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One of the best perks of being a club member is the exclusive access to top-notch training opportunities. However, we offer many other training opportunities for non members as well. Whether you're just starting out or a seasoned shooter, there’s something for everyone. Here's how you can make the most of what’s available:

Youth Trap - Every 2nd and 4th Saturday, $20/participant 12 - 4 PM. This program is open for juniors ages 10 to 17 years old to come and shoot 3 games of trap. The participants will receive coaching, ammunition, and use of a club gun if they don't have a gun of their own. Come learn to shoot trap, or come get better at your game! Rick lgrgcyouthtrap@gmail.com

Defensive Handgun – Every 2nd and 4th Friday, $20/Nonmembers 5 - 9 PM. Come join us for an instructor-driven clinic to develop good defensive handgun skills and be challenged by ever-changing defensive scenarios. Members and member-accompanied guests 11 years and older are welcome to attend to learn defensive handgun fundamentals. ADVANCED REGISTRATION REQUIRED OR YOU MAY NOT PARTICIPATE! - Visit our Coming Events page to register.

CCW Skills Check Clinic – Every 3rd Sunday. $15/MEMBERS ONLY 12:30 - 6 PM. This clinic will use practical “real-life” scenario-based stages, and drill-oriented EDC skill building modules, thematically built upon the AVOID EVADE DEFEND concepts of smart EDC. REGISTRATION REQUIRED Email Blake blknatr@yahoo.com

Tatiana Whitlock Training – Makeup for events canceled earlier this year.

Take a Seat Workshop - May 17, 2025 - LGRGC Pistol Range 9 - 12:30 PM $150 + Range fee in the amount of $20 for nonmember. We spend a great deal of time sitting down at home, at work, in the car, in restaurants, and in classrooms. How often have you worked shooting from concealment or simply drawing from a holster while seated? What happens if you’re in a booth, on a bench seat, on a roller chair, in metal folding chair, or seated in a car? Emphasis is placed on individual skill building as well as essential communication techniques, partner skills, movement, and after-action processing. Train in the context of your life for the fight of your life!

Yoga with Guns May 17, 2025 - LGRGC Pistol Range 1:30 - 5 PM $150 + Range fee in the amount of $20 for nonmember. Yoga with Guns, also know as $#!t Happens is a 3-hour workshop dedicated to the worst case scenario – shooting from the ground. Whether we find ourselves fighting from the ground because we were pushed, or just have two left feet, learning how to manage yourself and your firearm safely from grounded positions is an important skill set to develop. Are you prepared to work through the awkward but highly likely non- standing (non-standard) positions you could probably find yourself in if a confrontation doesn’t go to plan and gravity wins? This session will have you on the ground, working two-handed, dominant and support hand only while adapting to what your body and vision need to be successful and safe. Learn techniques to overcome personal injuries and physical limitations in order to safely fight your way back to your feet. Being prepared means being ready to take control of the situation and respond appropriately when $#!t happens!

Handgun Accuracy - May 18, 2025 - LGRGC Pistol Range 8:30 - 5:30 PM $275 + Range fee in the amount of $20 for nonmember. Hone your pistol accuracy skills and take your marksmanship to a higher level in this 8-hour course. This class aims to develop the core physical, visual, and mental skills that produce consistent accuracy on target. Marksmanship skill builder drills and exercises raise the group’s performance, and one-on-one instruction with Tatiana fine-tunes each student’s skills. It is a fun and challenging program for shooters of all skill levels!

Fundamentals of Marksmanship Clinic - July 6, 2025 LGRGC Rifle Range 6:30 - 12 PM Free to members, $20 Daily Membership for non members. This clinic will focus on learning the Fundamentals of Marksmanship. This is a live-fire clinic designed around scoped bolt action centerfire systems but, because of the cost of ammunition, scoped RIMFIRE bolt action rifles will be welcome. I will send out an email to those on my Precision Rifle Group mailing list approximately 2 weeks before the clinic announcing the event and that I'm accepting sign-ups at that time; Pre-registration is required

If you are a new shooter or a shooter who is not on my group mailing list and are interested in this clinic and/or our Precision Rifle Program, please send me an email to learn about rifle and shooter requirements. Doug Roper: dougroperchairmaker@gmail.com

Pepper Spray (OC Spray) Seminar: Thursday, August 14, 2025, 6 - 9 pm. Training Trailer. This seminar will cover the legal, moral and ethical aspects of using pepper spray as part of your personal defense plan. A firearm is only to be used as a tool of last resort, OC Spray is a more appropriate tool to use the vast majority of the time. You need to have something between a dirty look and a gun to keep yourself safe. As a concealed carrier I don't like leaving my house without a gun, I won't leave my house without OC spray. We will be going through basic scenarios and using INERT (water) spray on each other in the seminar to practice how to effectively employ the stream if needed.

