Gainesville Practical Shooters hosts a USPSA match on the first Sunday of every month at GTR. 

Sign-up begins at 8:30am and the manditory safety brief starts at 9:00am.  The match costs $10 for GTR members and $15 for non-members.  Check the “Events Calendar” for specific dates.

Participating in a USPSA match allows you to practice practical shooting in a more dynamic way.  These are fast and fun matches where you will draw from a holster, move & shoot, reload, and shoot multiple targets.  All SAFE shooters are welcome and you do not have to be a Gainesville Target Range or USPSA member to shoot this match.  The advantages you get from becoming a USPSA member include having your scores ranked nationally and building up a shooter classification.  The advantages of becoming a Gainesville Target Range member include reduced match fees, access to the range 7 days a week, access to many different classes, a pro shop, and discounts on all firearms bought through us.

You will need the following things for the match:

• Eye and ear protection
• A pistol
• A quality holster for your pistol (No shoulder, pocket or ankle holsters)
• Minimum of two magazines (3 recommended)
• Magazine pouch
• 100 rounds of ammunition minimum (150 rounds recommended) 
• Drinking water and sunscreen recommended

For more information please contact us at (352) 376-8806 or steven@gainesvilletargetrange.com.  If you have any questions about what gear is approved for USPSA or if you want to learn more about Practical Shooting than please visit the USPSA website at http://www.uspsa.org/.

TO SIGN UP FOR THIS EVENT PLEASE GO TO:  http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2789783317%20%20%20%20%20

Through Project Appleseed, the Revolutionary War Veterans Association is committed to teaching two things: rifle marksmanship and our early American heritage. We do this for one simple reason, the skill and knowledge of what our founding fathers left to us is eroding in modern America and without deliberate action, they will be lost to ignorance and apathy.

Is there a direct relationship between understanding our country’s founding and civic virtue? The answer should anecdotally be quite clear. As our citizens’ knowledge of founding principles has declined, so too has our involvement in this government ‘of, by and for The People.’ Instead, our citizens seem all too content to relegate governmental decisions and knowledge to those that have been elected, all the while assuming these officials’ abilities and agendas are working on their behalf. We believe that if this trend continues, our country will be left with an expansive gulf between the populace and the government.

Anticipating that our nation would one day find itself in its current plight, John Adams warned:

“Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present Generation to preserve your Freedom! I hope you will make good use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in Heaven, that I ever took half the Pains to preserve it.”

Our forebearers committed their lives to eight years of war so that their sacrifices would never require repeating. They would endow us, their posterity, with a republic from which our freedoms would be given enduring life.
In 2009, a survey of basic, adult knowledge of the American Revolution was commissioned by the American Revolution Center (a non-profit organization dedicated to engaging the public in the history and significance of the American Revolution). The results were startling. Eighty-three percent of surveyed adults scored an average of forty-four percent – a failing score. And, yet, some glimmer of hope exists. This same survey revealed that nine in ten Americans agreed that it is important to know the history and principles forged during America’s War for Independence. Does this reflect a muted cry for help? Americans seem to grasp the imperative of learning our nation’s founding history, yet seem unable to act.

Perhaps the beckoning comfort of couch and television offer an escape to relax in civic complacency. Project Appleseed events are designed to directly counter the average American’s living room respite from reality and offer a solution to our nation’s paralysis. These two-day, family-friendly clinics encourage civic virtue through the stories of our nation’s founding and by cultivating the skills of persistence, focus and determination required for rifle marksmanship. Learning about our heritage while developing marksmanship skills creates the appreciation, expectation and confidence needed to rekindle our civic responsibilities. Through our program, attendees are driven to succeed through perseverance, and subsequently challenged to apply this perseverance and new-found appreciation of our Founders’ gifts toward daily involvement in local, state or national government.

John Adams would also write, in reference to the difference between the Revolution, and our War for Independence:

“The Revolution was effected before the War commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people; a change in their religious sentiments of their duties and obligations. This radical change in the principles, opinions, sentiments, and affections of the people, was the real American Revolution.”

These ideals were the foundation of this nation, and are instrumental in returning our nation to its former glory. The intention of our founding fathers was obvious; the “Revolution” was to live on in perpetuity. Through Project Appleseed, we strive to remind our fellow Americans of these “revolutionary” ideals, ensuring that the American Revolution lives on to be cared for and appreciated by our posterity.

