A Tactical Shotgun Course is a hands-on, intensive training program designed to teach participants how to effectively use a shotgun in real-world defensive and combat scenarios. The course focuses on maximizing the shotgun’s effectiveness in close-quarters combat, self-defense, law enforcement, and military applications. The curriculum covers essential skills like weapon handling, rapid target engagement, efficient reloading, and tactical movement under stress.
Key Aspects of the Course:
- Shotgun Fundamentals: Participants learn proper grip, stance, and shooting techniques, including how to handle the shotgun safely and effectively. This includes understanding the mechanics of the shotgun and how to manage recoil.
- Loading and Reloading Techniques: Instruction on efficient and fast reloading, including emergency and tactical reloading under pressure. Students practice these techniques to ensure readiness in dynamic environments.
- Engaging Targets: The course teaches how to quickly and accurately engage targets at various distances, focusing on rapid target acquisition, multiple target engagement, and accuracy under pressure.
- Shooting from Various Positions: Training covers shooting from standing, kneeling, prone, and behind cover. Emphasis is placed on how to adjust your position for tactical advantage and optimize shooting angles.
- Close-Quarters Combat (CQC): Given the shotgun's effectiveness at close range, the course emphasizes clearing rooms, engaging threats in confined spaces, and using the shotgun in dynamic, close-contact scenarios.
- Malfunction Drills: Students learn how to identify and clear shotgun malfunctions quickly and efficiently, ensuring minimal disruption to their shooting ability during real-world situations.
- Use of Ammunition: Training includes the use of different types of ammunition, such as buckshot, slugs, and less-lethal rounds. Students learn when and how to use each type for maximum impact, whether for precision or spread.
- Tactical Movement: Students practice moving with the shotgun, including transitioning between cover, moving while shooting, and navigating through complex environments to engage threats.
- Stress and Decision-Making Drills: Realistic, scenario-based exercises simulate high-stress environments where students must make quick, accurate decisions. This helps develop mental resilience, focus, and the ability to perform under pressure.
- Team Dynamics (Advanced): In more advanced courses, participants learn how to work effectively in teams, including communication, coordinating movements, and engaging multiple threats.
*weapons and ammunition are provided but recommend bringing personal firearms if student has them.
Course Levels:
Beginner
Focuses on basic handling and marksmanship, including safety and foundational skills.
Intermediate
Introduces movement, tactical reloading, and shooting from cover.
Advanced:
Emphasizes stress drills, close-quarters tactics, and scenario-based training with multiple targets.
The course typically combines classroom instruction, practical drills, and live-fire exercises in a controlled environment. It is ideal for law enforcement, military personnel, or civilians seeking to improve their defensive shotgun skills in realistic, high-stress situations. Safety is always prioritized, and participants are coached by experienced instructors to ensure skill development and safety throughout the course.