About this Event
Protect Your Castle: Home Defense Shotgun Skills is a great live fire course designed to help shotgun owners develop the knowledge, confidence, and practical shooting abilities necessary to responsibly utilize a shotgun for home protection.
This course goes beyond basic shotgun operation and introduces students to real-world defensive considerations, practical shooting exercises, and skill-building drills focused on the unique challenges of protecting yourself and your loved ones within a home environment.
Students will develop their shooting fundamentals while learning how to safely handle and operate a defensive shotgun, understand and practice with different shotgun ammunition, and improve their ability to make accurate, controlled shots under varying conditions.
Through instructor-led demonstrations, practical exercises, and live-fire training, students will work on movement, target transitions, shooting positions, and the effective use of cover and concealment. Emphasis will be placed on maintaining firearm safety, situational awareness, muzzle discipline, and responsible decision-making throughout the training.
COURSE TOPICS INCLUDE:
- Defensive Shotgun Fundamentals: Developing and reinforcing proper stance, grip, recoil management, sight alignment, trigger control, and follow-through.
- Shotgun Selection & Setup: Understanding different shotgun platforms, their features, and considerations for home-defense applications.
- Shotgun Ammunition: Understanding birdshot, buckshot, slugs, and the characteristics, capabilities, and limitations of different ammunition types.
- Defensive Shooting Skills: Developing accuracy, consistency, firearm control, and confidence through practical live-fire exercises.
- Movement & Positioning: Learning safe movement principles, maintaining firearm awareness, and understanding positioning considerations in a defensive environment.
- Target Transitions: Developing safe, controlled transitions between designated targets while maintaining accuracy and muzzle awareness.
- Cover & Concealment: Understanding the differences between cover and concealment and incorporating these concepts into practical defensive exercises.
- Shotgun Manipulation: Safe loading, unloading, ammunition management, and recognizing and addressing common firearm malfunctions.
- Home Defense Considerations: Understanding defensive planning, safe firearm storage, identifying potential risks, and developing a responsible approach to protecting your home.
- Scenario-Based Skill Development: Applying learned fundamentals through structured drills designed to reinforce safety, judgment, and defensive readiness.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This course is ideal for shotgun owners who want to move beyond basic shooting fundamentals and develop practical skills relevant to home protection.
Whether you recently purchased a shotgun for home defense or have experience shooting but want to improve your defensive capabilities, this course offers an opportunity to build confidence, strengthen your fundamentals, and expand your knowledge.
Students should already possess a basic understanding of firearm safety and shotgun operation. This is a defensive skill-development course rather than a first-time firearms orientation.
THE 1:9 TACTICAL DIFFERENCE
At 1:9 Tactical, we believe that effective training is about more than simply putting rounds on target. It's about developing responsible, confident, and capable individuals who understand both the responsibilities and realities of firearm ownership.
Our training emphasizes individualized instruction, practical application, and a safe, supportive learning environment.
We teach the student, not just the curriculum.
Your home. Your family. Your responsibility. Be prepared to protect what matters most.
BE STRONG; BE COURAGEOUS; BE WELL TRAINED.
Event venue & nearby stays
Private Range, Baltimore Pike, Gettysburg, PA, USA, United States
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