Constitutional Carry/Concealed Weapon License Class
2025-02-15 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-08 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-22 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-05 13:00 - 16:00 UTC | Gun Craft, 2102 24th St. S.E., Ruskin, FL, 33570, United States
DATE: Saturday September 28, 2024
TIME: 1PM – 4PM
COST: $60*
TO REGISTER: Call or email Gun Craft at 813-645-3828 or guncraftinc@live.com
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*A 50% deposit is required to register for this class. This deposit is non-refundable, but is transferable to other class offerings if the student needs to cancel.
DESCRIPTION:
This class is designed for those with firearms experience, or new shooters, who are looking to apply for their Florida Concealed Weapon License. This class is designed to cover all requirements in Florida Statue 790.06 to allow you to apply for your Florida Concealed Weapon License. There will be approximately 2 hours of class time and up to 1 hour of range time.
Note: Constitutional Carry does require the same knowledge of the laws and safety, which this class offers.
IN THIS CLASS WE WILL COVER:

Basic firearms safety
Mechanics of semi-automatic handguns and revolvers
How to safely load and unload firearms
Clearing common malfunctions and stoppages
Shooting fundamentals
Florida Gun Laws
Where you can and cannot carry

We provide the firearm and ammunition for this class. You do not need to bring a firearm or ammunition.
ALL STUDENTS WILL NEED: Eye and ear protection during the shooting portion; eye and ear protection are available for purchase at the range if needed.
We have bottled water and soda available for purchase at the range, or you are welcome to bring your own to the class.
Please wear range appropriate attire. This includes closed-toed shoes, shirt to the base of the neck (no low-cut or short-cut shirts), shorts or long pants.

USPSA Match
2025-02-16 08:30 - 13:00, 2025-03-02 08:30 - 13:00, 2025-03-16 08:30 - 13:00, 2025-04-06 08:30 - 13:00
USPSA is an exciting sport that combines speed and accuracy – while placing you in a class with others based upon your choice of gun and skill level.
Come out and watch – sign up and shoot – or talk to someone about getting lessons in the sport.
USPSA is shot on the first and third Sunday of the Month. Shooting starts about 9AM and wraps up around 1:00PM.
Follow them on Facebook – GunCraft Practical Shooters – Private Message with any questions and one of the directors of the match will respond as soon as possible.
Signup is on practiscore.com – click on Matches – click on Florida – and select the match date you would like to attend.

Pistol 1 Class with Love Firearms
2025-02-22 12:00 - 15:00, 2025-03-15 12:00 - 15:00
Pistol One Class
The class is recommended for students that have little to no firearms experience. Students can expect to learn important but basic firearms skills that will help them to be safe and responsible firearms owners.
1. The Four Universal Firearm Safety Rules.
2. Clearing and Loading Semi-Automatic Handguns.
3. Understanding Semi-Automatic Handgun firing action.
4. Field stripping and cleaning Semi-Automatic handguns.
5. Semi-Automatic Handgun Ammunition types.
6. Creating a personal training program.
7. Dry firing Semi-Automatic Handguns.
8. The four Semi-Automatic handgun shooting principles.
9. Semi-Automatic Handgun shooting fundamentals drill.
The cost for the class is $80 *** Students are responsible for range fees.
Students are encouraged to register at lovefirearms.com.
Students are required to be dressed appropriately (Tee shirts and closed toes shoes e.g. sneakers and or boots) to shoot on the range.
Students should bring eye and ear protection if they have it.
Students should bring 50 – 100 rounds of 9mm (9×19 Luger) 115 GR FMJ (Full Metal Jacket) Training ammunition.
Please direct any concerns or questions to the instructor at info@lovefirearms.com

Monthly Defensive Pistol Drills with Wesley Senn
2025-02-22 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-03-22 17:00 - 19:00
Monthly Defensive Pistol Drills
These two-hour sessions provide an opportunity to keep your defensive pistol skills sharp. If you carry a gun as part of your normal daily routine, these drill sessions are for you. Every drill is shot from concealment, using your everyday carry gear on a dynamic range.

Each session is comprised of very specific pistol drills, focusing on a particular skill
A new skill is presented and practiced each month
Sessions have a round count of 50 or less, so you get maximum training without excessive ammo expenditure.
Some examples of topics covered are:

Multiple threat scenarios
Shooting at increased speed
Home defense skills
Shooting from cover
Strong-hand only and weak-hand only shooting
Shooting and moving

This training is reserved for the Intermediate Level shooter. THIS IS NOT A BEGINNER’S COURSE. You must be able to run your gun safely and efficiently without assistance.
Prerequisite skills required:
A very high level of safe gun handling, loading, unloading, clearing malfunctions, and drawing safely from concealment.

