Rifle Proficiency | September 6, 2025 | Orem, Utah

SUMMARY:

This class builds from Beginner Rifle and adds a number of new variations to improve and expand on the fundamentals.

• Multiple shooting positions (Standing, kneeling, prostrate, etc.)
• Home defense movement, strategies and techniques.
• Rifle safety best practices.
• Fundamentals of Rifle movements, sight, grip, trigger.
• Body mechanics while moving.
• Presentation drills.
• Target acquisition and vision training.
• Follow-up shots-Target transitions.
• Field Stripping your rifle.
• Use of a Sling.

• How to determine and set a “zero” on your rifle.
• Rifle Safety best practices.
• Fundamentals of Rifle manipulations.
• Proper sight alignment.
• Loading and Unloading your firearm.
• Managing recoil.
• Body Positioning.
• Rifle presentation drills.
• Target Acquisition.
• Vision Training.
• Follow up shots for target transitions.

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

PRICE: $250

SETTING: Range

This course will have a short safety briefing before entering the range and will then be help entirely in the range.

You will be shooting in front of the regular range bays.

Eye and Ear protection must be worn at all times while in the range. (electronic ears are recommended)

MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 12

PREREQUISITE: Beginner Rifle – or equivalent training or experience.

REQUIRED GEAR:

• Ear protection
• Eye protection
• Suitable range attire
• Closed toe shoes
• Shooting pad is optional
• 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.
• 300 rounds of ammunition
• 1 rifle magazine pouch
• Baseball style cap
• Water bottle for hydration

WHAT’S NEXT?:

After taking Rifle Proficiency and demonstrating your proficiency in safety and technique, we welcome you to join our Defensive Rifle class. If at the end of taking this course you are not sure if you have grasped the techniques taught in Rifle Proficiency, please take a moment and speak to the instructor to see if they recommend you move on to the Rifle Defensive course, it may be recommended you to attend a skills class to get more practice and build the needed skills.

These include: Skills maintenance Weapons transitions and Skills maintenance Move and Shoot.

Defensive Rifle introduces you to photo realistic targets designed to help prepare you mentally with decision making capabilities of assessing the proper use of force, justification for the use of your firearm, building on fundamental techniques while increasing the stress of the situations to allow for practice of a heightened encounters.