Events in April 2023

  • April 4, 2023 (1 event)


    April 4, 2023

    Develops NRA Certified Range Safety Officers with the knowledge, skills, and attitude essential to organizing, conducting, and supervising safe shooting activities and range operations. This course is nine hours long and is conducted in a classroom and at a shooting facility. Range Safety Officer candidates will learn roles and responsibilities of an RSO; Range Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs); range inspection; range rules; range briefings; emergency procedures; and firearm stoppages and malfunctions. Each Range Safety Officer Candidate will receive an RSO Student Study Guide, a Basic Firearm Training Program brochure, an NRA Gun Safety Rules brochure, and a Course Evaluation form.

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  • April 9, 2023 (1 event)


    April 9, 2023

    Desert Marksmen hold a Small-Bore Rifle Shoot the 2nd Sunday of the month. The event cost is $10 and you do not need to be a member of Desert Marksmen to participate. The Shoot is based off of NRL Style .22 matches ( https://nrl22.org/ ). Round count is under 100 and we shoot anywhere from 25 yds out to 100 yds. target size varies. We use different items to shoot from (Tank Trap, Roof Top, Ladder, Saw Horse, Buckets (2gal- 55 gallon) Cinder Blocks, tire, or from the ground on a mat. Normal event starts at 9:30 am is Safety Briefing, then everyone sights in (10 rds.), then start shooting from the stages with a Safety Briefing before each stage. We normally finish by 2 pm.

  • April 10, 2023 (1 event)


    April 10, 2023 April 11, 2023

    This 16-hour course teaches the knowledge, skills and attitude essential to organizing, promoting and teaching NRA’s Basic Rifle Shooting course. This includes BIT (Basic Instructor Training)

    Prerequisite: Possession of basic firearm safety and shooting skills is a perquisite for certification as an NRA instructor. Prior to the instructor training, candidates complete a pre-course questionnaire and demonstrate their firearm background in pre-course assessment exercises.
    Description: Course is presented in two parts: Basic Instructor Training, and discipline specific instructor training. Students demonstrate organizational and teaching skills via participation in practical exercises during the course, and complete an instructor certification examination. Students will receive the NRA Trainer’s Guide, NRA Rifle Shooting Instructor Candidate Packet and NRA Basic Rifle Shooting course student packet.

     

  • April 11, 2023 (1 event)


    April 10, 2023 April 11, 2023

    This 16-hour course teaches the knowledge, skills and attitude essential to organizing, promoting and teaching NRA’s Basic Rifle Shooting course. This includes BIT (Basic Instructor Training)

    Prerequisite: Possession of basic firearm safety and shooting skills is a perquisite for certification as an NRA instructor. Prior to the instructor training, candidates complete a pre-course questionnaire and demonstrate their firearm background in pre-course assessment exercises.
    Description: Course is presented in two parts: Basic Instructor Training, and discipline specific instructor training. Students demonstrate organizational and teaching skills via participation in practical exercises during the course, and complete an instructor certification examination. Students will receive the NRA Trainer’s Guide, NRA Rifle Shooting Instructor Candidate Packet and NRA Basic Rifle Shooting course student packet.

     

  • April 15, 2023 (1 event)


    April 15, 2023

    Traditional Basic Hunter Education
    The Gun Shop
    44633 Sierra Hwy, Lancaster Ca. 93534
    Instructor: Charles Sparks 661-317-0556
    Students will receive training in firearms safety and handling, sportsmanship and ethics, wildlife management and conservation, archery, black powder, wildlife identification, game care, first aid, and survival. After a student has successfully completed the course of instruction and passed the final examination, they are awarded a Certificate of Completion.