Range Familiarization and Good Citizen Class:
Never held a firearm before? Worried that everyone else knows what to do and you DON'T know what to do? Want to move at your own pace and not be forced to feel unsafe to keep up with others? Then this is the class for you.
GOALS:
- Help you become comfortable with the handling, grip mechanics, and general usage of modern pistols
- Start to develop range “good citizen” habits (your peers of the future will thank you)
- Take slow steps to manage the totally normal fear that comes with your first time on a live range.
- Best understand what your next steps should be if you want to take them. This is YOUR journey and no one else's.
Safety and comfort (both intellectual and physical) will be the highest priorities of the day. We will focus on using low recoil pistols to build your skill around the platform. The starting point will .22 pistols to get comfortable and can move to 9mm if you and I feel both comfortable with taking that step.
Length: 90-120 minutes
Cost: $199 plus cost of ammo (based on current market price)
Includes: Use of our firearms, plus ear and eye protection if you do not have your own.
Where: Harvard Sportsmen Club (or your local range if available)
Pistol "Getting to Know You" Session
An entire experience dedicated to the most frequently asked question we receive: “Which gun should I buy first?”.
Well, let’s go to the range and try a bunch of them! It’s the only way to really know where you stand today in your training journey. We can spend as much or as little time as suits your needs with any particular pistol or revolver.
Goals:
- Experience as many pistols as we safely can within the time allotted.
- Save $$ by eliminating options that do not work for you. (ie: Glocks don't feel awesome in my hands, but you might very well love them)
- Full size, compact, single stack, pocket size… Let's figure out which size gun works for your body and your lifestyle.
- .22lr, .380, 9mm… which caliber can you safely and reliably use to train and potentially carry within a self-defense context.
Length: 90-120 minutes
Cost: $199 plus the cost of ammo (based on current market price)
Includes: Use of our firearms, plus ear and eye protection if you do not have your own.
Where: Harvard Sportsmen Club (or your local range if available)
Drill for Skills: Level 1
You’ve got a “grip” on the basics (Grip/Structure, Targeting, and Trigger Press), so now it’s time to move on to a larger understanding of the defensive pistol and its usage. This is a massive topic and we typically expect students to stay in this area developing these skills for quite some time. These skills include but are not limited to:
- Drawing from a Holster (Outside the Waistband)
- Gear and carry positioning that works for you and your life
- Movement
- Working through Malfunctions
- Awareness: How to correctly scan and assess the environment and everything in it
- Cover Vs Concealment
Length: 2 hours
Cost: $200 plus the cost of ammo (based on current market price)
Requirements:: Bring your own defensive carry firearm, OWB holster, ammo (200-300 rounds), Minimum 3 magazines, Ear and Eye protection, Notebook, Range appropriate clothing, and footwear (no open-toe shoes/sandals).
Where: Harvard Sportsmen Club (or your local range if available)
Skills: Level 2
OK, it’s time to move. You’ve built the skills included in Level 2, and we both feel confident in your abilities. Let’s move on by adding three major challenges to everything listed above:
- Working from Concealment.
- Movement and unorthodox firing positions
- Multiple Target Engagements
These three major concepts represent a wide scope of defensive firearm training. How far we are able to go with it depends on your skill, time commitment, and focus. It’s your life, you decide how you want to get ready to defend it!
Length: 2 hours (can customize to longer sessions as need be)
Cost: $200 plus the cost of ammo (based on current market price)
Requirements:: Bring your own defensive carry firearm, OWB holster, ammo (200-300 rounds), Minimum 3 magazines, Ear and Eye protection, Notebook, Range appropriate clothing, and footwear (no open-toe shoes/sandals).
Where: Harvard Sportsmen Club (or your local range if available)