olav_a
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My wife and I are going to take a defensive pistol course and have narrowed the field down to a couple of places.
Either Gunsite or WarriorSchool because the both offer immersion classes.
Gunsite (www.gunsite.com)is a pretty famous place as it was founded by Jeff Cooper. I was planning on taking their "250 Defensive Pistol" class that lasts 5 days. I read an article in "Guns & Ammo Handgun 20008 Annual" and the author went into great detail about the 250 class. It sounds good to me and Gunsite has quite a solid reputation.
The only negatives are my wife doesn't want to spend five days, eight hours a day in a gun course and the cost for both of us is a little prohibitive at $1,386 each (2008 prices).
WarriorSchool(www.warriorschool.com) is a pretty new establishment founded in 2002. I first read about them online in an article on "Guns & Ammo Handguns" (http://www.handgunsmag.com/tactics_training/qualified_101107/index.html). The instructors are all ex military and/or LEO. They train mostly government and law enforcement and just recently started to offer courses to civilians. I was planning to take their "Pistol Weaponcraft Package" which is a four day course.
Their description:
"This is a four day course that combines Basic Pistol, Intermediate Pistol, Home & Car Defense, and Active Shooter Response Course. The course will give you the awareness, skills, discernment and decisiveness to come home safe and be safe in your home."
The course satisfies my wife in terms of length, four days and the cost is much more in line with our budget at $650.00 each. The only negative is they are not very well known. I talked with the head instructor and he has five years active duty in the USMC and five years in the Reserves. Also, the article in the online magazine and the fact that they courses for citizens is new, therefore unknown, makes me feel that they are a legitimate, quality academy where my wife and I can learn some defensive pistol skills.
I know about other schools such as Frontsite, ThunderRanch but they are too far away or just didn't have a immersion type course that lasted long enough.
I want my wife and I to have the same training so we can both react to situations with the same mindset and understanding of what to do in an emergency/self defensive situation that's why I like to take a longish course where we both will be trained in the same skills and it will sink in more.
I have previous military experience and grew up with guns but this is new to my wife and I'm very happy that she is into trying it out. I want this to be a very positive experience for her so we can take more courses like this together and/or take courses more by myself which she will think are valuable for just-in-case-events.
So, my question is: Does anyone know anything about WarriorSchool as that is the place I am leaning because it fulfills two important criteria and since they seem to be a newer school do you think the quality of training should be fine or is Gunsite the place to be?
Thanks for any help or insights!
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Either Gunsite or WarriorSchool because the both offer immersion classes.
Gunsite (www.gunsite.com)is a pretty famous place as it was founded by Jeff Cooper. I was planning on taking their "250 Defensive Pistol" class that lasts 5 days. I read an article in "Guns & Ammo Handgun 20008 Annual" and the author went into great detail about the 250 class. It sounds good to me and Gunsite has quite a solid reputation.
The only negatives are my wife doesn't want to spend five days, eight hours a day in a gun course and the cost for both of us is a little prohibitive at $1,386 each (2008 prices).
WarriorSchool(www.warriorschool.com) is a pretty new establishment founded in 2002. I first read about them online in an article on "Guns & Ammo Handguns" (http://www.handgunsmag.com/tactics_training/qualified_101107/index.html). The instructors are all ex military and/or LEO. They train mostly government and law enforcement and just recently started to offer courses to civilians. I was planning to take their "Pistol Weaponcraft Package" which is a four day course.
Their description:
"This is a four day course that combines Basic Pistol, Intermediate Pistol, Home & Car Defense, and Active Shooter Response Course. The course will give you the awareness, skills, discernment and decisiveness to come home safe and be safe in your home."
The course satisfies my wife in terms of length, four days and the cost is much more in line with our budget at $650.00 each. The only negative is they are not very well known. I talked with the head instructor and he has five years active duty in the USMC and five years in the Reserves. Also, the article in the online magazine and the fact that they courses for citizens is new, therefore unknown, makes me feel that they are a legitimate, quality academy where my wife and I can learn some defensive pistol skills.
I know about other schools such as Frontsite, ThunderRanch but they are too far away or just didn't have a immersion type course that lasted long enough.
I want my wife and I to have the same training so we can both react to situations with the same mindset and understanding of what to do in an emergency/self defensive situation that's why I like to take a longish course where we both will be trained in the same skills and it will sink in more.
I have previous military experience and grew up with guns but this is new to my wife and I'm very happy that she is into trying it out. I want this to be a very positive experience for her so we can take more courses like this together and/or take courses more by myself which she will think are valuable for just-in-case-events.
So, my question is: Does anyone know anything about WarriorSchool as that is the place I am leaning because it fulfills two important criteria and since they seem to be a newer school do you think the quality of training should be fine or is Gunsite the place to be?
Thanks for any help or insights!
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