Beginner Rifle | October 29 and 30, 2025 | Saratoga Springs, Utah

Our Beginner Rifle course was created to help you get familiar with your own firearm, and feel comfortable using it, understanding the mechanics of the gun, being familiar with the way it feels in your own hands and how it reacts when you fire it.

We will cover the following material:

• How to determine and set a “zero” on your rifle.
• Rifle safety best practices
• Proper nomenclature
• Muzzle awareness
• Cycle of operations.
• Fundamentals of rifle manipulations.
• Proper sight alignment.
• Loading and unloading.
• Recoil Management
• Rifle presentation drills
• Target acquisitions
• Use of optics
• Follow-up shots

TIME COMMITMENT: 2 – 3 hour days, (for a total of 6 hours)

SETTING: 1.5 hours classroom 4.5 hours range time

This is a two day/evening class

MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 12

REQUIRED GEAR:

• Ear protection
• Eye protection
• Suitable range attire
• Closed toed shoes
• AR-15 or equivalent (if you have an unconventional rifle, please ask first before signing up for the class)
• Minimum 3 – 20+ round rifle magazines
• Minimum of 200 rounds of ammunition
• Minimum of 1 rifle magazine pouch
• Knee and elbow pads are highly recommended
• Baseball style hat with brim
• Collared / button up style shirt highly recommended
• Water bottle for hydration

DESCRIPTION:

This course is designed to ensure you have an adequate foundation and understanding of safety, handling, care, along with a new level of confidence in your ability handle and shoot your rifle.

This class will provide an environment where you can openly ask questions about anything regarding your rifle. Others attending will be novice and beginner shooters with limited experience, the material covered is designed to be non-threatening and move at a pace that allows you to gain confidence and familiarity in your abilities.

WHAT’S NEXT? Rifle Proficiency

After taking this course, participants will be prepared to take Rifle Proficiency where you will have some repetition of the above techniques along with learning movement techniques, multiple targets, loading and unloading while moving and shooting, body mechanics and follow up shots.

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Instructor Todd Nielsen or NTAC Staff

R & R Tactical
227 E Crossroads Blvd
Suite #1
Saratoga Springs, UT 84045
801-915-1108