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Intro To Defensive Shotgun, Nov 30, 2024
2024-11-30 09:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Deep50 Gun Range, 20201 SR 29, Naples, FL, 34114, United States
Intro To Defensive Shotgun
The defensive shotgun might be the most effective home defense firearm around, but it is not a “fire and forget” sort of thing. Unlocking the true potential of a defensive shotgun takes some knowledge and familiarity with your gun and the ammunition it uses. This four hour class will show you just how effective a tactical shotgun can be in a home defense situation and give you the skills you need for optimal use of your scattergun when literally everything is on the line.
Topics that this class will cover include:

History of the defensive shotgun
Differences between a hunting shotgun and a tactical shotgun
Shotguns vs rifles for home defense
Gear and accessory choices
Safe storage and deployment of the shotgun
Controlling recoil for fast follow-up shots
Reloading and ammo management

Gear Requirements:
Either a pump action or semi-automatic shotgun is suitable for this class. The tactical or defensive use of the shotgun is radically different from its use in bird hunting or clay pigeon sports. As such, it demands a different setup compared to a hunting gun.
Your shotgun should have a shortened or adjustable stock for maximum effectiveness. If your shotgun has a tube magazine, you should also have some method of storing additional ammo on the gun such as a butt sleeve or a receiver-mounted shotshell carrier. If you have a box magazine-fed shotgun, bring at least two magazines as well as some way to store a magazine on your beltline. Shotgun slings with ammo loops are not recommended for this class.
“FIREARMS” SUCH AS THE MOSSBERG SHOCKWAVE OR REMINGTON TAC-14 ORSHOTGUNS WITH A PISTOL GRIP AND NO STOCK ARE NOT ALLOWEDIN THIS CLASS
The effective range of those guns is far shorter than a shotgun with a stock, and as such, they are not compatible with what the techniques taught in this class. There will be no refunds issued if you show up to class with inappropriate firearms or ammunition.
The barrel length of your shotgun should be between 18 and 22 inches. Barrels longer than 22 inches will be cumbersome and awkward in our context. A shotgun with a barrel and a stock less than 18 inches long is a Class III firearm. If you legally possess a short barrel shotgun, feel free to use it in class.
Ammunition Requirements
You will need 100 rounds or more of birdshot. We prefer #4, #5 or #6 shot for training use. Really small shot, like #7 ½ or #8 spreads out really quickly. Larger shot, like #4, more closely mimics buckshot at the distances we will be using.
PLEASE DO NOT BRING ANY STEEL SHOT TO THIS CLASS
If you show up with shotshells full of steel shot, you won’t shoot. It’s as simple as that. We do this for safety reasons, and it’s just another one of the ways that a tactical shotgun differs from a hunting shotgun.
You will need approximately 20 rounds of buckshot. We prefer standard load eight or nine pellet 00 Buck. Magnum loads only increase the recoil and will beat you up to no advantage. Standard velocity 00 Buck will do just fine. If you want absolute maximum performance, I suggest Federal Premium 8 pellet 00 Buck with the FliteControl wad.
If you have any questions about gear or ammunition prior to the class, please email kevin@quietlyarmed.com.

TOPICS COVERED

History of the defensive shotgun
Differences between a hunting shotgun and a tactical shotgun
Shotguns vs rifles for home defense
Gear and accessory choices
Safe storage and deployment of the shotgun
Controlling recoil for fast follow-up shots
Reloading and ammo management

Students will learn the following:

The history of the tactical shotgun and how it is different from a shotgun for hunting
The advantages and disadvantages of shotgun sighting methods
How to manage the recoil of their shotguns for fast follow-ups shots and effective target transitions
How to manage ammunition and keep the shotgun in the fight
Have an opportunity to shoot a Federal law enforcement shotgun qualification (for instructional purposes only)

