NITEOPS Advanced Shotgun / Pistol / Carbine Operations

Everyone has a pistol for self-defense, but the shotgun and carbine enhance our survival with accuracy and stopping power. A basic rule is that long guns win gunfights. This class is designed to use your pistol to fight to obtain a long gun.  We start using pistols in a close quarters conflict and build our skills, speed, accuracy, multiple targets and movement. We will engage with a pistol and transition to a shotgun and then carbine, building the same skillset.  Working malfunctions, using the pistol to support shotgun and carbine operations and transition skills. This is an advanced course, with pre-requisites. At minimum the student should have completed General Handgun, Advanced Pistol, General Carbine, Advanced Carbine, General Shotgun, and Advanced Shotgun.

Topics Covered:

+ Weapon handling and safety

+ Marksmanship fundamentals

+ Bilateral shooting

+ Malfunction drills

+ Cover and concealment

+ Tactical reloading

+ Moving and shooting

+ Low-light techniques

+ Entry and searching

Equipment Required:

+ Duty carbine (with or without weapon-mounted light and/or optics)

+ Duty shotgun (weapon-mounted light and/or optics)
+ Duty pistol and holster (with or without red dot and/or weapon-mounted light)
+ 3 magazines minimum for carbine and pistol

+ Eye and ear protection (electronic hearing protection recommended)

+ Handheld Flashlight

Ammunition:

+ 200 rounds pistol


+ 150 rounds carbine

+ 80 rounds shotgun (50 birdshot, 15 rounds buckshot, 15 rounds slug)