Basic Defensive Handgun 23AUG25

Basic Defensive Handgun will introduce to the student all the skills necessary for using a pistol or revolver safely and confidently. Students will learn safety procedures, ready positions, the 6 primary weapon manipulation drills, shooting stances, holster draw procedures, moving and shooting. Your goal is to be able to draw and fire a handgun within 1.5 seconds, hit a man sized target out to 100 meters, accurately deliver incapacitating shots on vital organs out to 17 meters, and shoot 5 rounds per second while maintaining full recoil control, both one handed, and two handed, in daylight and in darkness.   

This class is part of the Combat Rifle School. We schedule small group instruction based upon the your request. This program consists of the following 49 unique five hour modules, plus additional practical and field exercises. If you would like to participate in this training program, call Brian at 408-892-5460 or email info@monarchdefense.org.

1. Combat Rifle Theory
2. Basic Combat Rifle
3. Shoot Move Communicate
4. Combat Rifle Fundamentals
5. Combat Rifle Optics
6. Close Quarters Combat Rifle
7. Night Combat Rifle
8. Advanced Combat Rifle
9. Tactical Precision Rifle Theory
10. Tactical Precision Rifle Fundamentals
11. Tactical Precision Rifle D.O.P.E.
12. Tactical Precision Rifle WIND
13. Tactical Precision Rifle Putting It All Together
14. Self Defense Theory
15. Basic Defensive Shotgun
16. Basic Defensive Handgun
17. Defensive Handgun Fundamentals
18. Night Defensive Handgun
19. Close Quarters Defensive Handgun
20. Advanced Defensive Handgun
21. High Intensity Gunfighting Drills
22. Close Quarter Battle Theory
23. Basic Close Quarter Battle
24. Advanced Close Quarter Battle 
25. Force On Force Close Quarter Battle
26. The American Rifle
27. Ammunition Science 
28. Ammunition Data Collection
29. Ammunition Production
30. Special Purpose Rifle
31. Basic Tactical Fieldcraft
32. Principles of Reconnaissance
33. Long Range Observation
34. Basic Stealth and Camouflage
35. Ghillie Suit and Thermal Camouflage
36. Thermal Weapon Sights
37. Grenade Theory
38. Drone Theory
39. Radio Theory
40. Land Navigation
41. Anti-Materiel Rifle Theory
42. Automatic Rifle Theory
43. Principles of Patrol
44. Combat First Aid
45. Care Under Fire
46. Principles of Attack
47. Principles of Defense
48. Principles of Ambush
49. Principles of Raid

Prerequisite:

Self Defense Theory, previously named Home Defense and Firearm Safety

Location:

Our facility is in the mountains 1 hour east of San Jose, 1 hour south from Livermore. Detail directions will be emailed to those who sign up.

Learn: 

Holster procedures and safety
Trigger finger discipline
How and when to use manual safety or decocker
Human anatomy and shot placement

Manipulations: 

1. Loading procedure
2. Unloading procedure
3. Tactical reload procedure
4. Emergency reload procedure
5. Simple Malfunction procedure
6. Complex Malfunction procedure

Ready Positions: 

1. Muzzle up (temple index)
2. High compressed ready
3. Low ready
4. muzzle down (sul)

Conventional Shooting Stances:

1. Isosceles
2. Weaver
3. Strong hand

Movement Techniques: 

1. Sidestep
2. Turn-and-face

Standards for Precision and Accuracy:

1. 16 minutes of angle with iron sights with standard ammunition from standing isosceles position, corresponding to 100m effective range on man sized target, and 17m effective range on vital organ (brain stem, heart) size target

Marksmanship skills:

1. Posture
2. Grip
3. Natural point of aim
4. Breathing
5. Sight alignment
6. Sight picture
7. Front sight focus
8. Trigger press
9. Follow through
10. Recoil management

How to conduct dry fire practice
High intensity confidence building exercises

Packing list: 

Close toe shoes
Belt and holster
Layer garments so you can adjust for cold, wet, or warm weather
Hat
Pistol with 3+ magazines 
250+ rounds of ammunition
Cleaning kit with oil, rag, toothbrush, barrel rod
Tools for mounting and adjusting your optics, holsters etc.
Individual first aid kit (IFAK)
Eye protection
Ear protection 
1 gallon of water per day
Salty snacks and bag lunch
We have weapons, magazines, magazine carriers, pistols, holsters, night vision, armor, helmet etc. for you to borrow for free. All you need to do is communicate clearly in advance what you need to borrow, and clean what you used before turning it back in.
We can supply all the ammunition you need for $80 per person per day. We can take cash or Venmo to brian-wang-11.

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