Gunsite Academy - Teaching responsible, safe and effective use of small arms in self defense

250 Pistol Class – Arizona

The 250 includes five solid days of range work, lectures and intensive indoor, outdoor and low light, live fire simulators. You will be in control of your immediate environment. All certificates are graded and many lifelong friends will be identified during this experience.
350 Intermediate Pistol Class

350 Intermediate Defensive Pistol: Continuing “The Gunsite Experience”: 350 is the natural progression in the Modern Technique of the Pistol. Move! The 350 course focuses on movement- You will not be standing still on the line as everything will be done with different types of movement. Getting off the line of attack, shoot then move,… Learn More >>
223 Carbine Class

The Modern Technique, as applied to the carbine. Learn to manage your environment from arm’s length to 300 yards. This course will help you become thoroughly familiar with your carbine and your capabilities with it. This course we will cover all the important aspects of marksmanship, gun handling and mindset. You will shoot from a variety… Learn More >>
270 Rifle Class

The Rifle is “The queen of personal weapons”, according to Jeff Cooper. The Gunsite 270 Class is to the rifle what the Modern Technique is to the pistol. This is a comprehensive course in the essential elements of safety and field rifle-craft. It should be mandatory for all young boys and girls prior to achieving… Learn More >>
260 Shotgun

260 is The Modern Technique as applied to the defensive shotgun. You will now be in command of one of the least-understood but most prolific weapons systems available. Effective out to and beyond 100 yards, the defensive shotgun’s flexibility and versatility demands a special set of manipulation skills, making it a “thinking person’s” weapon system.… Learn More >>
Long Range Rifle Class

This course covers the techniques required to achieve first round hits out to 800 meters and beyond under a variety of conditions, circumstances and distances. Range estimation, scope adjustment and zeroing, minute of angle theory, external ballistics and weather effects are just a few of the topics that are covered. You’ll be instructed in shooting moving… Learn More >>

Gunsite offers firearm training to elite military personnel, law enforcement officers and free citizens of the US.

We knowledgeable Americans take our rights very seriously, and the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States guarantees each citizen the right to keep and bear arms. However, with each right comes an equal responsibility to discharge that right effectively, legally, safely and within the bounds of morality. Rights demand responsibility.

Owning a piano does not make one a pianist any more than owning a handgun makes one a good shooter. Only an effective, safe and authoritative program of study can guarantee that in a moment of danger YOU will act to protect yourself, your loved ones or the ones you are sworn to with self defense firearms training skills.

I just had to write a little bit about a great course I just finished. On March 17, 2017, I completed the Gunsite 250 Defensive Pistol class at Colonial Shooting Academy in Richmond, VA. What a class! Five (5) days filled with instruction and shooting on a variety of topics. Lot’s of shooting to reinforce the topics. We covered reloads (tactical and speed), malfunctions (all types with practical exercises), shooting drills for score, the El Presidente drill, the failure drill, low light, no ligh…

250 Defensive Pistol class at Colonial Shooting Academy in Richmond, VA