Posted: 8/3/2008 12:12:27 PM EDT
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HANDGUN-1 COURSE by Defensive Edge When: August 16, 2008 Where: Princeton, MN Cost: $175 (Registration available through our website) The Handgun-1 Course is designed for the novice shooter or remedial training for the more experienced shooter. The handgun is primarily a defensive weapon. Small and easy to conceal, it is often the first choice when selecting a firearm for defense. The handgun is the most difficult to master in comparison to the shotgun, carbine/rifle, or sub-machine gun. If you are going to be relying on a handgun for self-defense, then you better be able to use it properly. Our emphasis is to introduce the Fundamentals of Firearms Safety to the novice, and will teach the skills necessary to properly use the revolver and semi-automatic handgun in a self-defense situation. Note: This is not a sit down course, as you will be on the range working from a holster with lots of hands on training. SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THIS COURSE QUALIFIES FOR A MINNESOTA PERMIT TO CARRY. The hands-on course will cover the following: • Legal aspects of owning, transporting, and using a firearm for self-defense • Tactics of self-defense • Proper Stance • Grip • Draw Stoke/Presentation/Reholstering • Sight Alignment/Sight Picture • Trigger Press • Reloading • Malfunctions • Firearms Safety Issues (range/home/on-off duty) • Ballistic Issues • Cleaning and maintenance Student Equipment Needed: • Handgun (revolver or semi-automatic) • Two speed loaders or three magazines & 300rds Ammunition • Concealment Garment (you will be working from concealment) • Holster with Thumb break (hip) “no shoulder rigs” • Hearing and Eye Protection CY6 Greg Sullivan "Sully" Chief Instructor SLR15 Rifles TheDefensiveEdge.com |
What we allow are any type of holster that is safe and has some type of internal retention device or a thumb break. There are many leather, and Kydex type holsters that work well for day to day carry. Internal retention holsters that either lock the gun into the holster by pressuring or locking into the trigger guard or ejection port. A thumb break holster might or might not have some type of internal locking or friction device, but would have some type of a strap of that wraps over the back of the slide that usually snaps and locks down, to release the strap you need to press with the thumb and unsnap before you can draw the pistol from the hooster. Good examples are: Thumb Break  No Thumb Break but has internal retention  This type of holster is not allowed in our classes:   Due to class safety in our Handgun-1 courses we dol not allow crossdraw, tanker rigs, shoulder rigs, ankle rigs, bellybands, underwear or appendix carry. If you need a Handgun-1 course training on this type of carry then we are happy to schedule you a private session. CY6 Greg Sullivan "Sully" SLR15 Rifles TheDefensiveEdge.com |