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The Cadre Session Three: Speeding Up To Go Slow
2024-11-16 13:00 - 15:30 | Deep50 Gun Range, 20201 SR 29, Naples, FL, 34114, United States
Introducing The Cadre Sessions™
Each class in The Cadre Sessions is focused on one essential skill to help make you a better armed citizen. The classes are inexpensive and will concentrate on improving and honing one essential technique. After class, you’ll receive a drill that you can use to further hone your skills at your next range session.
These classes are designed to maximize your training time and resources and put you on a path to lifetime enjoyment of the shooting sports and safely enjoy the armed lifestyle.
The Cadre Session Three: Speeding Up To Go Slow

Prerequisites: A valid concealed carry license
Gear Needed: See below
Class Date: Saturday, November 16th, 1pm

Getting your hits is great. Getting your hits before you get hit, well, that’s even greater. The previous session, Automatic Accuracy, covered hitting your target. This session covers doing it in a timely manner. From getting your gun into play from concealment to increasing your shot to shot split time to keeping your head in the game in order to minimize mistakes, this class is all about the efficient application of force.
Topics Covered In This Class

Speeding up the draw
Increasing followup shot speed
Task loading and interruptions

This class is less than three hours long and requires fewer than 100 rounds of ammo. Class size will be topped at just six people to allow plenty of opportunities for 1-1 instruction.
Gear Requirements:

A pistol (9mm/38 Special or larger caliber)
A spare magazine
A cover garment such as light jacket or oversized t-shirt
A holster suitable for concealed carry. Please do not bring a Blackhawk! Serpa holster or soft nylon holster such as an Uncle Mike’s or similar holster.
A sturdy gun belt

If there are any questions, please email me at kevin@quietlyarmed.com.
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Nov 16th: The Cadre Session Two Encore
2024-11-16 09:00 - 12:00 | Deep50 Gun Range, 20201 SR 29, Naples, FL, 34114, United States
The Cadre Session Two: Automatic Accuracy
Introducing The Cadre Sessions™
Each session in The Cadre series is focused on one essential skill to help make you a better armed citizen. The classes are inexpensive and will concentrate on improving and honing one essential technique. After class, you’ll receive a drill that you can use to further hone your skills at your next range session.
These classes are designed to maximize your training time and resources and put you on a path to lifetime enjoyment of the shooting sports and safely enjoy the armed lifestyle.
The Cadre Session Two Encore: Automatic Accuracy

Prerequisites: A valid concealed carry license
Gear Needed: See below
Class Date: Saturday, November 16th, 9am

This is a repeat of a previous class to allow others to join in.
The purpose of this class is to dial in the fundamentals of trigger and grip and create the building blocks of automaticity.
What is automaticity?
“The quality or fact of being performed involuntarily or unconsciously, as a reflex, innate process, or ingrained habit.”
Think about the last time you almost had a traffic accident. Not an actual accident, but rather, one that you were able to avoid. How did you do that? Did you ever, at some point, think to yourself, “Oh my goodness, that car just ran a red light. I need to take my foot off the gas, move it to the left and apply it with all my might to the brake pedal!”
No, of course you didn’t, you just did it. You did it because when it comes to defensive driving, you have automaticity. This class is designed to help create those same automatic processes when it comes to your defensive pistol.
Topics Covered In This Class

Review of the Draw
Stance Doesn’t Matter… Until It Does
Grip Theory
Trigger Warning

This class is less than three hours long and requires fewer than 100 rounds of ammo. Class size will be topped at just six people to allow plenty of opportunities for 1-1 instruction.
Gear Requirements:

A pistol (9mm/38 Special or larger caliber)
A spare magazine
A cover garment such as light jacket or oversized t-shirt
A holster suitable for concealed carry. Please do not bring a Blackhawk! Serpa holster or soft nylon holster such as an Uncle Mike’s or similar holster.
A sturdy gun belt

