Basic Course: Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun: These are NRA approved multi-student courses designed to impart safe firearm handling skills and attitudes in addition to teaching basic marksmanship skills on the firing range. These courses will impart the minimum necessary standards of firearms handling skills and attitudes to form a foundation for further, safe development of your shooting skill and shooting sports enjoyment. These courses are ideal for prospective firearms purchasers but also serve as a comprehensive refresher for current firearms owners.
Home Firearm Safety Course: The Home Firearm Safety course is structured to provide the firearm owner with the knowledge, attitudes and skills to properly and safely handle and store firearms in the home. While this is an affordable, must attend course for new firearms owners, this course is also particularly valuable for those spouses who wish to acquire the attitudes and skills necessary to safely handle their spouses firearms should that become necessary. Households with children should consider this course an absolute necessity.
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Atlanta Firearms Training Courses
Basic Defensive Pistol: The NRA Basic Pistol course conveys the minimum skills to safely handle and shoot your pistol, however it does not teach advanced concepts of marksmanship, shooting on the move, shooting from cover, shooting in a dark home, reloading while moving, and other advanced pistol handling skills. For new concealed carry permit holders this course gives you the foundation to safely and effectively carry your pistol. This course by AFT will establish basic proficiency in these skills that can be practiced and honed by the student on their own time.
Introduction to Combat Pistol Skills and Games: Two organizations, the International Practical Shooting Confederation and the International Defensive Pistol Association schedule scenario-based competitions where the basics of combat pistol skills can be practiced and employed. These competitions required specific firearm handlling skill sets and high levels of marksmanship. Since these competitions are "action pistol" competitions requiring drawing from a holstered gun, rapid fire, target-to target transitions, shooting on the move, etc., a firm foundation in the related skills is essential for safely competing in these games. This course provides a safe introduction to the skills required in these competitions.
Introduction to the AR-15: This course is oriented to the new AR-15 owner. This course familiarizes the owner with the history of the AR-15, its component parts, maintenance and cleaning, and the accessories typically available for the rifle. This is a one day course divided up between classroom time and range time. You do not have to own an AR15 to attend this course.
M4 Advanced Tactical Carbine Block I: This advanced tactical carbine course is taught by former Special Operations Unit member Chris Avery, who spent two tours in Iraq, first as a Marine Force Recon Sniper during Desert Storm, and then with an Army Special Operations Unit during his 2006 rotation. This course builds on the Intro to the A15 course and conveys advanced tactical carbine skills geared toward self-defense and home defense issues taught by an instructor with extensive Close Quarter Combat experience. This course is an excellent applications course for the home owner looking to use the AR-15 as their primary home defense weapon and will also be of value to Police, SWAT team, and military personnel looking for a quality tune up in their carbine skills.
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