CARBINE 101 CLASS in Charlotte, NC
Skill Level: Beginner | Instructor: Mike Simpson | Time: 3 hrs. | Cost: $110.00/person
Overview
What knowledge, equipment, and skills do you need to acquire to keep your family and yourself safe?
At Carolina Sporting Arms, our guides know the biggest challenge for you is just getting started. The Carbine 101 Class makes getting started easy. We have helped hundreds of people progress from never shooting a gun before to becoming comfortable, skilled shooters.
Carolina Sporting Arms wants you to be prepared, feel safe, and be able to enjoy a new sport. We’re confident you will thrive from our guided educational opportunities and feel empowered by the experiences provided.
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?
Carbine 101 is a classroom and range-based orientation to build your training foundation. It is approximately 3 hours in length.
*No live ammo allowed in the classroom
During a Carbine 101 Class, you will receive formal exposure to:
- Safe gun handling, safety rules and guidelines
- The different carbine types and why you would prefer one over the other
- Parts nomenclature
- Proper carbine grip, stance, sight alignment, sight picture, trigger control, and other fundamentals
- Popular terms used in the shooting sports and basic functions of a carbine
- How to safely load and unload a carbine
- Field disassembly of the rifle
- Live-fire shooting fundamentals
Classroom discussion provides you with a comprehensive introduction to shooting a carbine by certified instructors that include:
- Firearm safety
- Local ownership requirements
- Shooting fundamentals
- Hands-on instruction
- How and where to continue training with your next class
This 3-hour course is the foundation of your AR-15 Carbine knowledge, and in this course, we will be going over the following points:
Range-based orientation:
- Safety, proper grip, stance
- Sight alignment, sight picture, breath control, trigger control
- Carbine-specific nomenclature, basic field disassembly of the rifle
- History, proper loading, and unloading, ammunition
- Proper adjustment and explanation of iron and red dot sights
- Cleaning techniques, products, and upgrades
Prerequisite
- Complete and Sign the Liability Waiver Agreement
- Watch the CSA safety video before being permitted to shoot
- Photo ID is required to shoot on the range
*If you have not fired a firearm before, we recommend you take one of our introductory classes: Give It A Shot, or First Shots Classes, before joining an Action Shooting Match Event.
What To Bring
Items to bring with you to class:
- Pen and paper
- Eye protection and hard shell or custom molded ear protection
- Your rifle
- Aluminum snap caps (no live ammo allowed in the classroom)
- 2 magazines with 40 rounds total
*Please arrive 15 minutes before the class to be prepared at the posted start time.
What Is Provided
- Instructional content
Refund, Reschedule, and Cancellations Policy
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“Lots of pro tips and detailed explanations of how the carbine works. Awesome course. I’d be interested in taking the next level.”
– Skyler Y.
“Proper shooting methods and addressed my disability.”
– Tom C.
“The knowledge of the firearm was superb and the instruction, delivery and presentation were great. The class & range interaction made it informative and enjoyable. Thumbs up to CSA!”
– H.M.
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