1029 Creek Nation Road
Jefferson, GA 30549

Both days will start at 0800hrs EST and run until approximately 1700hrs EST, with a 1 hour break for lunch.

This course is designed for the shooter that is a novice to the AR platform; no previous skill or experience is necessary.  It is also an excellent refresher for those that haven’t delved into the AR platform in a while.

I have set this course up as a 1- or 2-day course.  You can take 1 or both days.  The cost will be $200 for the 1-day, or $300 for both days.  I accept cash, checks, money orders and PayPal (students cover the PayPal fees).

The course is set up so that Day 2 immediately builds upon what was taught on Day 1.

Day 1 topics:
-Nomenclature and functioning, to include aftermarket accessories, “upgrades”, magazines, ammo, etc.
-Cleaning, care and maintenance
-Range safety and safe handling
-Fundamentals of marksmanship
-Loading & unloading
-Zeroing with both iron sights (fixed or backups) and optics
-Shooting from various ready positions
-Basic use of cover
-Basic reload
-Clearing a “simple” malfunction

Day 2 topics:
-Combat Mindset
-Transitions to secondary weapon (handgun)
-Shooting while moving
-Pivots and offline movement
-Multiple target engagement
-Intermediate use of cover techniques
-Clearing more "complicated" malfunctions
-Introduction to the Tactical Carbine Course

Gear list Day 1:
AR rifle or carbine, any centerfire caliber
200 rounds of ammunition
Minimum 6 magazines
Pouch or other method to carry at least 1 magazine on your person for an immediate reload
Sling
Eye and ear protection
Ball cap or other hat with at least a front brim on it

Day 2 gear list:
Same as above, with the addition of:
Handgun (revolver or semi-automatic) with holster
Minimum of 1 handgun reload on person
50 rounds of handgun ammunition
500rds of additional AR ammo
5 dummy rounds or snap caps in your AR caliber

* A word on ammunition counts.  I always ask students to bring more ammo than I think you will need.  Better to have too much and take some home than to run out partway through the day!

Dress appropriately for the weather, whatever it will be.  Comfortable attire and shoes/boots are a must.  Bring plenty of water and food for lunch.

I require students to pre-pay to guarantee their slot in the course.  Your slot is not guaranteed until your course fees have been received.  Please respond as soon as you know you want to attend; I will place you on the roster and reply with payment info.

At the end of the course, all students will receive a certificate with their course hours on it.  You can go to Precision Applications, LLC and read my resume, along with the resume of the Instructor that will be assisting me, Jeff Edwards.

Please do not hesitate to contact me with any comments, questions or concerns.

Semper Fi!
Shep

Can a SBR be used?

If it's legal it's fine with me!

Suppressors are also GTG.

Does the AR need glass or will iron sights do?

Either is just fine.

Date correction!  The correct dates are July 19-20 (Saturday & Sunday).

Where will the course be held? I am interested in going, but can't say for sure yet if I'll be in town. If the roster fills up, let me know. Thanks!

I'll give the address and directions to folks that sign up for the course. It will be on a range on private property in Winder GA. Nice place with over 150 acres to train on, but not open to the public.

When/if the course fills up, I'll post it here and take names for the Standby List. Course is about half full right now.

Slots available

So wolf ammo is a no no?

Wolf ammo is fine.

I removed the ammo stipulation. We were going to shoot some steel targets, but I've changed that.

Slots available

Slots available

Count me in for Saturday.



Maybe Sunday as well depending how well my back holds up.

Roger that!  You can attend Saturday and play Sunday by ear.

• Is there any 'shelter' onsite to get out of the sun/heat of the day?


• Is it possible to camp out there and avoid the commute?


• For the snap caps, are these going to be used for 'cycling' or just for practicing dealing with malfuctions? The reason I ask about this is because I saw that on the dummy rounds, many of them won't cycle and some even get the rims broken by the extractor.

There will be cover for sun/rain.

Not sure on camping out, I'll have to check.

They're for malfunction drills.  The Magpul ones will work just fine.

Best brand of snap caps and/or place to get them? I was googling them and Amazon came up first.

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I bought mine at Bass Pro Shops. Lyman A-zoom Snap Caps

Cabela's also carries them.

I got some off of amazon (they were cheaper, should have known better) and they were Chinese fakes. They were not Lyman, they were not to 223 spec or consistent and the primer was a very hard piece of plastic instead of the soft polymer. If you go the Amazon route, pick one of the known major companies selling them instead of the cheapest one.

The ones made by Magpul work perfectly

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Hi Shep

Don't have a minute by minute course outline and its Intro to AR so will there be any live fire malfunction drills?

That's the plan.

I've got a rifle that you can borrow, guaranteed to fail to extract everytime.



 

Sounds like that one would be hard to clear!

Any more room left? Have a friend that might want to send his wife with Mrs. DJ.

Got a few slots left

Going to email you and copy my friend so he can ask questions. He's not on the forum.

Thanks

Looking at the weather, it looks like we might get to train in the rain.

If it rains all over my wife and her friend, I'm just gonna laugh and laugh.



And then hide when she gets home.

Something about this property......last 2 classes I did up there were in the rain.

Think I'll wear a kilt on Saturday.......

       


Well, that piece of property doesn't dissapoint. I hope ya'll were a little drier today that it was yesterday.







 

MedicOC hope your back is feeling better. The weather was about as perfect as it could be for a mid-July shoot. On Sunday, no rain and never got above about 75.

Thanks for putting on a great class Shep!

Thanks!  Weather was perfect Sunday.  Heavily overcast with no rain, light breeze.  Couldn't have asked for better training weather.

My back is good, I just have to be very careful with it.  Any twinge of pain or tightness and I really slow down to prevent aggravating an old injury.



Hell, I spent all day worrying about whether I was going to get lumped into the "bag of fuck" category of student.  Jeff #1 looks like he eats prison bars for breakfast, and shits tazer barbs and handcuffs at lunch time........I  really didn't want to be on his bad side.








 

My wife said she REALLY enjoyed the class and can't wait to take another.  We are shopping lightweight AR's for her now, looking for something that has ambi controls since she's broken shooting lefty now.

D_J, your wife did great!  A joy to have in the class.

She is very excited to do some more training soon.  Do you have more AR classes posted on your site yet?

She did mention a night time pistol class, but I only have 9mm stored in 4 digits whereas I have 5.56 in 5 digits.

I'd like to do an AR course in September, if I can find a suitable range. If not, it will be late fall or early winter.

October 11 I'm doing a Combat Handgun & Lowlight Engagment Course. 8 hours, starts at approximately 1300hrs and runs through nighttime. Still have a few slots left open for it.

Which range are you doing the lowlight course?

Jefferson GA

Jefferson GA