2025 UPDATE
We have scheduled most of the classes and matches we plan to offer through the end of the year, with a few dates left open so we can respond to student requests. Weekday private lessons are available with Karl at the A-Zone, by appointment on any gun, at any level on any topic we offer. Some classes on our calendar have already sold out and aren’t listed below.
Upcoming classes and events with space available:
JUNE-JULY 2025
- Armed Citizen Defensive Carbine Essentials – June 14
- Pistol Shooting Solutions (Gabe White) – June 21-22
- Lee County GOP Fun Shoot & LTC West speech – June 28
- ***Basic Pistol (LTC Completion) – July 5 morning
- ***Home Defense Tactics and Shooting Skills – July 5 afternoon
- Pistol Skill Development (Greybeard Actual) – July 11-12
- ***Double Action Revolver Skills – July 19
- Defensive Shotgun 2 – July 20
- ***Close Quarter Shooting 1 – July 26
Courses marked with *** count toward our Defensive Pistol Skills Program coin.
ARMED CITIZEN DEFENSIVE CARBINE ESSENTIALS
Doug Greig will teach this class on Saturday June 14 in the morning. It’s our basic AR-15 / defensive carbine course for carbine owners that have never had formal training in defensive long gun skills. Slots are still available.
GABE WHITE PISTOL SHOOTING SOLUTIONS
Gabe White returns to the A-Zone June 21-22 for a session of his Pistol Shooting Solutions class. It focuses on draw speed and getting fast, accurate hits at 7 yards. Day 2 includes work on shooting on the move and other more advanced skills. If you have completed any class or match where drawing from a holster under time pressure was performed, you have the pre-reqs to attend Gabe’s course. He’s famous for his Skills Tests (Dark, Light and Turbo Pins).
LEE COUNTY GOP FUN SHOOT & LTC ALLEN WEST SPEECH
On June 28 we are hosting a fun shoot fundraiser for the Lee County GOP. From 9-11 am the range will be open for shooting on our steel targets, and those with USPSA/IDPA experience or training at the DPS-2 level or higher will be allowed to use the shoot house. We will have a stage and targets set up there.
100% of your $30 fee goes to the Lee County GOP. Event includes 2 hours range time, lunch (burgers) and the opportunity to meet, greet and listen to Lee County Sheriff Garrett Durrenberger and LTC Allen West give brief remarks.
Pre-registration is required and you can register here.
MATT LITTLE GREYBEARD ACTUAL PISTOL SKILL DEVELOPMENT
Matt will be offering a 2 day level 1 defensive pistol course Saturday and Sunday July 12-13. More information about the course is here. Here’s a video taken during a previous Pistol Skill Development class.
AUGUST- OCTOBER CLASSES
We have a lot of training opportunities for all levels planned for August-October. Most of the August courses are either early morning (8a-11a) or indoors in the classroom. Visit the KR Training website to get more information about these courses.
- Basic Pistol & LTC completion – August 2
- Personal Tactics Skills (indoors) August 2 afternoon
- Grid Down Wound Care (indoors / Greg Ellifritz) – August 9
- The Explosive Threat (indoors / Greg Ellifritz) – August 10
- Top 10 Drills – August 16
- Knife Skills for CCW Instructor Development (indoors / Greg Ellifritz) – August 23-24
- Basic Pistol & LTC completion – September 6
- Defensive Pistol Skills 1 – September 6
- Applied Defensive Handgun Skills (John Holschen’s NURO cognitive pistol class) – Sept 13-14
- No Fail Pistol (Chuck Pressburg performance pistol course) – October 4-5
- Rangemaster Instructor Development – October 9-11
- Rangemaster Advanced Instructor Development – October 12-13
- Volunteer Church Security Team Member Shooting Skills (Steve Moses) – October 19
- Retention Distance Defensive Pistol Skills (Steve Moses) – October 20
- 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
STAFF & ALUMNI NEWS
I was a guest on Matt Little’s podcast. Listen or watch the episode here
One more student completed his 40 hour Defensive Pistol Skills Challenge coin program with us in May. If you have your LTC, whether you took the training from us or not, that counts as 6 of the 40 hours in the Defensive Pistol Skills Program. We will be offering all the courses except DPS-3 this fall.
Eric Victorin attended and passed the Rangemaster Defensive Shotgun instructor course. He and RM certified Advanced Shotgun Instructor Dave Reichek will be teaching a half day (morning) Defensive Shotgun 2 class in July.
We hosted Greg Ellifritz of Active Response Training for his Extreme Close Quarters Shooting instructor course in early June. KR Training staffers Karl Rehn, Dave Reichek, Ed Vinyard, David Tschirhart, Oscar Lee James III, and Alonso Robles all passed the course. We will be offering a 6 hour Close Quarters Shooting course on July 26 introducing carry permit level students to Greg’s close quarters shooting techniques.
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. John Daub and Paul Martin have both stepped back from blogging, so at the moment Uncle Zo and I are the only KR Training staff actively writing. Some of my writing is being published on the NRA’s Shooting Illustrated website (one article linked below). Greg Ellfritz has been writing a lot recently, in addition to his Weekend Knowledge Dump, and I have included some of his recent articles here.
- A Buyer’s Market for Firearms, Ammo and Training (Uncle Zo)
- Princeton Tec Vizz Tactical Headlamp (Uncle Zo)
- 1-2-3-4-5 Drill (Uncle Zo)
- What Shot Timer Should you Buy (Uncle Zo)
- Jim Shanahan’s Helluva Little Drill (Uncle Zo)
- Staccato C2 and Holosun 507Comp, 5000 rounds and counting (Uncle Zo)
- Shooting Drill – Bill Wilson’s 5×5 Skill Test (Active Response Training)
- 2025 Rangemaster TacCon Roundup (Active Response Training)
- “Having Fun Watching Cars Burn” (Paul Martin)
- Rangemaster June newsletter (Rangemaster)
- In Dangerous Times, Train for Self Defense (Reason magazine)
In response to a discussion online about lasers and dots, I went to the range and shot the FBI agent shooting test using two different laser-equipped pistols, and wrote an article for the NRA’s Shooting Illustrated online journal (to be published later this month). Here are the instagram videos.
MUSIC VIDEOS OF THE MONTH
I’ve been playing a lot of shows, mostly private events, in May and June. Here’s a clip of me playing the great song “Wine O Clock” (Shemekia Coupland cover) at a solo show at Luigi’s in College Station.
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We look forward to training you!
Karl, Penny and the KR Training team
