COST: $650 (does not include lodging and meals)
Course Dates: TBD
Class size limited to 12
Lead Instructor: Joe Lidbury, <joelidbury@lightningtac.com>.
Course hours: Course begins at 8:00 AM sharp and ends approximately 4:30 PM each day. All attendees will meet in the main classroom at The Site on the first day of training.
Course description: This course is designed to give people who utilize concealed handguns realistic training and methods to carry, employ, and fight with their handgun at a variety of distances from 0 to 25 yards. The vast majority of the work in this course will be from concealment. This is not a beginner’s course and a solid foundation in weapons handling and safety is required. Appendix carry holsters are welcome and will be specifically addressed.
Course will cover:
- Defensive Handgun Fundamentals – Grip, Stance, Trigger, Presentations, Recoil Mitigation Concealment Options/Garments
- Holster Selection/Design
- Methods of Carry
- Handgun Selection
- Belts
- Off-Body Carry Options (Purses, Book Bags, Vehicle Carry)
- Practical Drawing/Shooting on the Move
- Drawing/Shooting from Concealment – Two Hand, One Hand
- Surreptitious Draw Stroke
- Holstering to Concealment
- Shooting from a Compressed Ready
- Shooting from Retention
- Disadvantaged Position Draw Work
- Mindset, Awareness, and Realities of “Gunfighting”
- Accelerated Shooting and Sighting Techniques Shooting
- In and Around Non-Combatants and Family Members
- Live Fire Situational Exercises
- Bug repellent (gnats can be thick during Spring and Summer months)
- Semi-automatic handgun
- Three magazines (double-stack) or six magazines (single-stack)
- Concealable Holster – Inside the Waistband (IWB), Outside the Waistband (OWB), Appendix IWB (AIWB)
- Ankle holsters will be covered but not recommended as primary means of carry, no shoulder rigs
- Concealment Garment –Closed Front (Sweatshirt, T-Shirt, Buttoned Shirt, etc.) or Open Front (Vest, Suit Jacket, Unzipped Sweatshirt, etc.)
- Eye and ear protection (electronic type ear protection recommended)
- Training knife (optional)
- Appropriate Range Attire
- 600 rounds of ammunition
FOID Card (Illinois resident only), Concealed Carry License w/photo or other proof of good character
Deluxe on-site lodging is available at the Black Bear Lodge. Please contact us for more information.
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