The Revolutionary War Veterans Association is committed to renewing civic virtue – prioritizing civic responsibility over personal interests and indulgence. We are wholly comprised of volunteers who commit time, resources and passion toward achieving the RWVA mission. As a 501(c)3 organization, we promote civic responsibility through the teaching of colonial history and the American tradition of rifle marksmanship in a safe, non-partisan environment.

TO SIGN UP FOR THIS EVENT PLEASE GO TO:  http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2789783317%20%20%20%20%20

TO SIGN UP FOR THIS EVENT PLEASE GO TO:  http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2789783317%20%20%20%20%20

Through Project Appleseed, the Revolutionary War Veterans Association is committed to teaching two things: rifle marksmanship and our early American heritage. We do this for one simple reason, the skill and knowledge of what our founding fathers left to us is eroding in modern America and without deliberate action, they will be lost to ignorance and apathy.

Is there a direct relationship between understanding our country’s founding and civic virtue? The answer should anecdotally be quite clear. As our citizens’ knowledge of founding principles has declined, so too has our involvement in this government ‘of, by and for The People.’ Instead, our citizens seem all too content to relegate governmental decisions and knowledge to those that have been elected, all the while assuming these officials’ abilities and agendas are working on their behalf. We believe that if this trend continues, our country will be left with an expansive gulf between the populace and the government.

Anticipating that our nation would one day find itself in its current plight, John Adams warned:

“Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present Generation to preserve your Freedom! I hope you will make good use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in Heaven, that I ever took half the Pains to preserve it.”

Our forebearers committed their lives to eight years of war so that their sacrifices would never require repeating. They would endow us, their posterity, with a republic from which our freedoms would be given enduring life.
In 2009, a survey of basic, adult knowledge of the American Revolution was commissioned by the American Revolution Center (a non-profit organization dedicated to engaging the public in the history and significance of the American Revolution). The results were startling. Eighty-three percent of surveyed adults scored an average of forty-four percent – a failing score. And, yet, some glimmer of hope exists. This same survey revealed that nine in ten Americans agreed that it is important to know the history and principles forged during America’s War for Independence. Does this reflect a muted cry for help? Americans seem to grasp the imperative of learning our nation’s founding history, yet seem unable to act.

Perhaps the beckoning comfort of couch and television offer an escape to relax in civic complacency. Project Appleseed events are designed to directly counter the average American’s living room respite from reality and offer a solution to our nation’s paralysis. These two-day, family-friendly clinics encourage civic virtue through the stories of our nation’s founding and by cultivating the skills of persistence, focus and determination required for rifle marksmanship. Learning about our heritage while developing marksmanship skills creates the appreciation, expectation and confidence needed to rekindle our civic responsibilities. Through our program, attendees are driven to succeed through perseverance, and subsequently challenged to apply this perseverance and new-found appreciation of our Founders’ gifts toward daily involvement in local, state or national government.

John Adams would also write, in reference to the difference between the Revolution, and our War for Independence:

“The Revolution was effected before the War commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people; a change in their religious sentiments of their duties and obligations. This radical change in the principles, opinions, sentiments, and affections of the people, was the real American Revolution.”

These ideals were the foundation of this nation, and are instrumental in returning our nation to its former glory. The intention of our founding fathers was obvious; the “Revolution” was to live on in perpetuity. Through Project Appleseed, we strive to remind our fellow Americans of these “revolutionary” ideals, ensuring that the American Revolution lives on to be cared for and appreciated by our posterity.

The Revolutionary War Veterans Association is committed to renewing civic virtue – prioritizing civic responsibility over personal interests and indulgence. We are wholly comprised of volunteers who commit time, resources and passion toward achieving the RWVA mission. As a 501(c)3 organization, we promote civic responsibility through the teaching of colonial history and the American tradition of rifle marksmanship in a safe, non-partisan environment.

TO SIGN UP FOR THIS EVENT PLEASE GO TO:  http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2789783317%20%20%20%20%20

TO SIGN UP FOR THIS EVENT PLEASE GO TO:  http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2789783317%20%20%20%20%20

Through Project Appleseed, the Revolutionary War Veterans Association is committed to teaching two things: rifle marksmanship and our early American heritage. We do this for one simple reason, the skill and knowledge of what our founding fathers left to us is eroding in modern America and without deliberate action, they will be lost to ignorance and apathy.

Is there a direct relationship between understanding our country’s founding and civic virtue? The answer should anecdotally be quite clear. As our citizens’ knowledge of founding principles has declined, so too has our involvement in this government ‘of, by and for The People.’ Instead, our citizens seem all too content to relegate governmental decisions and knowledge to those that have been elected, all the while assuming these officials’ abilities and agendas are working on their behalf. We believe that if this trend continues, our country will be left with an expansive gulf between the populace and the government.

