Recommend a So Cal Basic Shotgun Training Courses

[connotaucarius]

I just wrapped up a 4 day shotgun class at Front Sight. Shot over 500 rounds, learned how to take a room and had a great time. PM me if you're interested in a membership.

[RiverRunner]

Looks like top class choice I have narrowed down at the moment are:

Academy of St. Crispian
Firearm training Associates
Civilian Arms Training
I may eventually try all 3.

I took a shotgun class with Stan at The Academy of St Crispian. Great experience and I highly recommend it.

[b_k]

[SoCalBill]

Take a look at FTA, if you just want to get your toes wet, try this:

http://ftatv.com/shotgun-home-defense

If you are looking to jump all the way into the pool, check this one out:

http://ftatv.com/general-shotgun

I have not taken either of these courses yet, but I have done handgun classes and thought they did a good job.

Not sure if the OP found a place yet. However I would not recommend the first link for FTA Home-Defense class.

Now before anyone jumps on me for saying that I will start by saying the folks at FTA are awesome. My wife and I have taken the full day Recreational Handgun class and loved it.

My understanding on this class is it was something Turners asked FTA to do because they were selling a lot of shotguns to first time gun owners who said they were buying it for home defense.

It's half day class. At least when the wife and I took it there were way too many people in the class. Again the majority of the class was filled with too many people that just got their shotgun out of jail and had no knowledge about the weapon. The instructors had to spend a lot of time with quite a few students and trying to teach on variety subjects and not to mention all the different types/models of shotguns that were there. I think I barely got 20 rounds fired.

Maybe since then they have slimmed down the class number and I do seem to remember them saying Turners didn't send all the people who registered at the store till the last minute.

I would recommend the full day classes though.

[RunsWithGuns]

I would recommend a private lesson with someone to make sure you and the shotgun are well-fitted before anyone heads out for a multiple day course in Nevada or anywhere else. Proper gun fit, proper attire, and quiet focus time to get the basics ingrained seem to be the key to avoiding injuries, and the first two (maybe even the third) are pretty much out of your control if you go "away" to a class ...

Also, depends on where you are located but I just attended a 2-Day Shotgun course at Second Amendment Sports (www.2ndamendmentsports.com) at their brand new facility in Palm Desert, CA off the I-10 and it was excellent and INDOORS out of the heat! $75 for a 4 hour class that I thought was particularly good for someone who was not new to shooting (ie had handgun experience) but who was new to shotguns.