469) Course held at Lebanon Ind. Sheriff's Range
Cost: (Salt Lake City UT Offsite $550) Course held at the Hendrickson Range in UT
Duration: 3 days
Prerequisite: None
Ammunition:
450 rounds of training ammo, 50 rounds of frangible
Offsite Classes: Call for ammunition requirements
Equipment
250 Defensive Pistol
Defensive Pistol is the cornerstone of Gunsite
class offerings. This course will teach you to control your immediate
environment. You’ll learn marksmanship, gun handling and
combat mindset, the elements of the Combat Triad. Defensive Pistol
will give you five solid days of range work, lectures and intense
simulators (including low light). Through our systematic and dynamic
methodology you will achieve competence and great new skills. You
will emerge a stronger, more alert person, conditioned to respond
instantly to any threat. You will be prepared to prevail in an armed
encounter.
“A
life changing experience” is the way many students describe
this class. You will no longer be “afraid of the dark”,
or anything in it.
Skill
at arms is highly perishable and recurrent training is a must for
the responsible citizen. Should you ever be involved in a life or
death situation, the justice system will first question your training.
Many returning students take the 250 class again and
again, for just this reason.
Your credentials from the 250 Defensive Pistol class
are prerequisites for many of the other Gunsite class offerings.
The whole of the Gunsite curriculum is yours to choose from when
you have completed your “250”.
Cost: $1386
Duration: 5 days
Prerequisite: None
Ammunition:
1,000 rounds of training ammo, 50 rounds of frangible for simulators
Equipment
350 Intermediate Defensive Pistol
Intermediate Defensive Pistol is a natural follow-up
to what is learned in the 250 Defensive Pistol class. In 350 we review the “250” material and quickly proceed on
to advanced gun-handling skills. Then we push you for faster time-on-target.
You will shoot on the move and on moving target arrays, and you
will greatly increase your tactical skills. You will train in more
exciting simulators, both indoor and outdoor for five days and one
night.
In
350 we introduce force-on-force training. You will
use non-lethal munitions to solve problems involving walking, talking,
thinking “bad guys”! It’s the most realistic training
offered anywhere, and we want you to have the very best!
This is a great class for recurrent training, to polish skills
that have eroded since your last class.
Cost: $1600
Duration: 5 days
Prerequisite: 250 Defensive Pistol
Ammunition:
1,000 rounds of training ammo, 200 rounds of frangible for simulators
Equipment
499 Advanced Defensive Pistol
While it is true that there are no “advanced”
gunfights, we want you to be as prepared as possible when you are
faced with a deadly threat. Advanced Defensive Pistol students are
already very good shooters. At this level of skill, even
minute improvements in your technique will lead to major performance
improvements. You will have five full days of challenges and a two
evening sessions.
In
499, you’ll be trained to a very high standard
of excellence. You’ll learn one-handed manipulations and malfunction
clearances. You’ll learn how to get on target faster than
you ever believed possible. Tactical problems will increase exponentially
in complexity. In this advanced course, you’ll have more simulators
with much more emphasis on Force on Force.
Increasing
existing skill levels, acquiring new skills, less time, more targets,
a faster pace, more force-on-force, more low-light exercises, higher
standards of proficiency, and more instructors make "499"
a very rewarding experience.
Cost: $1740
Duration: 5 days
Prerequisite: 350 or expert rating in “250”
within previous year.
Ammunition:
1,100 rounds of training ammo, 250 rounds of frangible for simulators
Equipment
AT Advanced Tactical Pistol Problems
As 250 is the cornerstone of what
we offer, AT is the keystone of our pistol courses. It is an intense
three-day laboratory environment for shooters who have completed
499. This class, you’ll spend only a few
hours on the “square range” tuning up. Your time will
be spent out on the ranch in simulators. You will be working with
extremely complex tactical problems. You will be tutored by our
experienced and dynamic professional instructors. The emphasis is
not on marksmanship – you already have that. We want you to
think through tactical problems and react to changing scenarios
with speed and accuracy. Most of your simulators will be force-on-
force exercises. You will be put into situations with hard-eyed
aggressors who are alert to any sign of weakness you display. You will be expected to perform far past
what you consider to be your own potential!