Anticipating that our nation would one day find itself in its current plight, John Adams warned:

“Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present Generation to preserve your Freedom! I hope you will make good use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in Heaven, that I ever took half the Pains to preserve it.”

Our forebearers committed their lives to eight years of war so that their sacrifices would never require repeating. They would endow us, their posterity, with a republic from which our freedoms would be given enduring life.
In 2009, a survey of basic, adult knowledge of the American Revolution was commissioned by the American Revolution Center (a non-profit organization dedicated to engaging the public in the history and significance of the American Revolution). The results were startling. Eighty-three percent of surveyed adults scored an average of forty-four percent – a failing score. And, yet, some glimmer of hope exists. This same survey revealed that nine in ten Americans agreed that it is important to know the history and principles forged during America’s War for Independence. Does this reflect a muted cry for help? Americans seem to grasp the imperative of learning our nation’s founding history, yet seem unable to act.

Perhaps the beckoning comfort of couch and television offer an escape to relax in civic complacency. Project Appleseed events are designed to directly counter the average American’s living room respite from reality and offer a solution to our nation’s paralysis. These two-day, family-friendly clinics encourage civic virtue through the stories of our nation’s founding and by cultivating the skills of persistence, focus and determination required for rifle marksmanship. Learning about our heritage while developing marksmanship skills creates the appreciation, expectation and confidence needed to rekindle our civic responsibilities. Through our program, attendees are driven to succeed through perseverance, and subsequently challenged to apply this perseverance and new-found appreciation of our Founders’ gifts toward daily involvement in local, state or national government.

John Adams would also write, in reference to the difference between the Revolution, and our War for Independence:

“The Revolution was effected before the War commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people; a change in their religious sentiments of their duties and obligations. This radical change in the principles, opinions, sentiments, and affections of the people, was the real American Revolution.”

These ideals were the foundation of this nation, and are instrumental in returning our nation to its former glory. The intention of our founding fathers was obvious; the “Revolution” was to live on in perpetuity. Through Project Appleseed, we strive to remind our fellow Americans of these “revolutionary” ideals, ensuring that the American Revolution lives on to be cared for and appreciated by our posterity.

The Revolutionary War Veterans Association is committed to renewing civic virtue – prioritizing civic responsibility over personal interests and indulgence. We are wholly comprised of volunteers who commit time, resources and passion toward achieving the RWVA mission. As a 501(c)3 organization, we promote civic responsibility through the teaching of colonial history and the American tradition of rifle marksmanship in a safe, non-partisan environment.

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VICKERS TACTICAL AK COURSE DESCRIPTIONS:
(Please note that that exact course content can and will vary depending on the skill level of the participants in the class.)

Vickers Tactical AK class: Topics covered include safety, stance, zeroing for iron sights and optics, sight alignment and trigger control. Familiarization with their carbine includes field stripping and maintenance. Other subject matter that is covered includes reloads, presentation, shooting positions, and introduction to different skill drills including dry fire and bullseye shooting. Malfunction drills and shooting on the move as well as transitions. Timed fire drills and evaluations based on class skill level. Instruction on the development of the AK and variations, as well as suggested modifications.

• Must shoot an AK or AK variant (Galil, Valmet, VZ 58 style rifles, etc.)
• Price: $550
• Serviceable handgun (For transition training) of at least 9mm
• Ammo: 800 rifle, 150 pistol

Gear requirements:

(1.) Eye & Ear protection (electronic hearing protection is strongly recommended)
(2.) Minimum four (4) high capacity AK mags
(3.) Minimum two (2) handgun mags
(4.) Chest pouch to hold 3-4 AK mags would be preferred
(5.) Handgun mag pouch – Ability to carry a spare pistol mag on body.
(6.) Serviceable AK sling- suitable for a variety of shooting positions – tactical type preferred
(7.) Suitable range wear depending on the season
(8.) Confirm rifle zero at at least 50 yards

There are no pre-requisites for this course.

TO SIGN UP FOR THIS EVENT PLEASE GO TO:  http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2789783317%20%20%20%20%20

Through Project Appleseed, the Revolutionary War Veterans Association is committed to teaching two things: rifle marksmanship and our early American heritage. We do this for one simple reason, the skill and knowledge of what our founding fathers left to us is eroding in modern America and without deliberate action, they will be lost to ignorance and apathy.

