Classes for rifle/shotgun

[ace]

i would like to learn basic rifle and shot gun skills. Does anyone know of any classes in Philadelphia or Mont. or Bucks area?

[aubie515]

You can visit the NRA website and they can direct you to NRA certified people. If you go to French Creek Outfitters in Phoenixville...look up George or Stan because they are NRA certified.

I was going to to get my certification, but I never got around to it. You could just meet some members on this forum and go shooting. If you are willing to learn and you aren't careless in your approach, you can join us anytime at my gun club.

[MarcS]

That's a good way to get started. If you want to pursue fighting skills and tactics with those weapons, then you have to start traveling.

[ace]

Thanks for the suggestions. I am new to shooting and did not think of the NRA site. I was able to find a club relativly close that can get me started. Thanks again.

[dgg9]

Originally Posted by ace

i would like to learn basic rifle and shot gun skills. Does anyone know of any classes in Philadelphia or Mont. or Bucks area?

I don't know of any formal basics classes. Indoor ranges will have basic pistol classes, but (in this area) no long gun classes. I just went to ranges and asked for help, which was not the best way to get started, but got me from up from zero.

I would say, go to a formal class by any of these people:

http://www.f-r-i.com

http://www.insightstraining.com/en_us/

...who tend to get to Easton and Harrisburg.

John Farnam brings his "Urban Rifle" class to the area:

http://www.defense-training.com/

I wish there were more training in the immediate area.

[MarcS]

Originally Posted by dgg9

I wish there were more training in the immediate area.

If there was a suitable range in the area, i'd sponsor and promote all the time. The problem is all the ranges either have limited facilities or obscene restrictions.

[dgg9]

Originally Posted by MarcS

If there was a suitable range in the area, i'd sponsor and promote all the time. The problem is all the ranges either have limited facilities or obscene restrictions.

Yes, you're right. There are ranges in the area, both indoor and outdoor, that have all the right facilities. But they absolutely refuse to bring in weekend classes, because their revenue comes from walk-ins who come to shoot on the weekends.

Every few years, I try sponsoring a class in the area. I call all the ranges, and get the same story. Either:

1. NFW under any circumstances, or
2. Not on weekends.

Other ranges jerked me around by feigning interest, and making me put everything in a typed prospectus, which I sent to them and they never read.

Classic Pistol will, and does, bring in classes, but the narrow, 5-lane bay they rent is not especially useful -- it breaks the class into too many shifts. Still, it's an option, but not one I could be motivated to use.

Basically you need someone training-oriented to buy a range, then bring trainers in, as the "Responsible Shooter" range did. However that place went under after only a few years, so maybe that's not a viable business model.