What to Expect
Advanced Pistol I is a five-hour, live-fire course centered on developing an intimate, working knowledge of your handgun and your shooting process. The class uses the Dot Torture drill as a diagnostic and developmental tool to expose strengths, identify inefficiencies, and reinforce fundamentals under increasing demand.

Expect a deliberate pace that allows time for questions, explanations of concepts, and individualized coaching. Students will fire approximately 200 rounds over the course of the class. Instruction emphasizes consistency, accountability, and applying fundamentals at distance, to confidently engage targets out to 25 yards (range limit) and beyond.

This is not a high-speed, high-round-count class—it is a thinking shooter’s course focused on refinement and performance.

Who Should Attend

• Shooters with a solid foundation in pistol fundamentals.

• Concealed carriers, competitors, instructors, or serious recreational shooters.

• Anyone looking to improve accuracy, consistency, and competence at a distance.

• Students who want personalized feedback rather than generic drills.

Requirements

• Your personal carry pistol is preferred. However, any reliable pistol will do.

• Strong-side or appendix holster that safely covers the trigger guard. If uncomfortable with drawing from the holster, adaptations can be made to ensure completion of class.

• Minimum 200 rounds of factory ammunition.

• Eye and ear protection (range can supplement these if necessary).

• At least 2 magazines (3 or more recommended).

• Range-appropriate attire.

Takeaways

By the end of this class, participants will:

• Learn to diagnose and self-coach to accurately and reliably shoot at further distances.

• Develop an intimate, working knowledge of their handgun and shooting process

• Gain access to diagnostic and developmental tools to expose strengths, identify inefficiencies, and reinforce fundamentals under increasing demand.