Price: $80 per session (Includes your range fee and targets)
Safety Brief starts promptly at 5pm
No walk-ins, reservations are required to attend
Contact Wes at ballisticdynamics@yahoo.com for reservations

Doodle Hill Regulators - Cowboy Action Shooting
2025-02-23 08:30 - 13:00, 2025-03-23 08:30 - 13:00
Cowboy Action Shooting
Step into the past and enjoy watching or shooting this sport. Fanning a revolver, shooting lever action firearms – all while dressed era appropriately.
These matches are part of SASS (Single Action Shooting Society).
Ruskin was known as Doodle Hill, back in the day and these shooters try to honor those roots.
(Note – due to the Florida heat, these shoots are from September – April of each year)
Learn more at:- https://actionshootingnetwork.com

Tampa Bay Steel Challenge Practice Match
2025-02-26 17:30 - 20:00, 2025-03-12 17:30 - 20:00, 2025-03-26 17:30 - 20:00, 2025-04-09 17:30 - 20:00
Steel Challenge is a stationary speed shoot in which you can use anything from a .22 caliper gun and up.
If you like to compete, but feel uncomfortable running while doing so, this just might be the ticket for you.
Check out our other postings for this sport – Sunday is the match but during the second and forth week of each month we host a practice shoot as well – a great way to try it out.
Come see what it is all about – this is low impact on the body and the wallet as well (22LR being the reasonable choice).
Shooting begins about 6PM and continues until about 8PM.
Sign up on practiscore.com – Click on Matches – Click on Florida – and scroll down and select the match (Tampa Bay Steel Challenge)
Come out and watch – come out and shoot – talk to the Directors about what it takes to participate in this really fun sport.

Red Dot Dynamics
2025-03-01 09:00 - 17:00
Red Dot Dynamics with Cover Your 6 Shooting
Please join us for an immersive training experience designed for shooters of all levels looking to enhance their skills with red dot optics. This comprehensive course covers the fundamentals of using red dot sights, including sight alignment, target acquisition, and shooting positions. Participants will engage in both classroom instruction and hands-on practice, learning about the advantages of red dot systems, proper mounting techniques, and zeroing procedures. Through dynamic drills and real-world scenarios, you’ll build confidence and proficiency, improving your accuracy and speed. By the end of this course, you’ll have a solid understanding of red dot technology and how to effectively integrate it into your shooting repertoire. Whether for sport, self-defense, or tactical applications, this course will elevate your shooting performance.
To book this class – please call Kyle Thompson at 253-970-3980

Now that you have your gun
2025-03-01 12:00 - 17:00
NOW THAT YOU HAVE YOUR GUN
Defensive Shooting Class
Where: Gun Craft, Ruskin
When: March 1st, 2025, 12pm to 5 pm
Cost: $50, students pay their own range fee. Contact Info: (813)336-8424 or Bknights813@gmail.com Register at: https://www.usconcealedcarry.com/firearms-training/instructors/florida-instructors/black-knights-tactical-llc-2105147/class-ruskin-fl-now-that-you-have-your-gun-8c385/
Instructors:
Corey Daniel – Black Knight Tactical
Learn Essential Skills:
Defensive Shooting Techniques
Gun-Handling & Safety
Tactical Mindset Development
Marksmanship Fundamentals
Situational Awareness

Handgun 104 with Sig Sauer
2025-03-03 08:30 - 17:00
Overview
Welcome to Handgun 104: Advanced Handgun Skills, the fourth step in our foundational handgun series. Whether you intend to become a highly capable recreational shooter, participate in competitive shooting, or potentially utilize a pistol for defensive purposes, mastering the fundamentals is a must. This intensive one-day course will focus on building speed and accuracy, along with refining pistol manipulation techniques, movement, and kneeling positions. It is the perfect course to enhance your competence and confidence before pursuing your chosen path with a pistol.
Experience Requirements
We require the successful completion of Handgun 103 or equivalent before attending this course. The student MUST know and be able to demonstrate how to safely load, fire, and unload a handgun as well as have demonstrated competency in working from a holster and performing reloads. Open to all. Documented completion of a basic handgun safety course is required.
Course Outline
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
· Improve draw stroke consistency and efficiency.
· Apply and present the pistol from ready positions.
· Engage targets of various sizes at different distances with multiple shots.
· Use different techniques for engaging multiple targets.
· Refine movement techniques, including shooting on the move.
· Shoot from various kneeling positions.
· Enhance one-handed techniques for both dominant and support hand.
· Build and refine all pistol fundamentals, manipulations, and techniques.
To sign up – please sign into SigSauerAcademy.com
https://sigsaueracademy.com/course-finder?filters=location-gun_craft_fl

Intro to Defensive Handgun with Sig Sauer
2025-03-04 08:30 - 17:00
Overview
Unlock the knowledge and skills needed to navigate life-threatening situations in our “Introduction to Defensive Handgun” course. This course is designed to introduce students to the essentials of self-defense by blending classroom discussions, practical applications, and critical decision-making scenarios. Join us for this introductory course that goes beyond just wielding a pistol – it’s your first step into understanding the psychology, tactics, and skills needed for self-defense. Elevate your confidence and knowledge in a welcoming environment.
Experience Requirements
This is an intermediate level class. The student needs to be able to demonstrate safe gun handling, weapon system familiarity, foundational marksmanship skills, and working from a holster. Successful completion of Handgun 104 or an equivalent course prior to registering for this course.
Course Outline
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
· Develop confidence in searching, scanning, and effective communication in defensive situations.
· Understand the legal and practical aspects of Deadly Force.
· Increase proficiency in shooting multiple shots on multiple targets.
· Apply cover and concealment principles for a safe approach to defensive engagements.
· Understand the defensive decision-making process for effective responses in high-pressure situations.
· Apply target discrimination for informed and ethical use of force in defensive scenarios.
To sign up – please sign into SigSauerAcademy.com
https://sigsaueracademy.com/course-finder?filters=location-gun_craft_fl

Reflexive Shooting (Day 1) with Sig Sauer
2025-03-05 08:30 - 17:00
Overview
Working with a person’s natural tendency to be target focused, in tandem with our innate hand eye coordination ability, Reflexive Shooting allows shooters to take their speed and accuracy to new levels. