Course Description: This course is intended for people with limited handgun shooting experience, including handgun owners who have never taken a formal handgun training course. This course is recommended for anyone preparing to take the Texas CHL qualification course.

Topics: basic gun safety, gun parts and operation, fundamentals of marksmanship, and drills to improve your score on the Texas CHL shooting qualification course.

Length: four hours

Prerequisites: Basic Pistol 1 or ownership of your own handgun (and a basic understanding of how to load and shoot it). If you are a total firearms novice, you need to start with Basic Pistol 1. Basic Pistol 1 and 2 are typically not offered on the same day. Graduates of Basic Pistol 1 need to study the take-home material provided in BP 1, and preferably get in some pre-class practice on the range reviewing what was taught in BP 1, before taking BP 2.

Required Equipment: A handgun and 100 rounds of ammunition, eye and ear protection. Students should also bring a baseball cap (to deflect spent brass), pen and paper.

Optional Equipment: none

Taught by: Karl Rehn, Penny Riggs, or other staff NRA certified instructor

Facility: A-Zone range

Additional information:

Here are some photos from previous Basic Pistol courses.

Students enrolling in this course through the University of Texas Informal Classes need to bring an additional $15 to class which covers the range fee, handouts and targets. Students are expected to bring their own handguns and ammuntion, or pay us the $25 gun & ammo rental fee in addition to the range fee.