BASIC DEFENSIVE PISTOL
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
“A Place to Shoot”
33951 San Francisquito Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, CA 91390
Directions: www.aplacetoshoot.net
Objective: Our Basic Defensive Pistol class is an excellent introduction for new shooters, those with limited experience and/or desiring a comprehensive refresher. Our emphasis is to instill in our students a strong sense of safety, firearms proficiency, manipulation skill, and a tactical mindset, which we impart incrementally, beginning with your very first MV Tactical training course. Our instructors are skilled field operators with extensive experience teaching civilian students and law enforcement personnel. Our low student/instructor ratios (4 to 1 maximum) enhance safety and provide individual attention and quality of instruction.
Topics Covered Include:
- The Cardinal Rules of Firearms Safety—their application on and off the range
- Safe and lawful storage and transportation of firearms
- Handgun nomenclature and cycle of operation
- Care, cleaning, and maintenance
- Basic use of force law
- The fundamentals of marksmanship
- Manipulation drills & dry-fire practice
- Live-fire practice (emphasis on accuracy and recoil control)
- Engaging targets from varying distances and multiple targets
- Reloading—combat (speed) reload
- Basic malfunction clearing—failures to feed, fire, and eject
- Fun individual and team competition drills
Tuition: $295.00
Required Equipment & Ammunition: A quality semi-automatic pistol with at least three magazines (rentals available), 250 rounds of ammo, personal eye and ear protection, sturdy belt