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Basic Handgun
Special offer: students of this course receive a $30 discount on another core class with Defensive Carry Training!
Not comfortable around guns?
New to the world of gun ownership, and
not sure where to start?
Of the three core USCCA classes, this is a great beginning.
But it is much more than simply a beginners training!
The emphasis is on gaining comfort, confidence, and wisdom in safety and responsibility.
You will learn the essential safety rules of gun ownership: how to safely handle, use, and store firearms.
Topics include:
- Understanding semi-automatics & revolvers
- Clearing a gun to a safe condition
- Magazines and how they work
- Selecting a handgun
- Ammunition components & calibers
- Common malfunctions
- Other uses of force
- Defensive shooting fundamentals
- Proper grip
- How to sight a gun for firing
- Trigger control
- Gear & gadgets for guns
- Basic & Advanced Skill development
- And more!
No live guns or ammunition in the classroom.
All training is done with safe, non-live firing devices.
Course includes the full-color, richly illustrated 270-page USCCA textbook.
Click the image above to sign up for this class.