Description
Rifle 1, also known as the Thomas Duston Carbine Course, is the first in our three part modern rifle shooting series.
Rifle 1 is a one day course focused on the foundational skills needed to deploy the modern carbine in a defensive context. Students will improve their proficiency in firearms safety, firearms handling, fundamentals of marksmanship, loading, unloading, managing malfunctions, and more.
Particular focus is placed on safety, fundamental marksmanship skills, knowing your zero, and your accuracy and hold at different distances. Students will have the opportunity to test their shooting ability at distances from 5 yards to 200 yards. Students will also know their holds at different ranges, the offset of their sights at closer ranges, and how external ballistics come into play at longer ranges. Alternate firing positions as well as shooting behind cover are covered as well.
As part of our continued effort to pass on American history and tradition this course is themed around Thomas Duston. In March of 1697 in then colonial America but present day Haverhill, Massachusetts, Thomas Duston found his town and family under attack by a raiding party of Abenaki from Canada. At the time the French and the British were engaged in King William’s War, and it had become common for raiding parties of Abenaki to kill or capture English Puritans and sell them to their French allies as house slaves. Thomas Duston, while working in his field, saw the raiding party and quickly responded by grabbing his rifle and getting eight of his children to safety. He was not able to get his wife Hannah and their newborn daughter Martha and her nurse to safety as they were taken captive by the Abenaki raiders. Thomas Duston’s wife, Hannah Duston, later became famous in colonial America for her intrepid yet controversial exploits while escaping captivity and was the first woman in the United States to have a statue made of her.
At it’s core this course focuses on building the fundamental skills you would need to defend your family and get them to safety. Being able to shoot straight and group small, knowing your zero, your offsets, and holds are fundamental skills for any rifle shooter but especially in a defensive scenario.
This course culminates in a static rifle shooting competition.
Who can attend?
All U.S. citizens 18 years of age or above that are legally allowed to own or possess a firearm.
Required Equipment:
Rifle
2-3 magazines
Eye protection
Ear protection
A good sling
Required Ammunition:
Minimum 400 rounds
Additional Info:
This course typically runs from 9AM-3PM unless otherwise stated. There is no lunch break so bring your own drinks and snacks.
Please wear clothing suitable to the weather.
Email Training@IntrepidTactics.com with any questions.
Jeff Petry –
Get comfortable being uncomfortable. This course is great for those who want to learn and practice the fundamentals of ballistics, understand your hold and zero but also get a chance to practice malfunction reactions and shooting from alternate positions. Be ready to come home dirty with a rifle in need of a good cleaning, but also with the confidence. When your buddies ask “when are you going to use these skills?” the answer is simple – when you really need to. Get out of your comfort zone. With these types of skills and experience, it’s better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it!
Thien Chum (verified owner) –
Just like my buddy Jeff said in his review above. This was another amazing course! Being able to see point of impact and point of aim at different distances helped me better understand ballistics and where my holds are. Brice showed us how to get down with all the funky shooting positions. Just like the pistol 1 course, we ended the day with a friendly competition. I Highly recommend this course, thanks Brice!
Aaron Baker (verified owner) –
Excellent class, feel a lot better and more confident with my rifle now. Can’t wait for rifle 2.
Tommy (verified owner) –
Brice is a phenomenal instructor and was patient with all students regardless of skill level. This course was extremely educational and the exercises were excellent for fundamental skills development. The progression in the lessons built upon each other allowing you to better understand the techniques to safely maneuver your rifle. The course also covers how to understand your zero at different distances and learning how to understand your rifle during malfunctions and transitions. I walked away from the course with a greater level of confidence in my abilities. I highly recommend Brice’s courses to anyone looking to advance their skills to the next level.