Course Description: This course is intended for people with little or no pistol shooting experience. It is an introduction to the basics of pistol shooting to shoot a handgun safely and accurately. This course focuses on a single model of handgun chosen by student and instructor.  Following the completion of the class the student will have demonstrated the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to safely practice at local shooting ranges.

Topics: basic safety, gun parts and operation, and fundamentals of marksmanship.

Length: three hours

Prerequisites: none

Required Equipment: We will provide a variety of handguns and up to 50 rounds of ammunition, eye and ear protection. Students should also bring a baseball cap (to deflect spent brass), pen and paper.

Optional Equipment: Students who own a firearm may bring it for the range portion of the class and if in the instructor’s opinion it is suitable for this class it will be included.  Student firearms are not to be brought into the classroom.

Taught by: Trenton Twining

Facility: Red's South, Oak Hill

Additional information: This class is also available privately to adults and juniors. Juniors must have a responsible parent or guardian present at all times during the course, and parents/guardians who have not had previous formal firearms training (military, police, NRA, etc.) are required to take the course along with their junior(s). We can teach this course at almost any public or private range in a single block or in segments. Costs, times and locations for private instruction will vary based on location, schedule, number of students and instructor availability.