Concealed Pistol Course
 NRA "Personal Protection in The Home"

Concealed Pistol Training Course

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Direct contact information

Jerry@handguntrainingspecialists.com

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Important information you should know-------

The Michigan concealed pistol system and facts you should know - read more

"The Student Connection" programs are designed to be your one click "gateway" to our legal library, updates, training news and programs  read more

See our CCW special package price and EZ training method   - click here

CPL Shooting Skill Development training -read more

CPL Student HeadStart program - read more

CPL course overview and training options - read more

Special note: as per NRA requirements special programs such as our HeadStart, StudentSupport and any on line web based training is not a NRA approved course. These are our programs designed to help prepare you for the NRA CPL class and support you after the training. The NRA requires this disclaimer if a NRA instructor is presenting material that is not part of the approved NRA Course. This does not in anyway affect the credibility and course content of the NRA CPL course.


Instructors

Gerald Wrage - NRA Civilian and Law enforcement instructor

Legal - Michael Klockow - Attorney and legal council


NRA  approved Training

This course meets the requirements of the new CCW law (Public Act 381) effective on July 1, 2001. and Public Act 719, effective July 1, 2003. This course complies with section 5j of 1927 PA 372 effective October 1, 2004.

ccw application requirements - read more


Class completion requirements

100% class attendance

Pass a 50 question written test

25 NRA questions

25 law legal liability and use of force:  Not part of the NRA course

Range training and qualification


Course Contents

 NRA Lesson 1 : Introduction to Defensive Shooting

 NRA lesson 2 : Basic Defensive Pistol Skills 

 NRA Lesson 3: Firearms and The law: Possession, Ownership, and the Use of Deadly Force

 NRA Lesson 4: Strategies for Home Safety and Responding to a Violent encounter       

NRA Lesson 5:  Selecting a Self Defense Pistol

NRA Lesson 6: Sport Shooting Activities and Training Opportunities 

Lesson 7: Course Review and Examination

 


Shooting Skills requirement

Range shooting skill has 4 segments

Phase one - Handgun operation exercise

Phase two - Live fire evaluation

Phase Three - Qualification

Phase Four - Basic Self defense skills and

If more range training is necessary to qualify see range training options 


Range Shooting skills

Shooting  is objectives based- 

Objective:  The applicant must demonstrate the ability to safely operate a handgun and make consistent shots placements at target distances of 9, 15 and 21 ft on a 8.5 x 11 size paper target.

Live fire is required for the CPL course.

Any caliber of handgun can be used.

The applicant is not required to own a handgun.

 Prior handgun shooting experience is a benefit to the applicant but not required.

There is no rapid fire or drawing form the holster.

There is no speed shooting or combat techniques

The range course of fire objectives is designed to develop safe handgun operation and shooting skills

through repetitive "building blocks" of core procedures that produce the desired results in the reasonable amount of time. Each shooting segment will build on the previous segment through repetitive handgun operating procedures and firing additional shots with each sequence.


 RANGE procedure

We use the ACC-U-Check Target

Phase one  - Handgun operation exercise

Phase two - Live fire evaluation and warm up phase - 15 rounds fired

Demonstrate safe gun handling

State and demonstrate the three fundamental Rules for Safe Gun Handling.

Demonstrate the proper loading, cocking, uncocking, and unloading procedures

Demonstrate the ability to place shots a 9 inch paper plate  at a distance of 15 feet. see example


Phase 3 - shooting skill demonstration - 45 rounds

Target one and two at at 15 ft

Target three at 21 ft

45 rounds

Target 1  (5 X 3) 15

Target 2  (5 X 3) 15

Target 3  (5 X 3)  21

Consistent and reliable shot placement is the objective


Phase 4 - Introduction to defensive shooting - 38 rounds

Point shooting and Verbal Challenge Drill

TQ-19 law enforcement qualification target (reality based qualification)

Target placed at 8 - 10 ft feet

 24 rounds - 2 hands

14 rounds – strong hand only

Total of 98 rounds fired

 

 Equipment Required

100 rounds of ammunition (Each)

Eye and ear protection (furnished by the range)

One handgun (we have guns to use at no extra charge) - click here

One baseball cap -  Prescription eye glasses are approved as safety glasses at the range. If you wear classes and use them to shoot a hat provides a visor over you eyes to help print  ejected cases for falling behind you glasses


Optional training and knowledge development  programs


Options are available to the applicant to meet the shooting skill requirements

HeadStart program review (prior to class) - read more 

 Student Connection Program - read more

1.  Attend the 3 hour CPL range preparation class- read more

This can be a private class or in a small group.

2.  Attend the CPL training class and receive the training allowed in the time available for the class.

If the shooting skills cannot be achieved in the class range time.

3.  Additional range time - read more can be scheduled.