Each participant will receive one inert can of spray for practice and one can of active pepper spray to use for defense after the class. This seminar is appropriate for everyone, including you! You will need an open mind, notepad, pen/pencil. Contact Dave Reed to register davereed2010@gmail.com Cost $50 for members, $70 for non-members, Cash ONLY.

IMAGE BASED DECISIONAL DRILLS SEMINAR: Friday, August 15, 2025, 6 - 9 pm. Training Trailer.

Put your defensive decision making skills to the test in this three hour seminar. You will have inert versions of whatever defensive tools you carry available (airsoft guns, inert pepper spray, training knives, flashlights, cell phone) you will be shown a picture for 5 seconds and then you must make a decision and act. As a class we will discuss what you perceived, why you made the decision you did and what others in the class would do in the same situation. This is an eye-opening experience for everyone who goes through it. You will need: An open mind, notepad and pen/pencil.

Contact Dave Reed to register davereed2010@gmail.com Cost $20 for LGRGC members, $40 for non-members, Cash ONLY.

NRA Basic Instructor Training: Saturday, August 16, 2025, 8 am - 2 pm. Training Trailer. Required for ALL NRA INSTRUCTOR CANDIDATES who have not completed the course in the previous 24 months. This is not a live fire class. Guns and ammunition are not required for this training day. You will need: Pen/pencil, notepad, food/water (we will not have time to leave for lunch), and a positive attitude. Contact Dave Reed to register davereed2010@gmail.com. Cost $30 for LGRGC members, $60 for non-members, Cash ONLY.

NRA Basic Rifle Instructor Course: Sunday, August 17, 2025, 8 am - 6 pm. Training Trailer. MUST COMPLETE BOTH BASICS OF RIFLE SHOOTING COURSE AND BASIC INSTRUCTOR TRAINING PRIOR TO THIS CLASS.

Bring: Proof of BIT completion. Rifle and appropriate magazine 100 rounds of ammunition (for range only, do NOT bring it into the classroom) Eye/ear protection, a notepad/pen, lunch, and a learning attitude.

Contact Dave Reed to register. davereed2010@gmail.com. Cost $125 for LGRGC members, $250 for non-members, Cash ONLY.

The Complete Combatant (Brian Hill) Deliberate Coaching Class - August 23 - 25, 2025. $719 PRIVATE RANGE IN ALPINE. The Complete Combatant's Certified Deliberate Coaching Instructor Development Program will be 3 challenging days like no other instructor program out there because Brian will be sharing over forty years of coaching and instructor development. This chosen path has given him a unique insight and experience over a broad range of training philosophies. Register at HOSTED: Deliberate Coaching, The Complete Combatant (, ), Saturday, 8/23/2025.

Precision Rifle Scope and Ballistic Clinic - September 7, 2025. LGRGC Rifle Range 6:30 - 1 PM Free to members, $20 Daily Membership for non members. This clinic will focus on Precision Rifle scopes and ballistic programs. Shooters will learn how to test their scopes for mechanical deviation, use their turrets to dial for corrections and practice reading their reticles for holding or dialing to POI. Shooters will also learn to use a ballistic program and become acquainted with the inputs necessary to obtain a shooting solution. We will also verify elevations and learn to calibrate our ballistic programs to match the data obtained downrange.

This is a live-fire clinic designed around scoped bolt action centerfire systems but, because of the cost of ammunition, scoped RIMFIRE bolt action rifles will be welcome. I will send out an email to those on my Precision Rifle Group mailing list approximately 2 weeks before the clinic announcing the event and that I'm accepting sign-ups at that time; Pre-registration is required

NRA RSO Course: Sunday, October 19, 2025, 8 am -6 pm. Training Trailer. NRA RSO COURSE- Required to become club RSO. Bring lunch, a notepad/pen, eye and ear protection, and a good learning attitude. This IS NOT a live fire class. No ammunition required or allowed in the classroom. Feel free to bring any cool or unusual guns for show and tell. Contact Dave Reed to register. davereed2010@gmail.com Cost $125 for LGRGC members, $250 for non-members, Cash ONLY.