BM-240-SHOTGUN

This two-day 14-hour,240 rounds Defensive Shotgun Course is entirely designed to manage general armed conflicts inside and outside your home. It is designed to train 4 people maximum.

Students will learn how to handle a shotgun (we recommend pump action rather than semi-automatic) for the purpose of self-defense, whether being engaged inside or outside their home. Course includes testing the five most common shotguns models/configurations used for self-defense.  

Training includes classroom study and extensive range time that incorporate exercises live-fire exercises in our 1,200 square-feet, 5-room ballistic shoot-house. The course incorporates load transitions management as well as testing your own shotgun to establish A, B and C zones through proper patterning (this has nothing to do with the shotgun patterning you may know from hunting experience).

To attend this course you will need:

• A reliable defensive shotgun (conventional pump-action is preferred)  We offer gun Rental for $50
• 200 shells (factory ammunition) of #8 to #12 birdshot.
• 20 shells (factory ammunition) of rifled slugs. Nothing fancy. X Winchester works great in most guns.
• 20 shells (factory ammunition) of 00 Buckshot (9 pellets).   
• 5 quality dummy rounds. Quality means brass head/base and plastic but non-brittle hull so it withstand heat and abuse.
• Conventional range gear

NOTE: it is your responsibility, if you bring a semi-automatic shotgun to this class, that you ensure that your gun will cycle properly with all your load on ammunition.

NOTE 2: It would be ideal if your shotgun is fitted with a shell holder. If not, bring something like a skeet belt or pouch.

Students must possess basic mastering of shotgun shooting: be safe with a firearm, accurate enough to hit a 12" plate at 10 yards.