Fundamental – Intermediate Handgun Training

Fundamental Tactical Handgun: Handgun I 

 This Fundamental Class is where it all starts, it covers the “fundamentals of marksmanship” and “manipulations” that are much difference than “plinking” on a range.  We’ll build a strong foundation with an emphasis on the Fundamentals of Marksmanship, learning to fight for your life.

We begin in a classroom setting on the range with an open discussion on current firearm laws, nomenclature, the legal aspects of the use of force, and much more.

We’ll move to manipulation exercises before a single round is fired, which will show you and reinforce proper Shooting Technics, without recoil.  Then we’ll move to live fire for practical live fire exercises.

The natural progression for you to continue your evolution, is to attend our Intermediate Course held the following day, to further increase your knowledge and skills to forge on with the building process by attending our Intermediate Course offered the following day.  

Handgun Safety & Responsibility is the duty of all handgun owners, this course will provide you with a strong foundation needed in today’s real world.  It is a hands-on gun safety class with a good mix of shooting and information, conducted in an enjoyable, supportive environment. 

In this class you will not only learn to handle a handgun safely, load and unload them properly.  You’ll learn the 6 basic shooting fundamentals, the 5 part draw to present the handgun in a more efficient and ergonomically movement, provide the basics for pistol marksmanship, and understand the laws concerning their use and ownership.  Basic Handgun Safety & Responsibility should be considered a minimum requirement for anyone who plans on attending this class and already owns a firearm or lives in a household that has firearms. 

Women are welcome and encouraged to attend.  Teenagers (16+) are welcome if attending with an adult.  

Some of the Subjects Covered: 

• Firearms Safety – The proper way to handle a handgun, loading and unloading safely, and storage of a firearm in the home 
• Marksmanship – The proper way to hold a firearm, aligning the sights, and pressing the trigger
• Handgun Maintenance – Disassembly, Cleaning, and Safe storage
• State Law – Ownership and possession, Transportation, and Concealed Carry Permits
• Justifiable Self Defense – When is a firearm legal to use in self defense, use-of-force considerations, dealing with the police after a self-defense confrontation
• 5 Part Draw
• Loading, Unloading, & Reloading

 Required Equipment:

• Modern Working Handgun (380, .38/357, 9mm, 40, 45, 10mm – approved by instructor)
• Note Pad & Pen/Pencil
• 250 rounds of ammunition
• Three magazines or speed loaders (minimum)
• Magazine pouches
• Belt holster (Strong side, Open, Concealed, Duty or Tactical)
• Hearing protection (electronic preferred)
• Eye protection 
• Base Ball Style Cap (recommended)
• Personal Water Supply 
• Weather Appropriate Gear (Rain gear / Cold Weather gear (seasonal) sun screen, etc.)
• Clothing suited to strenuous activity as well as being seasonally appropriate (no shorts)
• Knee and elbow pads (optional)
• Magazine Loader (Butler Creek’s Up-Lula is recommended by previous students)
• Gloves (optional)
• An open mind 

Weather does not dictate the fight nor should it affect your training! Wear weather appropriate clothing.

No shorts or open toed shoes will be allowed!  

Intermediate Tactical Handgun: Handgun II

Real defensive shooting can happen in any circumstance and when we are least expecting it. Train to initiate or return fire in worst-case situations and environments, in awkward body positions with a moving attacker.  

In this course, we’ll cover , Firearms Safety, including Range Safety and Commands, Dry-fire Practice, Modes of Readiness, Principles of Personal Defense, Introduction to Tactics, Drawing and Shooting from a Holster, Introduction to Movement: Shooting While Moving, Weapon Hand and Reactive Hand Shooting, How to Clear Malfunctions, Timed Drills to Improve Your Ability to Function Under Stress, Multiple Shots on a Single Assailant, Multiple Shots on Multiple Assailants, Point Shooting vs. Sighted Shooting, Extreme Close Quarters Shooting, Cover and Concealment: Engaging targets from cover, Extra: Friendly, fun competition events on reactive targets! 

Eligibility Requirements: 
This course is NOT designed to teach first-time beginners how to shoot. You must already have had some training, and possess solid, safe gun handling skills. 

We teach, and you learn through positive feedback which builds self-confidence.  We believe that you should not only develop good shooting skills, but the confidence to apply those skills in a self-defense scenario, if the need arises.  

The overall pace of the course is at a medium, steady speed, with many repetitions and breaks to review and assess your performance. For many of the exercises, you will work in teams of two. 

You must be physically capable of performing the movement drills – specifically, moving forward, back, and side to side in unison with the line of shooters.  While these drills are not strength or stamina intensive, they require good concentration, coordination and, above all, total adherence to safety. 

Careless/unsafe gun handling practices are not permissible and will be cause for removal from the line faster than you can blink.

Required Equipment:

• Modern Working Handgun (380, .38/357, 9mm, 40, 45, 10mm – approved by instructor)
• Note Pad & Pen/Pencil
• 350 rounds of ammunition
• Three magazines or speed loaders (minimum)
• Magazine pouches
• Belt holster (Strong side, Open, Concealed, Duty or Tactical)
• Pants with belt (no shorts)
• Hearing protection (electronic preferred)
• Eye protection 
• Base Ball Style Cap (recommended)
• Personal Water Supply 
• Weather Appropriate Gear (Rain gear / Cold Weather gear (seasonal) sun screen, etc.)
• Clothing suited to strenuous activity as well as being seasonally appropriate (no shorts)
• Knee and elbow pads (optional)
• Gloves (optional)
• An open mind

Recommended but not required:

• Pants w/cargo pockets
• Magazine Loader (Butler Creek’s Up-Lula is recommended by previous students)

*** Prerequisite: Certificate of completion from our Fundamental Handgun Course. 

Special Note: Please refrain from trying to bypass or second guess our prerequisites by citing numerous other courses you’ve attended.  Gray Ops’ doesn’t know you or the other schools you’ve attended and from our experience these courses are not up to our required standards.  This assessment is purely about safety.  This includes current CCW permit holders.  An exception might be made on a case by case basis for active duty law enforcement and combat military veterans with handgun experience only.