I'm in Ohio, and my experience pretty closely matched the descriptions given by other Ohioans.
He was also one of the two or three guys in my class who seemed to have a hard time grasping what the instructors were saying. They regularly failed to follow instructions, even after being told repeatedly not to do what they were doing, and failed to regularly follow the simple safety rules like keeping the booger hook of the bang switch. If these guys were this bad during/after a class, I dread to imagine what they were doing before the class. ND waiting to happen.
OTOH, there was one guy there who was taking the class purely for the CCL training requirement, and he was a darn good shot. Pretty much reused the same hole on his qualification target for all his bullets. We were joking that he was wasting the cartridges.
Personally, I found the class just about perfect. I had never fired a handgun before, and really didn't know how to check to see if one was loaded or how to make it safe. I found it very informative - and now when my father-in-law digs out his collection to show me, I know how to verify that the gun is unloaded, and I'm much more comfortable (and less worried about a ND). I hope to go take their advanced class later this year.
In my case, the class was $150, all inclusive. Then I had to pay the fee at the sheriff to get my CCL, which in my case came back in 23 hours (!!).
The guy I was sharing a lane with during our practical failed. He was dreadful. We did some low-light shooting in our class, and he actually managed to completely miss the target - and it was a big target - at 21 feet.I don't know anyone who has failed the shooting portion anywhere around here.
He was also one of the two or three guys in my class who seemed to have a hard time grasping what the instructors were saying. They regularly failed to follow instructions, even after being told repeatedly not to do what they were doing, and failed to regularly follow the simple safety rules like keeping the booger hook of the bang switch. If these guys were this bad during/after a class, I dread to imagine what they were doing before the class. ND waiting to happen.
OTOH, there was one guy there who was taking the class purely for the CCL training requirement, and he was a darn good shot. Pretty much reused the same hole on his qualification target for all his bullets. We were joking that he was wasting the cartridges.
Personally, I found the class just about perfect. I had never fired a handgun before, and really didn't know how to check to see if one was loaded or how to make it safe. I found it very informative - and now when my father-in-law digs out his collection to show me, I know how to verify that the gun is unloaded, and I'm much more comfortable (and less worried about a ND). I hope to go take their advanced class later this year.
In my case, the class was $150, all inclusive. Then I had to pay the fee at the sheriff to get my CCL, which in my case came back in 23 hours (!!).