If there are any questions, please email me at kevin@quietlyarmed.com.
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Intro to Defensive Carbine, Nov. 2, 2024
2024-11-02 09:00 - 13:00 | Deep50 Gun Range, 20201 SR 29, Naples, FL, 34114, United States
Intro to Defensive Carbine
Once vilified as an “assault weapon,” the AR-15 is, in fact, a very effective tool for home defense. Light, easy to handle and with little appreciable recoil, it can be quickly adapted to fit each user in ways other rifles cannot.
This four hour class will cover the application of an AR-15 to the thorny problem of home defense. Students will learn how to optimize their defensive carbines for use inside the home, how to use a sling, as well as learn which accessories are “must haves” for a home defense carbine. This class is specifically designed for all the gun owners out there who bought an AR-15 in the past few years for home defense (a good idea) but then don’t know what the next step is. Well, this is it.
In addition to this, the class will cover the different types of close-quarters optics and how to keep your rifle in the action.
The live-fire portion will cover zeroing your gun, understanding and overcoming mechanical sight offset and speed and accuracy at common home defense distances.

History and operation of the AR-15
Advantages and disadvantages of the AR-15 for home defense
Choosing an optic for your rifle
Other accessory choices
Setup and sling use
Stance, grip and sight alignment
Zeroing your sighting system
Engaging targets at common self defense distances
Use of cover

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The Cadre Session Two: Automatic Accuracy
2024-10-27 13:00 - 15:30 | Deep50 Gun Range, 20201 SR 29, Naples, FL, 34114, United States
The Cadre Session Two: Automatic Accuracy
Introducing The Cadre Sessions™
Each session in The Cadre series is focused on one essential skill to help make you a better armed citizen. The classes are inexpensive and will concentrate on improving and honing one essential technique. After class, you’ll receive a drill that you can use to further hone your skills at your next range session.
These classes are designed to maximize your training time and resources and put you on a path to lifetime enjoyment of the shooting sports and safely enjoy the armed lifestyle.
The Cadre Session Two: Automatic Accuracy

Prerequisites: A valid concealed carry license
Gear Needed: See below
Class Date: Sunday, October 27th at 1pm

The purpose of this class is to dial in the fundamentals of trigger and grip and create the building blocks of automaticity.
What is automaticity?
“The quality or fact of being performed involuntarily or unconsciously, as a reflex, innate process, or ingrained habit.”
Think about the last time you almost had a traffic accident. Not an actual accident, but rather, one that you were able to avoid. How did you do that? Did you ever, at some point, think to yourself, “Oh my goodness, that car just ran a red light. I need to take my foot off the gas, move it to the left and apply it with all my might to the brake pedal!”
No, of course you didn’t, you just did it. You did it because when it comes to defensive driving, you have automaticity. This class is designed to help create those same automatic processes when it comes to your defensive pistol.
Topics Covered In This Class

Review of the Draw
Stance Doesn’t Matter… Until It Does
Grip Theory
Trigger Warning

This class is less than three hours long and requires fewer than 100 rounds of ammo. Class size will be topped at just six people to allow plenty of opportunities for 1-1 instruction.
Gear Requirements:

A pistol (9mm/38 Special or larger caliber)
A spare magazine
A cover garment such as light jacket or oversized t-shirt
A holster suitable for concealed carry. Please do not bring a Blackhawk! Serpa holster or soft nylon holster such as an Uncle Mike’s or similar holster.
A sturdy gun belt

If there are any questions, please email me at kevin@quietlyarmed.com.
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Oct 13th: Cadre Session One Encore
2024-10-13 13:00 - 15:30 | Deep50 Gun Range, 20201 SR 29, Naples, FL, 34114, United States
The Cadre Session One Encore: The Concealed Carry Draw
Introducing The Cadre Sessions™
Each class in The Cadre Sessions is focused on one essential skill to help make you a better armed citizen. The classes are inexpensive and will concentrate on improving and honing one essential technique. After class, you’ll receive a drill that you can use to further hone your skills at your next range session.
These classes are designed to maximize your training time and resources and put you on a path to lifetime enjoyment of the shooting sports and safely enjoy the armed lifestyle.
The Cadre Session 1: The Concealed Carry Draw

