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Sniper / Counter Sniper Course

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Sniper / Counter Sniper Course Students

Experience the best sniper training and tactical precision rifle techniques taught anywhere! Learn to apply precision shooting skills under any all conditions, placing emphasis on how to fight with a sniper rifle instead of simply shooting bulls eyes. For experienced shooters this enhances, reinforces and tests on demand shooting & mental skills.

This is the foundational sniper course on which other courses rely and is therefore a prerequisite for some of our sniper courses. This course is offered along with the follow on Advanced Sniper and Sniper Instructor Development courses. You may register for these additional courses by selecting them as 'additional courses' during the enrollment process for this course.


Prerequisites: None

Duration: 5 days/50 hrs.

Cost: $220 per day.
For current Military, Law Enforcement, or DoD w/ valid ID: $190 per day.

Course Dates: See available dates to the right

Enrollment: Click on an available course date to the right or
enroll through our Course Listing and Enrollment System

Objectives:

  • Rifle Sight-in & Data Book Use
  • Understanding Basic Ballistics
  • Advanced Marksmanship Drills
  • Slings/Position Shooting
  • Unconventional Positions
  • Scouting, Range Est. & Sketches
  • Live-fire: Extreme angle from 220′
  • Live-fire: Urban hides exercises
  • Live-fire: Moving Targets
  • Live-fire: Multiple unknown distance ranges

 

 

Advanced Sniper Course

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Advanced Sniper StudentsThe most physically demanding course we offer. This course actually starts every night after the first five days of the Sniper & Counter-Sniper course, preparing the student and their equipment for the final two days of live fire stalking exercises.

Prerequisites: Successful completion of Sniper / Counter Sniper course. (When registering for the Sniper / Counter Sniper course, you may include this course as an additional and follow on course since we always offer the courses as a block intending for students to complete one and participate in the other)

Duration: 2 days/20 hrs.

Cost: $220 per day.
For current Military, Law Enforcement, or DoD w/ valid ID: $190 per day.

Course Dates: See available dates to the right

Enrollment: Click on an available course date to the right or
enroll through our Course Listing and Enrollment System

Objectives:

  • Shooting to 1200 yds
  • Camouflage principals
  • Ghillie suit construction
  • Stalking techniques
  • Route planning
  • Live-fire stalking exercises
 

Instructor Development Course

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For those completing our Sniper / Counter Sniper and Advanced Sniper courses, we introduce the teaching skills necessary to prepare new shooters for sniper duties. The majority of each day is taught by the students to give hands-on experience and confidence to teach these skills on their own.

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SPR - Special Purpose Rifle Course

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Designed for using the popular accurized & scoped .223 rifles from long-range engagements at 900 yards to fighting through our shoot house engaging 5 yard threats.

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