Duration: 9 to 10 Hours

Prerequisite Course(s): None

Prerequisite Skills: This course is not intended for new shooters. Taking this course assumes you already have the skills and experience to safely handle, use/manipulate and shoot handguns/pistols. If you do not have those skills or are not yet comfortable with a firearm, you may want to consider taking a Private Lesson or the Basic Handgun course before pursuing the CCH qualification course.

Age Requirement: 21+

In order to apply for a North Carolina Concealed Carry Handgun permit, a citizen is required to take the State mandated CCH Course. The course begins with safety training followed by the required shooting qualification on the range. There will be 8 hours of classroom training, including a minimum of 2 hours covering the legal portion of concealed carry for North Carolina. The course will conclude with a written examination of the covered material. Students must pass a shooting qualification and written exam in order to receive a CCH certificate. And, upon successful completion of the course, students will receive a CCH Certificate which will enable them to apply for a CCH Permit with the state of North Carolina through their county’s Sheriff’s Office.

The written exam is 20 questions.

Shooting Qualification is as follows:

➢ 3-yards: 10 Shots

➢ 5-yards: 10 Shots

➢ 7-yards: 10 Shots

➢ 21 of 30 shots must land within the 7-ring of a B27 target. All shots must be within the silhouette.

You are encouraged to bring your personal firearm to this class, however, if you do not have your own, please indicate that so arrangements can be made for the use of a firearm.

Required Course Materials

1 Handgun

50 Rounds of Ammunition (Minimum)

Eye Protection

Ear Protection (Earmuffs preferred)

Duration: 4+ Hours

Prerequisite Course(s): NC Concealed Carry Handgun Course. All students must have a valid (non-expired) North Carolina Concealed Carry Handgun Permit. Some exceptions may be made for previous CCH students who have applied for and are waiting on their CCH permits.

Prerequisite Skills: This course is not intended for new shooters. Students must be able to demonstrate a firm understanding of firearm safety and basic shooting fundamentals. If you are not confident in your skills, it is recommended that you take a Private Lesson, Basic Handgun, or Defensive Pistol 1.

Age Requirement: 21+

About the Course

CCH Practical Skills is a course designed to aid students in the proper and safe carrying, drawing, presentation, and reholstering of the firearm from concealment. During this course, students will spend some time in the classroom covering any recent changes or updates to state laws as it pertains to concealed carry, including a review of the Castle Doctrine. A portion of classroom time will be spent introducing the skill of safely and properly retrieving a firearm from concealment. Students will spend time learning and practicing several dry-fire drills to get comfortable with pulling/presenting the firearm from concealment.

Once on the range, students will practice drawing their firearm from a concealed position (drawing from a holster), acquiring their target, engaging the target at varying distances, and reholstering the firearm (loaded) in a safe manner. Throughout the course, drills will become increasingly more difficult to simulate real-life, life-threatening situations. While speed and accuracy will be reinforced, the main focus will be safely drawing and reholstering.

Note: This course is focused on drawing from a holster that is secured to a person (IWB or OWB). Drawing from a bag or purse will not be covered in this course, but discussion and examples may be provided as necessary or as deemed appropriate.

Since CCH is a course that prepares shooters for carrying a firearm concealed, students will be required to bring their own firearm (and other necessary gear). It is imperative that students learn with the firearm that they plan to use as their Everyday Carry (EDC), in order to become proficient. In order to get the most out of this course, please ensure that you have all materials needed prior to the start of the course.

Required Course Materials

1 Handgun

200 Rounds of Ammunition (Minimum)

Outside or Inside the Waistband Holster (Hard molded or formed holster preferred)

Concealment/Cover Garment (ie: a light jacket, vest, over-sized shirt)

Undershirt/Garment that can be tucked in

Eye Protection

Ear Protection (Earmuffs preferred)

Duration: 4+ Hours

Prerequisite Course(s): None

Prerequisite Skills: None

Age Requirements: 21+

About the Course

This is an introductory course for new to newer shooters. This course is ideal for anyone who has never held a gun before to those who just want a “refresher” on how to safely handle and fire their gun. This course includes classroom and live-fire range time. Students will learn everything from the basic fundamentals of shooting to the parts of different pistols, including revolvers and semi-automatic pistols. Topics also include safe firearm handling, pistol parts and operation, ammunition types, shooting and marksmanship fundamentals, range rules and commands, a variety of shooting positions, and information on continued training and skill development.