Prerequisites: A valid concealed carry license
Gear Needed: See below
Class Date: Sunday, October 13, 1pm

This is an encore session to accommodate increased demand.
Deploying your defensive firearm in a timely manner is an essential part of the concealed carry lifestyle. The latest and greatest hand-blaster and all the firepower in the world are useless if you can’t get your gun into the fight when you need it the most.
However, most shooting ranges don’t allow you to draw from a holster, and learning a smooth and efficient draw is a daunting task if you’re doing it all by yourself. On top of all of this, holster manufacturers sell their holsters on the basis of comfort, not speed or ease of use. A comfortable holster is great, but a comfortable holster that gets in the way of you getting your gun in the fight is a dangerous thing to carry on your waist.
This class is designed to improve your draw from concealment, no matter if you’re an experienced firearms owner who carries a pistol on a daily basis or someone who is new to the concealed carry lifestyle. If you already carry on a regular basis, this class will sharpen your ability with your gear. If you don’t carry regularly, this class will show how to optimize your gear for maximum concealment and efficiency.
Topics Covered In This Class

Choosing A Good Holster And Gun Belt
The Efficient Concealed Carry Draw
Safe Re-holstering
Theory And Practice Of The Failure To Stop Drill
Test And Evaluation

This class is less than three hours long and requires fewer than 100 rounds of ammo. Class size will be topped at just six people to allow plenty of opportunities for 1-1 instruction.
Gear Requirements:

A pistol (9mm/38 Special or larger caliber)
A spare magazine
A cover garment such as light jacket or oversized t-shirt
A holster suitable for concealed carry. Please do not bring a Blackhawk! Serpa holster or soft nylon holster such as an Uncle Mike’s or similar holster.
A sturdy gun belt

If there are any questions, please email me at kevin@quietlyarmed.com.
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Private Lesson
2024-10-04 13:00 - 15:00 | Deep50 Gun Range, 20201 SR 29, Naples, FL, 34114, United States
Private Lesson
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Sept 7th: The Cadre Session One
2024-09-07 09:00 - 12:00 | Deep50 Gun Range, 20201 SR 29, Naples, FL, 34114, United States
The Cadre Session One: The Concealed Carry Draw
Introducing The Cadre Sessions™
Each session in The Cadre series is focused on one essential skill to help make you a better armed citizen. The classes are inexpensive and will concentrate on improving and honing one essential technique. After class, you’ll receive a drill that you can use to further hone your skills at your next range session.
These classes are designed to maximize your training time and resources and put you on a path to lifetime enjoyment of the shooting sports and safely enjoy the armed lifestyle.
The Cadre Session 1: The Concealed Carry Draw

Prerequisites: A valid concealed carry license
Gear Needed: See below
Class Date: Saturday, September 7th, 9am

Deploying your defensive firearm in a timely manner is an essential part of the concealed carry lifestyle. The latest and greatest hand-blaster and all the firepower in the world are useless if you can’t get your gun into the fight when you need it the most.
However, most shooting ranges don’t allow you to draw from a holster, and learning a smooth and efficient draw is a daunting task if you’re doing it all by yourself. On top of all of this, holster manufacturers sell their holsters on the basis of comfort, not speed or ease of use. A comfortable holster is great, but a comfortable holster that gets in the way of you getting your gun in the fight is a dangerous thing to carry on your waist.
This class is designed to improve your draw from concealment, no matter if you’re an experienced firearms owner who carries a pistol on a daily basis or someone who is new to the concealed carry lifestyle. If you already carry on a regular basis, this class will sharpen your ability with your gear. If you don’t carry regularly, this class will show how to optimize your gear for maximum concealment and efficiency.
Topics Covered In This Class

Choosing A Good Holster And Gun Belt
The Efficient Concealed Carry Draw
Safe Re-holstering
Theory And Practice Of The Failure To Stop Drill
Test And Evaluation

This class is less than three hours long and requires fewer than 100 rounds of ammo. Class size will be topped at just six people to allow plenty of opportunities for 1-1 instruction.
Gear Requirements:

