Group Courses

Pistol Training

Sparrow Defense rotates through four Defensive Pistol Courses throughout each training season. While designed to build upon each other, they may be taken out of order if the student has the required skills to perform shooting tasks safely.

Course Descriptions

Defensive Pistol I

The fundamentals of shooting, loading/reloading, malfunction remediation, access from the holster, use of cover, shooting on the move.

Course Description

This one day course focuses on the use of a pistol as a defensive tool deployed from concealment. The course is designed to teach critical skills for carrying a concealed firearm, but students may elect to use whatever gear they prefer. Defensive Pistol I or equivalent training is considered the pre-requisite for more advanced classes.

Students should expect to shoot up to 500 rounds in this course. Instructional topics will include:

Rules of Safe Gun Handling
Georgia Law
Use of Deadly Force
Concealed Carry Methods
Reloading Techniques
Malfunction Clearing
Shooting While Moving
Use of Cover and Concealment
Communicating with First Responders

Equipment Requirements

Students should bring:

A pistol (semi-automatic or revolver) in good working order
Two or more spare magazines or speed loaders for your firearm and a storage method for them such as a magazine pouch
A concealment garment
A strong side belt holster for your firearm*
Approximately 500 rounds of quality ammunition for your firearm
Safety glasses
Hearing protection
A hat
Cleaning supplies and tools for your weapon

* Shoulder holsters, small of the back holsters, and cross-draw holsters WILL NOT BE ALLOWED on the range without prior approval due to safety concerns.

Defensive Pistol II

Weapon retention, edged weapon overview, one-handed manipulations, extreme close quarters shooting, positional work, partner tactics.

Course Description

This course blends the use of a pistol with edged weapons, strikes / combative techniques, and other defensive tools. Techniques for maintaining control of and employing a firearm during a struggle will be taught. Ultimately, students will develop their own defensive plan based on their everyday carry and equipment loadout.

Students should expect to shoot up to 500 rounds during this course. Instructional topics will include:

Georgia Law
Use of Deadly Force
Shooting from Positions of Disadvantage
Weapon Retention / Combatives Techniques when attacked from ambush at close distance
Use of Edged Weapons
One-Handed Malfunction Clearing
Effective Use of Cover and Concealment
Target Transitions
Shooting while Moving

Equipment Requirements

Students should bring:

A pistol (semi-automatic or revolver) in good working order
Two or more spare magazines or speed loaders for your firearm and a storage method for them such as a magazine pouch
A concealment garment
A strong side belt holster for your firearm*
Approximately 500 rounds of quality ammunition for your firearm
Safety glasses
Hearing protection
A hat
Cleaning supplies and tools for your weapon

* Shoulder holsters, small of the back holsters, and cross-draw holsters WILL NOT BE ALLOWED on the range without prior approval due to safety concerns.

Injured Shooter

A blend of Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC) content and shooting techniques for employing a sidearm when wounded. If you're going to make holes, you should learn how to fix holes.

Course Description

Ugly Truth: Being a good guy doesn't make you bullet-proof. It does no good to "win" the gunfight if you don't SURVIVE it as well.

This one day class focuses on techniques necessary for a shooter to prevail in a deadly force encounter after being wounded by enemy fire. Shooters will receive instruction in self and buddy Emergency Medical Treatment, shooting from positions of disadvantage, and one-handed firearm manipulation (dominant and non-dominant hands).

Students are encouraged to bring any medical equipment that they currently possess, but should not purchase new equipment specifically for this course. Training topics in the Injured Shooter course include:

The Use of Cover and Concealment
Shooting on the Move
Rapid Presentation of the Weapon
Shooting from Positions of Disadvantage
One-Handed Malfunction Clearing and Reloading
Patient evaluation
Blood loss management
Airway management
Use of chest seals and tourniquets
Wound packing
Self and Buddy Emergency Medical Treatment

Equipment Requirements

Students should bring:

A handgun (semi-automatic or revolver) in good working order
A concealment holster with a concealment garment * AND/OR
Law Enforcement Duty Gear
Two or more spare magazines or speed loaders for your firearm and a storage method for them
Approximately 500 rounds of ammunition for your firearm
Safety glasses
Hearing protection
A hat
Cleaning supplies and tools for your weapon

Low Light Pistol

Shooting in low / no light environments. Use of hand-held and weapons-mounted lights. Structure work in the shoothouse is included.

Course Description

The class is a combination of classroom lecture and live-fire exercises on the range. Topics covered in the course will be:

How the eye works / what night vision is
When and how to use light-gathering sights/night sights
Techniques for using a hand-held flashlight in conjunction with a pistol
Techniques for using a weapons-mounted light
The use of flash sight picture in close quarters / dark environments
How to search for and identify a target using direct and indirect lighting
The use of light in a structure for home defense
How to reload and manipulate a firearm when using a flashlight
Clearing malfunctions in low light situations
Use of cover and concealment
What "Light Discipline" means and why it's important to you
Structure Clearing
Judgmental Shooting / Problem Solving

Students will also engage in a Shoot / No Shoot structure clearing exercise at the conclusion of the course.

Equipment Requirements

Students should bring any hand-held or weapons-mounted flashlights that they have and wish to use during the course. NOTE: If a student wishes to use a weapon-mounted light, it must fit in the student's holster during the live fire portion.

Students should expect to shoot approximately of 500 rounds at this course (having extra ammunition available is strongly encouraged).

A handgun (semi-automatic or revolver) in good working order
A concealment holster with a concealment garment * AND/OR
Law Enforcement Duty Gear
Two or more spare magazines or speed loaders for your firearm and a storage method for them
Approximately 500 rounds of ammunition for your firearm
Safety glasses
Hearing protection
A hat
Cleaning supplies and tools for your weapon

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Pistol Training

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Defensive Pistol I

Defensive Pistol II

Injured Shooter

Low Light Pistol

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