Description

Rifle Immersion: Home Defense is Valor Ridge’s Rifleman I and Rifleman: Home Defense offered over four consecutive days.  This course will prepare you to defend yourself, loved ones, and family inside your home with your rifle.  Home invasions frequently have multiple attackers at close distances.  We will teach you how to prevail in this life or death situation.

Course material during these four days is quite involved.  Topics and drills include: properly zeroing your rifle, holdovers, close quarters shooting, stoppage clearance, positional shooting, (conventional and improvised) multiple targets, marksmanship at various ranges up to 300 meters, security procedures, and surgical accuracy.  If you own a rifle and plan to use it to defend your home, this course is absolutely essential.

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

Equipment Requirements:

• Magazine-fed rifle RELIABLY ZEROED FOR 100 YARDS in an intermediate or battle rifle cartridge (5.56, 7.62×39, 5.45×39, .308, .30-06, etc…) with iron sights, optics recommended but optional.  (Bring a spare rifle if you have one, also zeroed for 100 yards.)
• Sling—two point sling is recommended.
• White light (attached to rifle)
• 700 rounds of factory loaded rifle ammunition.   M855 (Green tip) or 7n6 is fine for most drills, but we will be shooting steel on some drills so bring other non-green tip (xm193 or similar variant) and commercial 5.45 ammunition as well.
• 6 rifle magazines
• Rain gear
• Ballistic eye protection.  Lowe’s or Walmart has these. You will also need clear eye protection.
• Electronic ear protection
• Sunscreen
• Gun cleaning gear
• Pen and paper
• You will also need to bring a lunch
• Spotting scope or binoculars

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.