Handgun Holster Basics

General Information

Audience

This course is designed for people with little or no holster experience that want to learn the basics of a safe holster draw from a strong-side open carry position.

Course Description

This class will prepare you to present your firearm from the holster, and re-holster safely.  Your instructor will guide you through your body’s natural reactions to a threat, and how you can leverage those effects.

In this course you begin to build a foundation for proper Defensive Shooting Fundamentals.  We’ll introduce Safety as a Concept, refine, and improve target focused sight picture, flash site picture, kinesthetic alignment to the target, defensive accuracy, and scanning the environment. 

Prerequisites

Handgun II or Best Shot Instructor recommendation 

Objectives
  • Body’s Natural Reaction Stress (threat)
  • Introduction of the “UP” Command
  • Understand Stance, Grip, Sight Alignment, Site Picture, and Trigger press.
  • Sight Validation – Marksmanship
  • Safety As a Concept – Safety, Comfort, Competence
  • Defensive Accuracy
  • Understanding Kinesthetic Alignment
  • Understanding Scanning the Environment
  • Presentation from the Holster

What to Bring

Firearm and ammunition
  • Handgun (that you intend to carry) with 3 double stack or 5 single stack magazines
  • 25 rounds of quality handgun ammunition
Equipment
  • Outside the Waistband (OWB) Holster with appropriate gun belt
    1. Holster must retain its shape without the handgun in the holster (e.g. Kydex)
    2. Holster should be worn on strong side in 3 o’clock position
  •  Magazine pouches
  •  Ear & eye protection, Baseball cap, Range-appropriate clothing (closed toe shoes, high-collared shirt)
Details

Please remember that weapons for class or to be fired on our range are to be brought in unloaded and in a case.

CLASSES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE

LOCATION

16797 Coastal Highway
Lewes, DE 19958

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