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run for hutton: MARCH 13-14

On March 13 we will be running 1.1 miles every hour on the hour over a 24 hour period to cover a full marathon distance of 26.2 miles. We’re doing this to raise money for the family of one of our instructors, Jeremy. His daughter, Hutton (10), has cancer and she has proved to be just the most resilient, brave and big little girl. She has a relentless schedule of chemo, bloodwork, hospital stays and time away from home and to describe her fight as a rollercoaster of emotions and physical hardship would be to woefully trivialize it. PLEASE, donate what you can by clicking the button below, and come out to join us on the day (and night) even if it’s just to run/walk a mile and do a little shooting with us.

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Vehicle DEFENSIVE pistol: march 21 @ 9 AM - 2 pm

Mike Comella (former FBI SWAT) and Ben will lead this Artifex Academy class, starting with the principles of vehicle defense and how to set up your own vehicle, moving on to shooting techniques as they relate to the interior and exterior of vehicles. We will have various stations for you to work from including vehicles downrange for pairs of shooters to practice engaging targets through the windscreen and through side windows for lateral targets. For engaging targets through the windscreen we advise bringing an N95 or similar face mask. Round count is 250.

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PISTOL standards: MARCH 21 @ 2 PM

Mike and Ben are leading this pistol “workshop” which will examine various standards and the purpose behind them. We will identify the specific skills involved and how to train to attain and maintain those standards. There will be the chance to shoot our very own Artifex pistol standards, cold and warm, and of course the idea along the way is to have fun while learning the areas of improvement specific to you. For those that pass you’ll earn a coveted Artifex coin. Round count is 300.

$30 range fee is separate

t.e.c.c.: APRIL 11 @ 9 AM - 4 pm

Taught by certified EMS Artifex staff, Tactical Emergency Casualty Care is a set of guidelines and training for civilian First Responders to provide medical care in high-threat environments. It adapts lessons from the military's Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) program and focuses on treating immediate, life-threatening injuries like severe bleeding and airway obstruction to improve outcomes before a casualty can be evacuated to a hospital. You’ll receive range-based instruction on trauma management with individual and group tasks, including live fire. This is a full day intensive Artifex Academy class and all participants will receive a T.E.C.C. certificate.

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RED DOT PISTOL FUNDAMENTALS: APRIL 25 @ 9AM

Mike Comella is leading this fundamentals class for those of you seeking to transition from iron sights to pistol mounted optics. Without a clear understanding of how to maximize the advantages of a pistol mounted red dot, you risk becoming a slower shooter, and even ineffective. Mike will show you how to “acquire” your dot every time, and how forgiving the sight picture really is. He’ll also look at choice of dot, battery life, zero distance, mounting and possible pitfalls including the effects of rain/water/dirt. If you’ve just joined the pistol mounted optics community, or you’ve never had a formal red dot lesson, then this class will be transformative for you.

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ALL DAY RIFLE/PISTOL EVOLUTIONS: MAY 9 @ 9AM - 4PM

This is a full day rifle/pistol class working on specific evolutions such as the accelerator drill, El Prez, 1-5 drill and ORT. Each of these requires mastery of presentations, mag changes, trigger control and manipulations, as well as understanding offsets as they relate to your optics. The day will take the form of shooting a particular evolution to gain a baseline, then breaking down the components and practicing those, before shooting the evolution once more - hopefully much improved. Round count is 300 rifle, 300 pistol.

$30 range fee is separate

level 2 DEFENSIVE shotgun MAY 23 @ 9 aM

Our favorite, most-versatile and effective of firearms platforms - the shotgun. This class will comprehensively equip you with the knowledge and skills to cover ammo selection and performance, holds and presentation, semi vs pump considerations. recoil management and much more. Expect to be shooting on paper, cardboard, steel and even drywall to observe the effects and patterning of your shotgun. We have resident shotgun experts with a ton of knowledge and expertise to pass on.

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DEFENSIVE MINDSET PISTOL 2.0: MAY 23 @ 1PM

This defensive mindset class examines the decision-making process behind defensive engagements as well as staying in the fight, particularly when things don’t go as planned. DMP 2.0 deals with malfunctions and manipulations, working on the limitations those factors impose on the shooter. We’ll look at how to engrain life-saving immediate action drills, and give you concurrent courses of action, so you are less likely to become a victim. Round count is 300.

DEFENSIVE PISTOL

One of our flagship classes, combining movement, manipulation, dynamics, multiple target arrays and a blend of competitive and tactical techniques to vastly improve your shooting. Improving your performance is where reps, trigger time and experience meet to raise your training standards so that the following key areas improve: efficient presentation of your handgun on target, recoil management so you shoot more effectively, manipulation to keep your gun up and in the fight, and movement to engage targets from the most advantageous position while making yourself harder to hit. Bring safe handling skills and a knowledge of your firearm and you will be welcome to this class!

DEFENSIVE CARBINE

Taught by Ben, Jeremy or Tony, each bringing their own unique experience, these classes take the same principles from our Defensive Pistol series and apply those to rifle shooting. This is no ordinary line-shooting class, so expect to work from multiple barricade apertures, learn to move into and out of shooting positions, work in confined spaces, engage multiple target arrays and seamlessly keep your rifle in the fight - all while maintaining impeccable weapons safety and awareness.

defensive shotgun

Tony or Ben are your instructors here, both with a wealth of shotgun experience. This is a physically demanding class from maintaining perfect weapons safety all while moving and reloading. There is no doubt that shotgun requires the greatest input from the shooter to keep the platform fed and functioning, all while navigating complex target arrays and shooting positions..

LOW LIGHT PISTOL

Ambient lighting conditions are a game changer where your pistol skills are concerned. Building muscle memory and improving your single-hand shooting are just the start of making you an effective adversary in the dark. We run small low-light classes to ensure maximum trigger time for shooters, and use a combination of steel and paper targets along with barricades and other environmental factors to test your abilities and develop this crucial skill set.

BEGINNER HANDGUN

We’ve been hosting this class since our foundation, and there is no better introduction to shooting. We designed this class to be a progressive-stage development of the fundamental skills needed to safely shoot your handgun: firearms safety, manipulation, dry fire reps and live fire practice. Many of our beginner students have gone on to purchase their own firearms and from there have progressive through our intermediate class into our Defensive and Performance Pistol classes.

VEHICLE BASED DEFENSIVE PISTOL

Ask yourself where are you most likely to be when confronted with a life threatening situation. This class will introduce you to the particular challenges that come with operating within, around and outside vehicles. Taught by Ben or Mike, who each have a wealth of experience from operational deployment of these skill sets, you’ll look at how to set up your own vehicle, and move on to shooting techniques as they relate to the interior and exterior of vehicles.