A pistol (9mm/38 Special or larger caliber)
A spare magazine
A cover garment such as light jacket or oversized t-shirt
A holster suitable for concealed carry. Please do not bring a Blackhawk! Serpa holster or soft nylon holster such as an Uncle Mike’s or similar holster.
A sturdy gun belt

If there are any questions, please email me at kevin@quietlyarmed.com.
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Introduction to Steel Challenge - August 17th
2024-08-17 09:00 - 12:00 | Deep50 Gun Range, 20201 SR 29, Naples, FL, 34114, United States
Introduction to Steel Challenge
Dip your toe (and your trigger finger) into the fun and exciting world of practical pistol
Ever get the feeling that’s there’s more to being a gun owner than going to the range and punching holes in a target?
Do you own a pistol, but don’t really know how to use it?
Are you looking for a sport that the whole familiy can enjoy together?
Then practical shooting is the sport for you!
The easiest way to get into the fun and excitement is to shoot a Steel Challenge match, which requires no special equipment or gear. Anything from a .22 pistol to a 1911 in .45 ACP to a pistol caliber carbine can be used to shoot Steel Challenge, and the rules are simple and easy to understand. This three-hour course will set you up for the success at your first Steel Challenge match and help you become a more confident and competent gun owner.
Topics Covered:

The basics of firearms safety
Understanding the rules of Steel Challenge
Why shooting a match is a good idea for everyone
How to shoot a match

Gear Requirements:

A pistol (.22LR or larger caliber) or a pistol caliber carbine (no rifles allowed)
At least two magazines for your firearm
50-100 rounds of ammunition
A holster, bag or case for you gun
Eye protection, ear protection
Water, sunscreen, bug spray

Sign up at the link below, and for more information, please contact us at kevin@quietlyarmed.com.
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CPR/Trauma Care/First Aid
2024-08-03 10:00 - 12:30 | Fellowship Church Ave Maria, 5330 Ave Maria Blvd., Ave Maria, FL, 34142
CPR/Trauma Care/First Aid Training
Obtain or renew your CPR Certificate
This class will cover the basics of CPR and emergency resuscitation, including the use of AEDs (Automatic Electronic Defibrillators), breathing bags and other gear. It will also cover trauma medicine such as the use of tourniquets and pressure bandages as well as other first aid topics.
The instructor for the class is Geoff Fahringer. Geoff is a veteran Collier County Sheriff’s Deputy and helped set the statewide SWAT Medic program, which placed EMT’s on high-risk police tactical teams in order to provide emergency medicine as soon as possible. He is a certified Medic First Aid, CPR, AED, Bloodborne Pathogens and O2 provider instructor well as an American Heart Association CPR, AED and First Aid instructor.
The class will be hands-on with CPR training dummies as well as practice AEDs and tourniquets. You will be encouraged to practice the techniques taught on the training dummy, which will require kneeling down and some light physical exertion.
You will be encouraged to practice the techniques taught on the training dummy, which will require kneeling down and some light physical exertion.
Topics Covered:

Use of an Automatic Electronic Defibrillator (AED)
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
Warning signs of stroke
Infant CPR
Tourniquet use and emergency first aid

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Self Defense Outside The Home (Pistolcraft 101)
2024-06-29 09:00 - 12:00 | Deep50 Gun Range, 20201 SR 29, Naples, FL, 34114, United States
Self Defense Outside The Home (Pistolcraft 101)
Take the next step in the journey towards an armed and safe lifestyle
If you own a gun, you are exercising your right to keep arms.
This classes teaches you how to bear arms.
These days, personal defense is the #1 reason why people buy guns. A gun and a concealed carry license by themselves, however, doesn’t provide you any protection anymore than buying a guitar and some sheet music provides musical talent. This class covers the essentials of using a pistol to defend yourself as you live your everyday life.
We keep this three to four-hour class small (just six students) in order to maximize the 1-1 training opportunities. The instruction is focused on helping you make the transition from being just a gun owner to someone who has the skills and confidence to defend what is most important in your life.
The prerequisites for this class are

