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- Rate $50
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- Shooting sport
Experienced tutor in Shooting sport in Virginia Beach, James offers private lessons tailored to your needs.
- Shooting sport
Lesson location
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At James's house: Virginia Beach
- online
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at your home or a public place : will travel up to 20 mi. from Virginia Beach
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About James
At Commonwealth Shooting Academy we provide our students with the knowledge, skills, and attitude to safely, properly, and accurately. Handle, use, and store there firearms. Our number one focus is on FIREARMS SAFETY. Whether the class is designed for a new shooter or a experienced veteran the first and last thing we emphasize is SAFETY. There are many fun and exciting ways to use firearms recreationally, as well as for home defense, and selfedefence use. But they all begin with SAFETY, and safety begins with proper training, and proper training begins with Commonwealth Shooting Academy.
I like the fact that I have the privilege to introduce new people to shooting and to shooting sports. I enjoy working with new shooters and helping them develop their skills. I also enjoy helping experienced shooters to develop and expand their skills.
I have always enjoyed the outdoors. Camping, hiking, boating, fishing, and hinting. I particularly enjoyed the shooting sports. I started at a young age with archery and shooting air rifles. As I got older I started shooting rifles, shotguns, and eventually pistols both for fun and competitively. I work in the law enforcement & security industry and have done so for 20 years now. One of them things I always enjoyed was training new officers. There is something rewarding and helping others learn a new trade or skill and ensuring that they do learn to do things the right way from the start. This is what got me interested in becoming a firearms instructor. I took classes to become a certified range safety officer and later as a firearms instructor. I really enjoy working with new students introducing them to firearms and the Shooting Sports and helping them develop their skills and learn fun and new ways to safely use firearms.
I am a certified NRA Instructor & Range Safety Officer. I have also worked in the law enforcement & private security industry for 20 years. For 10 of those years I have been involved in or in charge of officer training.
About the lesson
- All Levels
- English
All languages in which the lesson is available :
English
I work with groups as well as one on one with students to provide them with the knowledge, skills, and attitude necessary to safely and responsibly use firearms. The classes is tough in a way that makes it fun and informative for the students. The main focus of the class is safety.
I have worked with many different types of students. Men, women, adults, children, and persons with disabilities. New shooters, and experienced shooters. I do not discriminate I am more than happy to teach anyone who is willing to learn.
I would recommend to anyone looking for a Firearms instructor.
1. Make sure they are experienced and certified as a Firearms instructor.
2. Make sure that you feel comfortable working with that instructor and their teaching methods.
A few things worth thinking about before reaching out
1. What are your beliefs on firearms and owning firearms?
2. What is your reason for wanting to learn about firearms?
3. Do you plan to own a firearm and if so what do you plan to use it for?
Recommendations
Recommendations come from relatives, friends and acquaintances of the teacher
The instructor was very professional and knowledgeable. He took time to explain everything and answer all my questions. He made sure I felt comfortable with my gun and knew how ever part of it worked before we went to the range to shoot. The class was fun and I learned a lot. I now feel safe and comfortable carrying my gun concealed every day. I learned the skills I need to defend myself if I have to.
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Rates
Rate
- $50
Pack rates
- 5h: $250
- 10h: $500
online
- $50/h
Details
(PRICING IS NEGOTIABLE & I GIVE GROUP DISCOUNTS) I typically charge $100 per student per class. (Class time 8 hours) This includes all courses materials, lecture, hands on training in the classroom with laser firearms training, and a certificate upon completion. If the student want's to do live fire training there are additional cost for range fees and ammunition paid to what ever local range we use. (Typical range and ammunition cost are about $60 for 1 hour)
Courses Offered:
Basic Rifle, Basic Shotgun, Basic pistol, Personal Protection in the Home, Personal Protection outside the Home, Defensive Pistol, Concealed Carry.
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