
NRA Basic Courses
NRA Basic Courses are available to groups upon request. To request a course, please contact us.
The NRA Basic Courses include training in Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun, Home Firearms Safety, Personal Protection in the Home and Reloading. Other than the Personal Protection course, each of the shooting disciplines are designed to teach the recreational use of firearms. There are no prerequisites (other than Personal Protection) and each course includes a student handbook and certificate upon successful completion of the course.
Course Fees: $100 + Ammo
NRA Basic Pistol
The most basic handgun course, this class offers the fundamentals of handgun marksmanship for sport or plinking pleasure. .22 semi-auto pistols and ammo are supplied. NRA textbook and certificate included. Although this is not a self-defense course, students will have the opportunity to try out a wide variety of different types of handguns of larger calibers as a separate option in the class.
NRA Personal Protection in the Home (PPiH)
For experienced handgun shooters, this is the NRA’s self defense course which information about using a handgun for self defense. Levels of awareness, defensive mindset, and defensive accuracy are the focus of this day-long course. Shooters will learn to deal with the pressure of “stress fire” and how to compensate for the lack of fine motor skills under duress. NRA textbook and certificate are included.
NRA Basic Rifle
Learn the fundamentals of four-position rifle shooting for sport, competition shooting, or hunting. Thorough training in standing, prone, kneeling and sitting, the course also includes live-firing with a .22 rifle from each of these positions. Naturally the elements of safe gun handling are emphasized along with the safe storage, cleaning and maintenance of a rifle. NRA textbook and certificate included.
NRA Basic Shotgun
The most basic handgun course, this class offers the fundamentals of handgun marksmanship for sport or plinking pleasure. .22 semi-auto pistols and ammo are supplied. NRA textbook and certificate included. Although this is not a self-defense course, students will have the opportunity to try out a wide variety of different types of handguns of larger calibers as a separate option in the class.
NRA Home Firearm Safety
A non-shooting course dedicated exclusively to storing and caring for a firearm in the home. This is a short four-hour course and includes a special segment for parents, introducing the highly-touted NRA Eddie Eagle Child Safety program, with special emphasis on how to approach children with gun safety. Every parent must learn how to “gun proof” their children! NRA textbook and certificate included.
NRA Basics of Reloading (Metallic Cartridge)
Covers everything from brass prep, bullet, primer, and powder selection, shotshell reloading, plus tips on reloading all the major rifle and pistol calibers on both single stage and progressive reloaders. This is hands-on training; participants will actually load ammunition as part of the class.
