Description

Pistol Immersion: Home Defense is Valor Ridge’s Pistolcraft I and Pistolcraft: Home Defense classes combined over 4 consecutive days.  With home invasions on the rise, having the skills and knowledge to protect your loved ones against violent criminals has become a critical reality.  If you own a pistol and wish to maximize your effectiveness both inside and outside your home, then you need to take this class!

During the first two days you will be guided through proper marksmanship, draw and presentation of the pistol, mental aspects of fighting such as attitude and purpose, pistol manipulations with one and two hands, stoppage clearances, and shooting while moving.

During the final two days, you will learn: room and hallway clearing techniques, close quarters shooting techniques (CQB) precision marksmanship, low-light shooting, target discrimination, and how to effectively deal with home invasions with multiple attackers.  The course also includes legal and law enforcement considerations.

Training is only open to legal, US Citizens or permanent residents (green card holders) per ITAR  (22 CFR §§120-130)

Required equipment list:

• Pistol (Bring a spare pistol if you have one)
• Magazines to hold 50 rounds per drill.  (Double stack mags=4-5.  Single-stack mags=7-8)
• 700 rounds of factory ammunition
• Quality kydex or leather holster that stays open during reholstering.  Soft holsters are not allowed in our courses.
• Belt
• Ballistic eye protection.  Lowe’s or Walmart has these.
• Electronic ear protection
• Pen and paper
• Sunscreen
• Bug spray
• Rain gear
• Gun cleaning gear
• You will need to bring a lunch

There is no minimum age to take this class.  However, students under 18 years of age are required to attend the class together with a participating adult.