Is there a direct relationship between understanding our country’s founding and civic virtue? The answer should anecdotally be quite clear. As our citizens’ knowledge of founding principles has declined, so too has our involvement in this government ‘of, by and for The People.’ Instead, our citizens seem all too content to relegate governmental decisions and knowledge to those that have been elected, all the while assuming these officials’ abilities and agendas are working on their behalf. We believe that if this trend continues, our country will be left with an expansive gulf between the populace and the government.

Anticipating that our nation would one day find itself in its current plight, John Adams warned:

“Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present Generation to preserve your Freedom! I hope you will make good use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in Heaven, that I ever took half the Pains to preserve it.”

Our forebearers committed their lives to eight years of war so that their sacrifices would never require repeating. They would endow us, their posterity, with a republic from which our freedoms would be given enduring life.
In 2009, a survey of basic, adult knowledge of the American Revolution was commissioned by the American Revolution Center (a non-profit organization dedicated to engaging the public in the history and significance of the American Revolution). The results were startling. Eighty-three percent of surveyed adults scored an average of forty-four percent – a failing score. And, yet, some glimmer of hope exists. This same survey revealed that nine in ten Americans agreed that it is important to know the history and principles forged during America’s War for Independence. Does this reflect a muted cry for help? Americans seem to grasp the imperative of learning our nation’s founding history, yet seem unable to act.

Perhaps the beckoning comfort of couch and television offer an escape to relax in civic complacency. Project Appleseed events are designed to directly counter the average American’s living room respite from reality and offer a solution to our nation’s paralysis. These two-day, family-friendly clinics encourage civic virtue through the stories of our nation’s founding and by cultivating the skills of persistence, focus and determination required for rifle marksmanship. Learning about our heritage while developing marksmanship skills creates the appreciation, expectation and confidence needed to rekindle our civic responsibilities. Through our program, attendees are driven to succeed through perseverance, and subsequently challenged to apply this perseverance and new-found appreciation of our Founders’ gifts toward daily involvement in local, state or national government.

John Adams would also write, in reference to the difference between the Revolution, and our War for Independence:

“The Revolution was effected before the War commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people; a change in their religious sentiments of their duties and obligations. This radical change in the principles, opinions, sentiments, and affections of the people, was the real American Revolution.”

These ideals were the foundation of this nation, and are instrumental in returning our nation to its former glory. The intention of our founding fathers was obvious; the “Revolution” was to live on in perpetuity. Through Project Appleseed, we strive to remind our fellow Americans of these “revolutionary” ideals, ensuring that the American Revolution lives on to be cared for and appreciated by our posterity.

The Revolutionary War Veterans Association is committed to renewing civic virtue – prioritizing civic responsibility over personal interests and indulgence. We are wholly comprised of volunteers who commit time, resources and passion toward achieving the RWVA mission. As a 501(c)3 organization, we promote civic responsibility through the teaching of colonial history and the American tradition of rifle marksmanship in a safe, non-partisan environment.

TO SIGN UP FOR THIS EVENT PLEASE GO TO:  http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2789783317%20%20%20%20%20

Gainesville Practical Shooters hosts a USPSA match on the first Sunday of every month at GTR. 

Sign-up begins at 8:30am and the manditory safety brief starts at 9:00am.  The match costs $10 for GTR members and $15 for non-members.  Check the “Events Calendar” for specific dates.

Participating in a USPSA match allows you to practice defensive shooting in a more dynamic way.  These are fast and fun matches where you will draw from a holster, move & shoot, reload, and shoot multiple targets.  All SAFE shooters are welcome and you do not have to be a Gainesville Target Range or USPSA member to shoot this match.  The advantages you get from becoming a USPSA member include having your scores ranked nationally and building up a shooter classification.  The advantages of becoming a Gainesville Target Range member include reduced match fees, access to the range 7 days a week, access to many different classes, a pro shop, and discounts on all firearms bought through us.

You will need the following things for the match:

• Eye and ear protection
• A pistol
• A quality holster for your pistol (No shoulder, pocket or ankle holsters)
• Minimum of two magazines (3 recommended)
• Magazine pouch
• 100 rounds of ammunition (minimum caliber: 9mm, maximum: .45)
• Drinking water and sunscreen

For more information please contact us at (352) 376-8806 or steven@gainesvilletargetrange.com.  If you have any questions about what gear is approved for USPSA or if you want to learn more about Practical Shooting than please visit the USPSA website at http://www.uspsa.org/.

$200

FRANGIBLE AMMO ONLY IS REQUIRED FOR THIS COURSE!

