Rifle 1: Basic

Rifle 1: Fundamental Carbine Skills

Course Overview

Rifle 1 is a foundational 12-hour course (4 hours classroom + 8 hours live-fire) designed to build practical, real-world rifle skills. This course covers safety, rifle setup, zeroing, and fundamental shooting techniques, preparing students for more advanced training.

Course Breakdown

✅ Classroom (4 Hours – Dryfire & Theory)

• Firearm Safety & Handling – foundational safety principles

• Zero Theory (50-200 yards) – holds, adjustments, and confirmation

• Hips & Natural Point of Aim – body positioning for stable shooting

• Deliberate Load & Unload – administrative and tactical loading procedures

• Ready Positions & Transitions – High Ready, Low Ready, Sewel, Over the Shoulder

• Discovering Firing Pressure Drill – understanding grip, trigger press, and recoil control

✅ Range (8 Hours – Live Fire)

• Applying Classroom Fundamentals in live-fire drills

• Zero Confirmation – practical application at various distances

• Reactive vs. Predictive Shooting – accuracy vs. speed balance

• Ready Position Drills – reinforcement through live reps

• Transitions – target-to-target and positional transitions

Course Structure

• Can be split into two days (not necessarily consecutive) for scheduling flexibility

• Students will complete both classroom and live-fire components for full certification

Why This Approach?

By integrating structured dryfire and classroom instruction, students enter the live-fire training with a solid foundation, making range time more efficient and reducing wasted reps and unnecessary ammo expenditure.

Who Should Take This Course?

• New rifle shooters or those refining fundamentals

• Shooters preparing for Rifle 2 and more advanced training

• Anyone looking for a structured, professional approach to rifle handling