what to expect from CHL class?

[22-rimfire]

If your shooting test is the same as mine, you will be shooting the same silhouette target for all your shots. They count "holes" to score you, so if you shoot them all in the heart area, the holes will blurr together. So, spread them out and use the heart area for the longer distance shooting. Take your time; it's easy.

I used full loads in a 357 revolver in my state as TN does not have the semi-automatic rule vs revolver. I had only shot the gun a couple times prior to taking the class. It was a new 3" GP100. Should have used my Glock 23 as it would have been easier.

 

[Hemicuda]

WOw, for my CPL class (Michigan) we had to shoot a few rounds (some fired less than 25 rounds) at 21 feet, from a handgun...

One guy had a Davis .32, I used a Dan Wesson 15-2HV .357 Mag and a Smith & Wesson 5904 9MM Para., one guy a 10" Taurus Raging Bull in .454 Casull, wearing a scope, there were a couple .38 Smitty J-frames, a .22 Ruger MK II, and a Desert Eagle .44 with a 14" target/hunting barrel and a scope... I ended up goung home for my Contender, and my scoped 7MM-TCU and 7X30 Watters barrels... (we were having fun, and I was only 2 miles from home!)

we (3 or 4 of us) were attempting to qualify at 50 yards with the Taurus, the Thompson, and the Desert Eagle... 2 of us managed good enough scores to make it!

All that was required was some proficiency with a gun... a reasonable score at 7 yards... the rest was just fun!

 

[Spreadfire Arms]

I'd personally be wearing 5.11 Royal Robbins pants with a bandana in the thigh pocket to wipe glasses. I'd have my wallet in the front pocket and my cellphone turned OFF in the other pocket. Trash goes in the back pocket. My regular glasses. A black turtleneck capilene undershirt with a CMP pocket polo shirt over it. Plugs and muffs. Texas Highpower Rifle Team ball cap with Distinguished pin and NRA High Master pin. Muffs over the hat. Desert Combat Boots.

don't forget your Level IV SAPI plates taped to your back to repel any .308 or .30-06 rifle fire.

 

[Baba Louie]

The classes I took were extensive with mucho handouts for our own 3-ring binder and they were videotaped. The knowledge (and handouts) you gain in class may be used as evidence in the event you actually are involved in a self defensive shoot, both criminal and civil... or so taught our instructor. It also tended to protect him as to what was taught/discussed in class should anyone decide to include him in a future civil lawsuit...

As the wise man once said, "Every bullet has a lawyer attached to it." Go there to learn, keep an open mind, write down questions that come to mind and ask them when appropriate time is available. Write down notes with the aforementioned application (legal stuff) in mind.

Same should go for your actual shooting portion of the exam. Show proficiency with the handgun you qualify with and plan on carrying. It's not just the bad guys you might have to "shoot down"... it might also be, heck, it WILL be, some attorney's line of questioning EVERYTHING YOU DID in the event of a shoot.

Additional training by a certified instructor is a good thing if you carry. Cheap in the long run.

Hopefully the class will cover not only handguns but some mention of shotguns and carbines as well.

Above all else, LEARN and KNOW when self DEFENSE crosses the line and becomes an OFFENSE. Ask about that. Discuss that. It's not always black and white. Lotsa grey there.

But other than that... have fun.

 

[Wedge]

Pay attention in class and the test is a piece of cake.

The course of fire isn't necessarily difficult. I think you need a 175 to pass. Given that the first 20 shots are at 3 yards, that should be an automatic 150. Then another 20 at 7 yards and finally 10 shots at 15. The "5" ring is fairly large, about 8x10 (I think it is the 8,9,10,x rings on a B-27 target).

It was loud when I shot since there were 14 people shooting on the line at the same time.

Shoot when the instructor tells you to shoot and cease fire when he tells you to cease fire.

 

[Mandirigma]

don't forget your Level IV SAPI plates taped to your back to repel any .308 or .30-06 rifle fire.

LOL! thought I was the only one that saw similarities

 

[SmithEC]

http://www.texasonline.state.tx.us/N...selectTask.jsp

^^ does the link above need to be done before taking the CHL class? or is it either or? thanks

I would think that the answer is either, or, or not at all.

I'm pretty sure that when my wife took the class, she was given the application paperwork when she signed up. The expectation was that you would have the paperwork completed before showing up for class. Seems to me that if you apply online, you'd have no need for that paperwork either before, during, or after class.

If your class is the third week of January or something like that, you could get a 3 or 4 week head start by using the link.

The link might also be good for someone who knows that they qualify, yet is concerned that the State might not agree. Why pay for a class, just to have the State deny you?

I'm not talking about student loan defaulters. Student loan folks know what they owe and they know whether or not they are paying as agreed. A guy arrested in the State of Hawaii in 1985 for carrying without a permit, on the other hand, may have a little doubt as to whether or not he will get approval. He's clearly qualified under the laws of Texas, but one never knows.

 

[tango3065]

Here in Kentucky it is called a CDWL / concealed deadly weapons license, and allows you to carry anything from switchblades, knucks, batons, and guns.

 

[Double Naught Spy]

Texas CHL instructors may or may not have packets with all the necessary paperwork. The prepared ones do. Either get the packet first from TDPS or check with the instructor.

As part of classes, some provide the fingerprints and photographs necessary, some don't. It is a lot easier if you do the one stop shopping experience.

If you do the one stop shopping experience, some of the more with it instructors will have you leave after a successful day with everything in your paper properly filled out, looked over, and ready to go. It saves a lot of time and hassle if you don't screw up something in the paperwork and having someone check is a nice benefit.

When my mom last renewed her CHL, she was 68 or 69. Sort of like a holiday Christian who attends church on Easter and Christmas, mom shoots religiously...some 2-3 times a year. I bought her a case of ammo and it is going on its 3rd year of use. She shoots a Glock 26 and is arthritic, yet passed with a very disappointing (to her) 96%.

Truthfully, the grueling part of the course is the lecture and paperwork and the lecture should be fairly interesting.

 

[yongxingfreesty]

just finished the chl class

shot the kimber eclipse and scored a 240 on the shooting test and a 98 on multiple choice/true or false. you guys were right about the whole thing.

as for the money order you send to austin, has it been $140 all the time? I always thought it was about 140 for the class and $50 fee to austin. I guess i'm wrong.