Advanced Pistol Handling with Rob Pincus

The Advanced Pistol Handling course is designed to expand the circumstances and conditions under which a student can apply the skills developed in the Intuitive Defensive® Shooting Course. This course will cover:

• Non-Diagnostic Linear Malfunction Drills
• One handed & Weak Handed Reloads
• One Handed & Weak Handed Malfunction Drills
• Presentation from the holster in 360 degrees
• Unorthodox Shooting Positions (grounded, seated)
• Shooting Around Cover
• Unreasonable Distance Shooting
• Volume of Fire
• The Balance of Speed & Precision

The APH Course is designed as a companion course for students who have completed fundamental defensive shooting training in the IDS Program and want to expand their skill sets and increase competency. At the end of the course, the student will have been exposed to (and practiced) shooting positions from all plausible angles while standing, seated, kneeling, prone or supine as well as properly shooting around cover in order to maximize its protective value. Students will also train one handed firearm handling, reloading and malfunction clearing. Unlike the IDS Program, in APH students will be forced to deal with a variety of malfunctions in a way that is congruent with the conditions of an dynamic critical incident.

The APH course is an intense physically and mentally challenging course that will take any students confidence and ability to defend themselves with a gun to a higher level.

Students will fire between 450-550 rounds.

What to Bring to Class:

• Firearm with holster
• Holsters must be rigid and located from centerline to 3 o'clock positions. We prefer out of the waistband (OWB) holsters; however, we do allow in the waistband (IWB) holster types so long as you can tuck a shirt behind it
• 450-550 rounds of ammo
• Minimum of 3 magazines. If mag capacity under 10 rounds, then 5 magazines
• Mag pouch (if used when carrying but not required)
• A notebook and pen
• Water or non-alcoholic beverage 
• Lunch and snacks
• Comfortable clothing and footwear that is weather appropriate
• Sun screen 
• Proper eyes and ears
• Camping/portable chair

• Must have your own pistol and be able to legally own and transport it

• Must be familiar with loading and unloading your pistol and basic safety awareness

An email with further instructions on class details will be sent to you after signing up for the course and prior to the class.

Range Day Logistics:

Address to the range is Worcester Pistol and Rifle Club 255 South Sewall St Boylston, MA. The gate will be unlocked at 8:30am. It does not matter if you come carrying or not. In fact, we encourage you to carry, but there will be NO handling of firearms or ammo until instructed.