The successful completion of a Florida Concealed Carry course

Gear Requirements

A pistol (.380 ACP or larger caliber)
At least two magazines for your pistol
200 rounds of FMJ practice ammo
An Outside the Waistband (OWB) holster. If you do not have one, this holster fits most compact semi-automatic pistols and will do the job for this class. Please do not bring a Blackhawk Serpa or a soft nylon holster to class. If you have any questions about gear, email me at kevin@quietlyarmed.com.
A magazine pouch to store an extra magazine. If you do not have a magazine pouch, this model will expand to fit just about anything out there.
Eye protection, ear protection
Water, bug spray, sunscreen

This class is designed to show people how to make the transition from just have a piece of paper that says you MAY carry a defensive firearm with you to someone who has the skills and confidence to carry on a regular basis.
Topics covered will include:

How to get your gun into the fight as fast as possible
Safe use of a holster
The use of a pistol as a defensive firearm
Making the shot on-demand
Advanced accuracy techniques

At the completion of this course, each student will understand how to keep their firearm concealed until it is needed.
They will also know how to quickly and effiecently deploy it in a safe manner should the need arise.
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Intro To Defensive Shotgun
2024-06-08 09:00 - 13:00 | Deep50 Gun Range, 20201 SR 29, Naples, FL, 34114, United States

Home Defense Carbine
2024-05-11 09:00 - 12:00 | Deep50 Gun Range, 20201 SR 29, Naples, FL, 34114, United States
Home Defense Carbine
Once vilified as an “assault weapon,” the AR-15 is, in fact, a very effective tool for home defense. Light, easy to handle and with little appreciable recoil, it can be quickly adapted to fit each user in ways other rifles cannot.
This four hour class will cover the application of an AR-15 to the thorny problem of home defense. Students will learn how to optimize their carbines for use inside the home, how to use a sling, as well as learn which accessories are “must haves” for a home defense carbine. This class is specifically designed for all the gun owners out there who bought an AR-15 in the past few years for home defense (a good idea) but then don’t know what the next step is.
In addition to this, the class will cover the different types of close-quarters optics and how to keep your rifle in the action.
The live-fire portion will cover zeroing your gun, understanding and overcoming mechanical sight offset and speed and accuracy at common home defense distances.

History and operation of the AR-15
Advantages and disadvantages of the AR-15 for home defense
Choosing an optic for your rifle
Other accessory choices
Setup and sling use
Stance, grip and sight alignment
Zeroing your sighting system
Engaging targets at common self defense distances
Use of cover

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Self Defense Outside The Home (Pistolcraft 101)
2024-05-04 09:00 - 12:00 | Deep50 Gun Range, 20201 SR 29, Naples, FL, 34114, United States
Self Defense Outside The Home (Pistolcraft 101)
If you own a gun, you are exercising your right to keep arms.
This classes teaches you how to bear arms.
These days, personal defense is the #1 reason why people buy guns. A gun and a concealed carry license by themselves, however, doesn’t provide you any protection anymore than buying a guitar and some sheet music provides musical talent. This class covers the essentials of using a pistol to defend yourself as you live your everyday life.
We keep this three-hour class small (just six students) in order to maximize the 1-1 training opportunities. The instruction is focused on helping you make the transition from being just a gun owner to someone who has the skills and confidence to defend what is most important in your life.
This class is designed to show people how to make the transition from just have a piece of paper that says you MAY carry a defensive firearm with you to someone who has the skills and confidence to carry on a regular basis.
Topics covered will include:

How to get your gun into the fight as fast as possible
Safe use of a holster
The use of a pistol as a defensive firearm
Making the shot on-demand
Advanced accuracy techniques
At the completion of this course, each student will understand how to keep their firearm concealed until it is needed.
They will also know how to quickly and effiecently deploy it in a safe manner should the need arise.

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