2025 UPDATE
We have scheduled most of the classes we plan to offer through the end of the year. Weekday private lessons are available with Karl at the A-Zone, by appointment, on any gun, at any level, on any topic we offer.
It’s not too early to start planning your fall training. We have a packed schedule in September and October before our annual November/December deer season hiatus. Plan ahead and get registered for one or more of these upcoming courses!
SEPTEMBER – NOVEMBER CLASSES
We have a lot of training opportunities for all levels planned for the fall. Visit the KR Training website to get more information about these courses.
SEPTEMBER
- ***Defensive Pistol Skills 1 – September 6 am
- Applied Defensive Handgun Skills (John Holschen’s NURO cognitive pistol class) – Sept 13-14
- ***Handgun Beyond Basics – Sept 20 am
- ***Handgun Skill Builder – Sept 20 pm
- Intermediate Rifle (AR/PCC) – Sept 21
- Midrange Mastery (50-300 yard rifle) – Sept 27 (Greig Range in Caldwell)
- Red Dot Fundamentals – Sept 28 am
- Red Dot Level 2 – Sept 28 pm
OCTOBER
- No Fail Pistol (Chuck Pressburg performance pistol course) – October 4-5
- Rangemaster Instructor Development – October 9-11
- Rangemaster Advanced Instructor Development – October 12-13
- ***School Safety / Active Shooter Range Session – October 18
- ***Basic Pistol (LTC Completion) – October 19 am
- Gunfighting in Crowds – October 19 pm
- Force on Force Instructor – October 24
- ***AT-2 Scenarios – October 25 am
- ***Tactical Scenarios – October 25 pm
- ***Defensive Pistol Skills 2 – October 26 afternoon
- ***Low Light Shooting 1 – October 26 evening
NOVEMBER
- Citizen Communication (Preparedness w/ Martin and Beck) – Nov 8
- Trauma Medicine for Prepared Citizens (Weger, MD) – Nov 9 am
- Medical Preparedness for Citizens (Weger, MD) – Nov 9 pm
Courses marked with *** count toward our Defensive Pistol Skills Program coin. Reminder: any Texas LTC class counts for the coin program. Those that already have their LTC should start with Defensive Pistol Skills 1 or Handgun Beyond Basics, both coming up this fall!
Defensive Pistol Skills Program Courses
We have several of the core Defensive Pistol Skills Program courses coming up in the next 2 months.
Defensive Pistol Skills 1, coming up Saturday Sept 6 in a small class, 3 hour format, teaches you how to select and safely use a belt holster for concealed carry. Even if you only plan on “carrying in the car” or at home, a holster can be useful. My article on car carry in the NRA’s Shooting Illustrated explains in more detail. Every pistol shooter should have a practical holster for their gun – and mass market holsters sold in gun shops and at gun shows are typically low quality. You can spend the same money online from a quality vendor and get a much more useful, safer holster
Handgun Beyond Basics and Handgun Skill Builder are coming up back to back on Saturday Sept 20. These classes improve your pistol skills with coaching and drills to get you faster and more accurate.
The last weekend of October we will offer four of the coin courses on Saturday and Sunday: AT-2 Scenarios and Tactical Scenarios are only offered twice a year. These scenario courses use live roleplayers and simulated weapons to give students the opportunity to “do what they would do” in actual situations. In my opinion these courses are the most important classes we offer. You don’t have to be a great shooter to attend. Content is suitable for anyone at the carry permit level or higher. On Sunday of that weekend we will offer Defensive Pistol Skills 2, which focuses on armed movement in structures and shooting from cover, and Low Light Shooting 1, which teaches skills when you have weak ambient light, a handheld flashlight and/or a weapon mounted light. We only offer the Low Light Shooting class twice a year. Both of those live fire classes teach skills that should be considered essential for any armed citizen.
RIFLE COURSES
In September, Doug Greig will offer two rifle classes: Intermediate Rifle (and Pistol Caliber Carbine) at the A-Zone, and Midrange Mastery (50-300 yards) at his private range near Caldwell. The Midrange Mastery course is a makeup class for a session of this course that was cancelled and rescheduled from earlier this year.
CHUCK PRESSBURG “NO FAIL PISTOL”
Retired Army Ranger Chuck Pressburg will be offering his No Fail Pistol class at the A-Zone October 4-5. The class is an intermediate/advanced class focused on high accountability shooting for real world applications. The course would be an excellent choice for armed teachers and church security personnel concerned with active shooter defense, engaging targets at distances out to 25 yards in situations where missed shots are unacceptable. The course has received rave reviews from Eric Wise (Cornerstone Performance) and John Hearne (Rangemaster, Two Pillars Training). A few slots are still open in this class.
Here’s a 15 minute video where a recent graduate of the No Fail Pistol class provides an in-depth AAR.
STAFF & ALUMNI NEWS
Karl and Ed Vinyard attended the Knife Skills for CCW Instructors course put on by Greg Ellfritz at the A-Zone in August. This class was attended by instructors from multiple states (Florida, Tennessee, Missouri, New Mexico and Texas) to learn Greg’s curriculum for teaching knife skills to carry permit holders.
If you are interested in a half day introduction to Greg’s knife curriculum, contact us. We could offer that course in half day or full day version in December or January.
Thomas Rodriguez competed in the Rocky Mountain 3-Gun match. I loaned Thomas a 2011 in .45 ACP and gave him some pre-match coaching. He finished top 3 in “heavy scope” division and top senior in the overall match.
DISCOUNT CODES
I have collected up all the discount codes we have set up with vendors we recommend. Alumni of KR Training classes will find them in the monthly e-news email. You’ll have to open the email and scroll to the bottom to find them. It’s a reward for actually opening and reading the email!
REFRESHER DEALS
Re-take any class you’ve taken before for half price! Contact me to get the alumni discount code. Firearms skills deteriorate without practice. Most ranges don’t allow drawing from a holster, shooting quickly, moving or shooting from cover. If you don’t practice the skills you learned in class, they won’t be there when you need them.
BLOG O RAMA
All the articles you missed if you don’t follow the KR Training Facebook page and Instagram feed.
- Home Defense Shooting Drills (Notes from KR)
- The Cons (and Pros) of Traditional Double Action Pistols (Notes from KR)
- Glock G43 (Uncle Zo)
- Ken Hackathorn’s The Wizard (Uncle Zo)
- Toor Knives Tanto (Uncle Zo)
- Zo’s Reloads 147 gr 9mm (Uncle Zo)
- Holosun Ronin EPS Carry (Uncle Zo)
- Dillon Precision XL750 (Uncle Zo)
- The Scourge of Do Something It-is (Paul Martin)
- Project Develop Quick Solutions For Those Without Power (Paul Martin)
- 2025 Preparedness Training Weekend Nov 8-9 (Paul Martin)
- SWAT Raid or Home Invasion (Greg Ellifritz)
- .22s for Self Protection (Greg Ellifritz)
- Using Blanks in Scenario Training (Greg Ellifritz)
- Preventing Police Training Deaths (Greg Ellifritz)
Great video from PHLster showing their tests of car holsters.
This video compiles match footage and other clips to give the history of practical shooting in Canada. It’s a great overview showing how equipment, stages, and shooting techniques have evolved and changed.
MUSIC VIDEOS OF THE MONTH
This month’s videos are from the Black Cat Choir at SD’s Roadhouse (formerly the Stone Cellar) in Round Top, Texas. Both feature all the players in the band on extended jams: SRV’s “Tin Pan Alley” and a jam on the end of “Long Train Runnin”.
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We look forward to training you!
Karl, Penny and the KR Training team
