If You Could Go to Any Multi-Day Firearms Training Class What Would it Be?

I have a lifetime membership at Front Sight where the training is great. They offer dozens of classes. My favorite is the 4 day defensive handgun class. Frontsight.com PM me if you want some insider info.

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Taken class at Shootrite firearms academy, home of Tiger McKee. Great training, and Tiger is a very good instructor. A true “martial artist” at what he does. Been wanting to go back again just haven’t been able to make it happen.

 

Robin Brown’s (Brownie) Threat Focused Pistol course. 1500 round-count over two days...

 

Any class by Tom Givens. He’s awesome!

 

Thunder Ranch & Gunsite are both high on my list of priorities.


Front Sight is a place I will avoid.

 

Hard choice and strongly dependent on what you want to learn.

Defensive handgun shooting:
Rogers School, Gunsite, and many other Tier 1 schools

Broad Defensive use of a firearm and all the legal and ethical issues that entails: Mas Ayoob

Real-world self defense: A school that does force-on-force training with simulated encounters, simunitions, and physical contact.

IMO, most of the skills taught at “shooting schools” are low on the self defense priority list given the nature of probable violent encounters between civilians.

 

^^^^This^^^^

Dubs put it nicely. Classy guy that Dubs, Front site is no bueño. Do some research.

Shot a local carbine class this evening with a really great instructor from a competition background. One of the regular students is a retired Nam Vet that has been to Thunder Ranch twice and is going back after the first of the year. He says that the instruction is second to none but to avoid the beginner classes if you are a regular shooter. Start with Defensive Pistol 2. This is technically hearsay but I trust his opinion. If Clint owns the joint and Jason freakin Burton teaches there, good enough for me.

Edit to add: http://www.dianahsieh.com/frontsight/

I'm not looking for training from some cult leader, Tom cruise wannabe that thinks he's Neo.

 

Agreed


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Thunder Ranch

 

I’m voting Thunder Ranch as well, in part due to its proximity. In fact, I think I’m going to try to make it up there next year if at all possible.

 

ShivWorks, ECQC.

 

Thunder Ranch

 

Paul Howe at CST in Nacogdoches, TX. Great instructor with high expectations.

 

Ever go out to the Linden Gun Range? They have classes from time to time.
They host classes.

 

I’ve been to a bunch of them over the years. For a great vacation and school, my vote goes to Shaw Shooting. Great instructor and spectacular facility. You can’t go wrong with any of the big names, aside from front sight. But it’s not a big name for positive things.

 

Thunder Ranch to make it unanimous, hands down. Gunsite second choice.

 

Thunder Ranch would be my number one choice.

 

No I haven’t been out to Linden. I looked into USPSA shoots there. I was interested in getting into competition but I’ve not yet done so. I’ve struggled to find the time. I’ve trained with GrayOps at Sac Valley a few times. I will have to look into Linden’s offerings. Thanks for the heads up.

 

I would like to hit Gunsite at some point. The history associated with the place in addition to the training would be a fun experience. A plus of the whole thing would be swinging by Ted's shop and actually speaking to the man in person.