Students are encouraged to bring their personal firearms to this class, however, if you do not own your own gun, one can be provided for you.

Required Course Materials

1 Handgun

50 Rounds of Ammunition (Minimum)

Eye Protection

Ear Protection (Earmuffs preferred)

Duration: 4+ Hours

Prerequisite Course(s): None

Prerequisite Skills: Entry-level knowledge of firearm fundamentals. Firm understanding of firearm safety and basic shooting and marksmanship fundamentals.

Age Requirement: 21+

About the Course

Intermediate Handgun prepares shooters to transition from Basic Handgun to the Defensive Pistol Series. This course will focus on the repetition of fundamentals, all of which, students have previously been introduced to, but may not have completely mastered. The primary goal of Intermediate Handgun is to elevate the shooter's confidence by increasing their knowledge and experience, challenging their skills, and beginning to transform into a defensive mindset while still in a safe and controlled environment.

Intermediate Handgun is a 4-hour class with the first hour being in the classroom. Class time allows a refresh of safety procedures, terminology, and illustrations of the shooting and marksmanship fundamentals. After class time, students will spend an average of three hours on the range conducting live-fire drills.

Shooters can expect to fire between 150 to 200 rounds throughout the increasingly challenging drills. The drills are designed to bring a focus to the details of shooting where accuracy should not be sacrificed for speed. Drills will increase in difficulty as the class progresses and will begin to introduce a defensive mindset, as well as, shooting in defensive situations. ** It should be noted that some drills are designed to induce stress while shooting.

This course will set the foundation for more advanced training by reinforcing firearm safety, causes of malfunctions and their remedies, including an immediate action drill (for clearing malfunctions), plus so much more. Upon completion of this course, students will be prepared for defensive-style pistol shooting and are encouraged to seek additional advanced training.

Students are encouraged to bring their own firearm, however, one can be provided if necessary.

Required Course Materials

1 Handgun

200 Rounds of Ammunition (Minimum)

3 Magazines

Eye Protection

Ear Protection (Earmuffs preferred)

Speed Loaders or EZ Loaders (recommended, but not required)

Duration: 2 Hours

Prerequisite Course(s): None

Prerequisite Skills: None

Age Requirements: 21+

About the Course

This course is designed to teach students how to properly field strip and clean their handgun(s). Students will be walked through the process of taking down (field striping) their handguns and shown the process of cleaning, maintenance, and re-assembly including a function check. Students are invited to bring either semi-automatic pistols/handguns and/or revolvers.

Required Course Materials

Pistol or Revolver

Magazine(s)

Owner’s Manual (if available)

Cleaning Rod

Caliber Specific Jag

Caliber Specific Cleaning Patches

Gun Oil and Cleaner

Or a Universal Cleaning Kit

Cloth for Wiping Down Firearm

Notebook and Pen

About the Defensive Handgun Series:

This 3-part series is designed to build on one another and previous skills learned and to aid students in mastering defensive-style shooting. Because of this, it is important and required that students follow the outlined course order.

Students will learn defensive skills and techniques to build a solid and comprehensive, defensive-mindset foundation.

The skills gained in this series are extremely beneficial to any student wishing to improve shooting skills and firearm manipulation with speed and accuracy.

Students who have obtained their NC Conceal Carry Handgun (CCH) Permit (or those that intend to) are strongly encouraged to take this series.

WARNING: This series is not intended for new/newer/beginner shooters. It is required that all participants successfully complete either the Intermediate Handgun course or a Personal Lesson prior to starting the Defensive Handgun Series. Please read the above prerequisites and direct any questions to warriorwomanft@gmail.com.