Emergency Medicine is an important skill to have in your tactical tool box regardless of your shooting skills.Gunsite recognized the need for this life-saving skill set and had one of our staff Doctor’s (with extensive front-line military experience) develop a three (3) day course based on “Active Shooter.” This is not a shooting course, but rather learning skills necessary to keep yourself, your loved ones, your co-workers, or a stranger alive until the help can arrive. Consider how you would feel should one of these aforementioned people were shot, injured in an IED (Boston?) or … [Read more...]
March 2017 Newsletter
March Roars In Like A Lion! While the weather at the Gunsite Ranch is beautiful today ushering in the month of March, it also is roaring in like a lion and we hope it continues throughout the year! With the March schedule, it will also go out like a lion. Nothing roars quite like the Scattergun in a defensive situation and that’s what is happening on Shot Quad, York and in the Simulators today. We complete TD3 of a 260 Shotgun class today with several good citizens, staff from the US Geologic Survey in Alaska and Airmen from the USAF. Training continues through Friday. A Gunsite 160 … [Read more...]
Scout Rifle Study
Richard Mann is a Gunsite Graduate and has been seriously studying the 'Scout Rifle Concept' for a number of years. He has developed a book that can be viewed online at the following link: Scout Rifle Study Press Release LR … [Read more...]
Full Auto for Citizens
By: Cory Trapp, Rangemaster, Gunsite Academy The National Firearms Act of 1936 and Gun Control Act of 1968 set out the definitions, rules and procedures for dealing with firearms other than Title 1 conventional rifles, shotguns and handguns. title II covers machine guns, short barreled shotguns and rifles, silencers, destructive devices and a catchall category called "Any Other Weapon" (pen guns, smooth bore pistols, disguised firearms and other oddballs). When the NFA was originally conceived, the legislators understood that they could not simply ban given categories of weapons, so … [Read more...]
February Newsletter
February . . . In some of the Republic, the depth of winter, grey skies, snow that no longer is “fun” and pristine white. Col. Cooper chose wisely when he selected this area for “The American Pistol Institute.” (Now Gunsite Academy.) In the high desert of Arizona at the Gunsite Ranch, we are well into the beginning of the new year training season. Our first 250 Pistol Course a week or so ago was a challenge with rain, wind, snow, warm temperatures and back to snow. But in typical Gunsite Family fashion, the students stepped up and performed well. They especially enjoyed the visit with … [Read more...]
