1 DAY CARBINE
This course is designed to meet the needs of the semi-automatic rifle shooter who wishes to become more familiar and more efficient in the employment of their firearm for target shooting, competition and hunting.
Topics covered:
- Firearms and Range Safety rules
- Fundamentals of shooting
- Rifle selection, accessories and set up
- Gear selection and set up
- Sling usage
- Rifle manipulation
- Loading and unloading skills
- Magazine changes (emergency, tactical, administrative)
- Malfunction clearing
- Sighting and accuracy
- Speed shooting
- Positional shooting
- Shoulder transitions
- Shooting around obstructions
- Multiple target engagement
- Shooting on the move
Required equipment:
- Reliable rifle and at least 5 magazines (5 round 10 round LAR mags are fine) - Any centre-fire, semi auto rifle will work. Generally we get the AR platfrom but we have experience with almost all modern platforms!
- Iron sights or optics
- Sturdy pistol belt, a holster that covers the trigger guard, and at least 2 pistol magazine pouches and 3 rifle magazine pouches.
- Chest rigs and drop holsters are fine. For police and military we encourage wearing operational gear (including armour)
- NO SERPA holsters!
- 250 rounds of reliable psitol ammunition, 400 rounds of rifle ammunition
- Hearing protection, eye protection and a baseball cap
- It's a good idea to pack a cleaning kit, lube and spare parts if you have them (or even a spare gun!)
- Knee and elbow pads are encouraged. You may wear gloves if you wish
- Clothing suitable for inclement weather
- Water, lunch and snacks
- Pen and pad if you wish to take notes (always a good idea)