Cost: $1044
Duration: 3 days
Prerequisite: 499 or Expert Rating 350
Ammunition:
950 rounds of training ammo, 250 rounds of frangible for simulators
Equipment
Close Quarters Tactics
Concerned
with your ability to handle real-world threats at bad-breath distance?
Gunsite's Close Quarter Tactics (CQT) course provides
the training solutions necessary to secure your survival. Far from
"square range" mentality, this outstanding program includes
specialized training in CQB handgun, edged and impact weapons,
hand-to-hand, ground fighting, weapon retention and disarming.
This unique course stands boldly apart from any other program,
as it includes both live fire and defensive tactics training.
Bridging the gap between fighting with a gun and fighting
with just about anything you can get your hands on this course
will train you to use your gun, improvised weapons and even your
bare hands to survive a life or death altercation at extreme
close quarters.
Scope
of study includes non-standard fighting with a handgun at extreme
close quarters, surviving a fight for your life if you're knocked
to the ground, keeping your pistol from being ripped out of your
hands in a fight, using improvised weapons to survive any violent
attack, surviving a deadly edged weapon or impact weapon attack
and effective use of your knees, elbows and bare hands to win
a fight.
Cost: $1398
Duration: 5 days
Prerequisite: “250”
Ammunition:
800 rounds pistol – 200 rounds of frangible for simulators
Equipment
Concealed Carry Weapons (CCW)
CCW classes more than satisfy the
Arizona's 8-hour requirement for Concealed Carry Permit.
The class consists of lectures and range work. Emphasizing
the criminal and civil responsibilities associated with carrying
a concealed weapon, elements of mental conditioning and firearms
theory, this course is always scheduled on the weekends. You
will experience a personal
carry system lecture and more range work than at other facilities. Renewal
must occur 90 days prior to or within 60 days after expiration. Dates marked with an asterisk* on the schedule denote a special "Shooting Day on the Range" made available on Sunday following the class for an extra tuition fee of $105.00 (minimum clients 16).
Cost: $105
Duration - 1 day
Prerequisite: none
Ammunition: No ammo package is offered with this course. A
mimimum of 100 rounds of ammunition is required. Tuition is due in full before the class day. (Tuition
does not include the $65.00 D.P.S. application fee.) A minimum of 300 rounds is suggested for the Shooting Day.
Equipment
Defensive Revolver
Gunsite Defensive Revolver is an intensive three-day class covering the practical application of the double-action revolver. Marksmanship, manipulation, care and maintenance, the employment of the revolver in tactical live fire simulators and a low light shoot are some of the subjects to be covered.
Cost: $905
Duration: 3 days
Prerequisite: None
Ammunition: 600 rounds of training ammo (Magnum or full load duty type ammunition is not necessary.)
Ladies Pistol
These two-day classes provide women with the
skills to protect themselves and their loved ones. You will acquire
all the essential self-defense skills with a handgun in a safe
and supportive environment. You will learn gun safety, marksmanship,
gun-handling and combat mindset. You will receive special attention,
and the opportunity to practice your skills in a variety of situations.
At
the end of your “Ladies-Only Pistol” class, you’ll
be calm and self-assured – able to recognize and avoid or
deal with a real-life threat.
Most
women record this experience as “life changing” with
newfound confidence and an identifiable loss of fear of the unknown
and firearms.
Having
enjoyed the “Ladies-Only Pistol” class, you
can take your skills on to our “250” course, confident
that you have all the basics for more involved course offerings.
Most
graduates return annually for recurrent training in these classes.
Cost: $554
Duration: 2 days
Prerequisite: None
Ammunition:
400 rounds of training ammo (Gloves, flashlight and kneepads not required)
Equipment