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Big Cholla · 09-18-2004, 07:58 PM

Most of the big name shooting schools are very good at training the novice in the appropriate class. Thunder Ranch is moving up to Oregon, Front Sight is just outside of Las Vegas, Gunsite is just north of Prescott, AZ., Mas Ayoob, Louis Awerbuck (Yavapai Academy) and John/Vickie Farnam are "gypsies" traveling to any place a sponsor has a class set up for them to teach. There are small schools near Bakersfield, CA and Onalask, WA that I forget the names of. Chapman Academy is in Missouri. The NRA has excellent gypsy instructors traveling around the USA. Call them and ask if they have anything coming up in your area, (703) 267-1500. There is a huge gun show scheduled at the Cow Palace in Daly City on Sept. 25-26. Go over there, just wander around and ask about schools. You are approaching this in a "heads up manner". Good for you.

Thunder Ranch (Clint Smith) and Front Sight (Dr. Piazza) are excellent at getting you trained with the least BS. John and Vickie Farnam are excellent instructors and will bring out the best in your efforts. Do a Google search and start shopping. Mas Ayoob likes to lecture in the classroom too much for a first timer, but someday your shooting education will need his view point on the legal use of "Deadly Force".

Edit: I just did the Google search myself. The Onalaska school is Marty Hayes' Firearms Adademy of Seattle. He is a very impressive instructor. It looks like you have a couple of schools right in the Bay Area. I know nothing of them, but I'm sure that they would incourage you to drop by and just watch for a couple of hours to get an idea of what their approach is.

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Big Cholla Upright Location: Las Vegas, Nevada	Most of the big name shooting schools are very good at training the novice in the appropriate class. Thunder Ranch is moving up to Oregon, Front Sight is just outside of Las Vegas, Gunsite is just north of Prescott, AZ., Mas Ayoob, Louis Awerbuck (Yavapai Academy) and John/Vickie Farnam are "gypsies" traveling to any place a sponsor has a class set up for them to teach. There are small schools near Bakersfield, CA and Onalask, WA that I forget the names of. Chapman Academy is in Missouri. The NRA has excellent gypsy instructors traveling around the USA. Call them and ask if they have anything coming up in your area, (703) 267-1500. There is a huge gun show scheduled at the Cow Palace in Daly City on Sept. 25-26. Go over there, just wander around and ask about schools. You are approaching this in a "heads up manner". Good for you. Thunder Ranch (Clint Smith) and Front Sight (Dr. Piazza) are excellent at getting you trained with the least BS. John and Vickie Farnam are excellent instructors and will bring out the best in your efforts. Do a Google search and start shopping. Mas Ayoob likes to lecture in the classroom too much for a first timer, but someday your shooting education will need his view point on the legal use of "Deadly Force". Edit: I just did the Google search myself. The Onalaska school is Marty Hayes' Firearms Adademy of Seattle. He is a very impressive instructor. It looks like you have a couple of schools right in the Bay Area. I know nothing of them, but I'm sure that they would incourage you to drop by and just watch for a couple of hours to get an idea of what their approach is. Last edited by Big Cholla; 09-18-2004 at 08:19 PM..