2-day Covert Carry Strategies & Tactics Certification Course

Course # CCST.0433.1 (16-hour Course)

Michigan MCOLES Approved Course

(Approved by the Michigan Commission on LE Standards)

Non-LEO training pre-requisite: Our 3-day Defensive Handgun Certification Course or firearms training course of equivalent level. (Contingent to student's prior training review by our instructor staff)

Law Enforcement Officers that have completed their state certified Basic Law Enforcement Academy Certification training meet the pre-requisite handgun training standards for this course.

Post-Incident Legal Defense Support: This training curriculum meets ILETSB training standards. Curriculum materials; lesson plan, course itinerary, syllabus with SPO’s, student performance records, instructor certification credentials and list of supporting reference materials are available for post-incident legal defense depositions and legal defense litigation discovery.

Course Description: This intense training course focuses on developing aggressive combat gun-handling skills that are necessary for deploying a handgun from concealment for personal defense.

This is an excellent training course for concealed carry permit holders and law enforcement officers working plain clothes and carrying off-duty, that carry their firearms concealed on their person regularly.

Students will work the entire class from concealment and will develop reflexive gun-handling skills and tactical speed shooting concepts that will enable them to quickly and efficiently draw and engage threats from close quarter engagement distances out to 10 yards.

Moving off the line of force, lateral displacement and multi-tasking during threat engagement will be emphasized throughout this course while shooting with two hands and alternating right hand only and left hand only engagement sequences.

This is a fast paced, physically demanding firearms training course! Students should be in good physical condition, familiar with their equipment and have solid intermediate gun handling skills established prior to attending this firearms training course.

The following topics will be covered:

• Firearms safety and safe gun-handling procedures.

• Principals of personal defense.

• Covert carry methodology, concepts and tactics.

• Conditioning mental focus and combat mindset.

• Enhanced tactical aptitude.

• Review of shooting fundamentals.

• The natural action stance and thumbs forward grip.

• Methodology of combat shooting the semi-automatic pistol.

• Refining presentation from the holster and concealment

• Mastering Roll Thru the Link trigger press and reset.

• Reducing stimulus / response time.
• Balancing speed and accuracy.
• Tactical speed shooting concepts.

• Moving off the line of force and lateral displacement.

• Threat engagement strategies.

• Threat assessment and area scanning.

• Dominating the weapon, threat and visual areas.

• Engaging threats from static turns and pivots.

• Ammunition management and reloading techniques.

• Malfunction clearance drills.

• Enhanced combat gun-handling skills.

• Engaging multiple threats.

• Drugged assailant and body armor defeating drills.

• CQB strike and withdraw drills.

• One hand engagements during lateral displacement.

• CQB multi-shot flow drills.

• CQB weapon retention concepts.

• Use of the flash sight picture vs. perfect sight alignment.

• Mastering Sight Gear 3 - Front sight proximity shooting.

• Combined skills evaluation shoot-offs.

• Timed Covert Carry Handgun Qualification Course with certified marksmanship rating.

Course duration: 2 days (16 hours)

Course tuition: Listed below.

($ 475.00 for this class at The Site with range fee included)

Course student limit: 16

Student requirements: Note pad & pen, eye protection, ear protection, baseball type cap, concealment garment (jacket, shirt or vest), heavy-duty leather or nylon pants belt, reliable concealment holster, magazine carriers, personal defense handgun with at least (3) standard capacity magazines or (5) single stack magazines, handgun cleaning kit and gun oil / CLP.

Recommended equipment: Rain gear, sunscreen, insect repellent, hydration system and water.

Inside-the-waistband (IWB) holsters and Appendix-inside-the waistband (AIWB) holsters will be allowed, but must be examined and approved by the instructors prior to use in the class.

Shoulder holsters, cross-draw holsters, fanny pack holsters or ankle holsters will not be allowed in this class!

Ammunition requirements: 700 rounds (Minimum)

(Ammunition is available for purchase upon request.)

Pistol Mounted Optic / Red Dot Sight handguns are allowed in this course.

This course will be limited to Personal Defense handguns that are designed to be carried for personal protection. Competition pistols will not be allowed in this course.

Contact us directly if you have any questions about the eligibility of the handgun you would like to use in this course.

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