DEFENSIVE PISTOL SKILLS PROGRAM
If you attend and pass the following classes with KR Training, you will receive a certificate and challenge coin in recognition of completion of our Defensive Pistol Skills Program. The complete program is equivalent to curriculum offered by other national schools covering similar material, such as Gunsite 250 or MAG-40. This program is also equivalent to completing:
- NRA Basic Pistol (8 hours)
- NRA Personal Protection In The Home (8 hours)
- NRA Personal Protection Outside The Home (14 hours)
and 10 hours of training beyond the NRA curriculum, including force-on-force scenarios and low light shooting.
REQUIRED COURSES (33 hours)
- Texas License To Carry (5 hours): State laws, LTC shooting & written tests
- Defensive Pistol Skills 1 (4 hours): Basic response to threat, draw from holster, scan
- Defensive Pistol Skills 2 (4 hours): Use of cover, malfunctions, reloads, movement
- Defensive Pistol Skills 3 (6 hours): One handed shooting, multiple threats
- Personal Tactics Skills (3 hours): criminal behavior, managing unknown contacts
- Beyond Basics Handgun (4 hours): Improvement in speed and accuracy, 5-15 yards
- Advanced Training 2 Scenarios (4 hours): Armed movement in structures, force on force scenarios
- Low Light Shooting 1 (3 hours): Flashlight, weapon mounted light, and laser techniques
ELECTIVE COURSES (7 hours)
- Basic Pistol 2 (Defensive Pistol Essentials)
- Defensive Pistol Skills Small Gun
- Skill Builder
- Open Carry Concepts
- NRA Defensive Pistol
- Competition Pistol 1
- Preparedness Level 2
- Home Defense Tactics
- Handgun Coaching
- Texas Concealed Handgun License (original 10-15 hour version)
- any other KR Training class taught by KR Training staff
Any combination of these courses providing 7 or more hours of additional training for a total of 40 or more hours of training in defensive pistol skills.
OLDER CLASS EQUIVALENCY
Completion of our (discontinued) Advanced Training weekend is equivalent to:
- Defensive Pistol Skills 1
- Defensive Pistol Skills 2
- Personal Tactics Skills
- Advanced Training 2 Scenarios
- Low Light Shooting 1
Graduates of that older program would need these additional courses to qualify for the coin:
- Texas License To Carry (4-6 hour version, from any state certified trainer)
- Defensive Pistol Skills 3
- Beyond Basics Handgun
- and one of the elective courses
GUEST INSTRUCTOR COURSES
The program only recognizes courses taught by KR Training staff, except for the Texas LTC and older 10-15 hour CHL course. The certification is based on completion of our curriculum. Classes attended with guest instuctors we've hosted cover many of the same topics but do not meet program requirements.
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
- 70% or higher on Texas LTC written test
- 90% or higher on Texas LTC shooting test
- 90% or higher on Three Seconds or Less shooting test