You will need 500 rounds of Frangible Ammo for this course.  Please call the GTR Pro Shop for a quote.  Note: If you order Frangible Ammo from GTR, you must place the order two weeks prior to the start of the course or you must bring your own Frangible ammo the class.

We will be conducting the Rogers Range Introduction to Reactionary Shooting Course.  This class will give you the indroduction to the reactionary shooting process.   You will learn to shooting in stressful situations with competence, speed and accuracy.   We will provide you with all the frangiable ammo you will need to shoot during the course.  You Will Learn to Acquire Rapid and Accurate Shooting Skills. The Rogers Range is designed to develop surgical shooters quickly!

The Rogers Range Course was conceived and developed by Bill Rogers, a former FBI Agent and police instructor. Precision targets and programming makes the Rogers Range a fundamental training choice for professionals who require competence, speed, and accuracy. The Bill Rogers course is a phenomenally regarded training program developed to build proficiency in reactive shooting. Reactive shooting prepares a student to safely and responsibly identify, track, and engage moving targets at human-reaction speed.

For an independent review of the Rogers Range Course, please visit pistol-training.com or go to http://rogersshootingschool.com/

The Bill Rogers course provides effective defensive training, especially in stressful situations where a threat may be present.
You and your fellow students learn to think quickly on your feet and how to operate responsibly with an emphasis placed on safety first. Most real-life confrontations involving handguns occur quickly and at close distance.

For instance most law enforcement shootings occur within seven yards. National statistics also show that officers miss their targets more than 75% of the time!

The Bill Rogers course is significantly more practical than conventional handgun instruction. Typical handgun courses focus on precision shooting where the target, shooter, and firearm are all stabilized prior to the shooting cycle. The goal is to execute a highly-controlled press motion of the trigger while the handgun sight is trained on the target. Historically, students of precision shooting have not fared well in defensive situations.

The GTR Bill Rogers course trains students how to act smartly and responsibly in real-life defensive situations. Students learn to successfully engage and hit small reactive moving targets that are only exposed for fractions of a second. The course provides a full immersion into the practical application and training of reactive shooting.

Bill Rogers has refined the Rogers School firearms training over 25 years. The course continues to prove year after year that no other training delivers this real-life, real-time experience like the Bill Rogers Course. That’s why law enforcement and military personnel worldwide are sent to the Rogers Shooting School. While some private and government agencies have copied Bill Rogers target system and instructional philosophy, they are unable to deliver and compete with the real thing. GTR maintains the same high standards set by Bill Rogers.

PREREQUISITES & REQUIREMENTS

• Open to participants who comply with enrollment criteria, students must have attended a prior Gainesville Target Range pistol course or a similar course (approval required) prior to attending this course.  Please call 352-376-8806 or view the GTR schedule to register for the Rogers Range Shooting Course.
• Identification: Two valid forms of State or Federal Picture Identification.
• History: No Felony or domestic violence charges

“If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.” -Samual Adams

DATE: 23-25 March 2012 ( 3-day class )

LOCATION: GAINESVILLE TARGET RANGE – Gainesville, FL

EQUIPMENT: Each student will need to bring a heavy-duty pistol with a holster defensive pistol and a carrier system for spare ammunition (at least two spare magazines or speed loaders) a flashlight with a push-button switch, and knee and elbow pads.  A non-firing training pistol (Red Gun, etc.)  will be required.  Bring your concealment carry gear, or tactical gear if you use it, bring the gear you are likely to fight in!!  This is not competition oriented.  Wraparound eye protection and hearing protection are mandatory for all attendees.

AMMUNITION:  800 rounds for pistol is a minimum.

HOURS: 08:00 to 17:00 but with late start and night shoot on day 2 if range permits.

FEE: Tuition is $525.00 (This does NOT include range use fees).  Range fee use will be $50.00 payable to the Gainesville Target Range upon arrival to the range on the first day of class.

A non-refundable (unless class cancels) deposit of $200 with your completed application form will reserve your slot.  Enrollment is limited…please be sure of your schedule before applying.  Make checks to Morrigan Consulting & mail with application and all supporting documents to Morrigan’s address below.

Enrollment is on a first come, first served basis. A deposit of $200 and your completed application and supporting paperwork will reserve your slot in the class. Please be sure of your schedule before applying.

Make checks to Morrigan Consulting and mail with application and all supporting documents to Morrigan’s address below.

Morrigan Consulting: P.O. Box 1125 Chino Valley, AZ 86323 Phone / FAX ( 928 ) 636 – 1329
E-mail: ToMorrigan@aol.com, or additional contact is Mike Baker 352-317-3582