Low Light Handgun & Carbine
Low Light Handgun & Carbine
Course Length: 1 day or 2 day options.
Course Description: Recognising that low-light training is one of the most difficult areas to maintain proficiency, we have developed the Low light handgun course to engage students with critical skills on the handgun and then on the carbine platform to ensure a basic understanding of solid techniques that they can then develop to proficiency.
Proper employment of white light as a deterrent, and for positive threat identification are the most important aspects of low light and the entire class it built around those goals. Our instruction with an expectation of student weapon safety and basic understanding of both marksmanship and firearms controls. While this class does not have a pre-requisite, it will be expected for students to display basic proficiency.
Blocks of instruction include:
- Real world safety
- Equipment selection
- Ammunition selection
- light selection (weapon and handheld)
- Handheld light use for deterrence, control
- Handheld coupling techniques
- Shooting positions
- Austere shooting positions
- Transition from handheld to weapon mounted light
- Pistol to rifle/rifle to pistol transitions
- On cover/off cover shooting
- Reloads and malfunctions under low light
- Engagements in low light
- Judgement shooting
Course cost: R2000.00
Mandatory Equipment:
- Carbine (must have sling)
- 3+ carbine magazines
- Handgun with 3 magazines (single stack, 5-7 magazines)
- Holster (cross-draw prohibited)
- Magazine holster and magazine pouches
- Handheld light
- Weapon mounted light (if used)
- Spare batteries for all lights
- 250 – 1000 rounds of handgun ammunition
- Ear and eye protection
Optional (recommended) Equipment:
- Gloves
- Jacket (Weather and season dependent)
- Hydration
- Field cleaning kit
- Basic maintenance tools
- Knee and elbow pads
- Additional magazines for all weapons
Class size: Minimum of 4, no more than 12 students