NRA Basic Pistol Shooting Course
Teaches the basic knowledge, skills, and attitude for owning and operating a pistol safely.
This course is at least 8-hours long and includes classroom and range
time learning to shoot revolvers and semi-automatic pistols. Students
learn NRA’s rules for safe gun handling; pistol parts and operation;
ammunition; shooting fundamentals; range rules; shooting from the bench
rest position, and two handed standing positions; cleaning the pistol;
and continued opportunities for skill development. Students will receive
the NRA Guide to the Basics of Pistol Shooting handbook, NRA Gun Safety
Rules brochure, Winchester/NRA Marksmanship Qualification booklet, take
a Basics of Pistol Shooting Student Examination, and course completion
certificate.
NRA Home Firearm Safety Course
The NRA's Home Firearm Safety Course is a non-shooting course and teaches students the basic knowledge, skills, and to explain the attitude necessary for the safe handling and storage of firearms and ammunition in the home. This is a four-hour course for safe gun handling that is conducted in the classroom only. Students are taught NRA's three rules for safe gun handling; primary causes of firearms accidents; firearm parts; how to unload certain action types; ammunition components; cleaning; care; safe storage of firearms in the home; and the benefits of becoming an active participant in the shooting sports. Students will receive the NRA Home Firearm Safety handbook, NRA Gun Safety Rules brochure, Basic Firearm Training Program brochure, course completion certificate, and Lesson Plan.
NRA Basic Shotgun Shooting Course
The NRA Basic Shotgun Shooting Course teaches the basic knowledge,
skills, and attitude for the safe and proper use of a shotgun in
shooting a moving target. This course is at least ten-hours long and
includes classroom and range time learning how to shoot shotguns at
moving targets. Students learn NRA's rules for safe gun handling;
shotgun parts and operation; shotgun shell components; shotgun shell
malfunctions; shooting fundamentals; range rules; shooting at straight
away and angled targets; cleaning; and continued opportunities for skill
development. Students will receive the Basics of Shotgun Shooting
handbook, NRA Gun Safety Rules brochure, Winchester/NRA Marksmanship
Qualification booklet, take a Basics of Shotgun Shooting Student
Examination, course completion certificate, and Lesson Plan.
ALSO AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR AFFILIATES:
NRA First Steps Pistol Orientation Course
This classroom and pistol range instructional program will satisfy the City of Chicago's training requirement to obtain a Chicago Firearms Permit that will entitle you to keep a firearm in your home for the defense of yourself and your family,
FIRST - Firearm Instruction, Responsibility, and Safety Training — is
the NRA’s response to the American public’s need for a firearm
orientation program for new purchasers.
NRA FIRST Steps Pistol is designed to provide a hands-on introduction to
the safe handling and proper orientation to one specific pistol action
type for classes of four or fewer students. This course is five hours long - four hours classroom / one hour range time learning to shoot
a specific pistol action type. Students will learn the NRA’s rules for
safe gun handling; the particular pistol model parts and operation;
ammunition; shooting fundamentals; cleaning the pistol; and continued
opportunities for skill development. Students will receive the Basics of
Pistol Shooting handbook, NRA Gun Safety Rules brochure, Winchester/NRA
Marksmanship Qualification booklet, FIRST Steps Course completion
certificate.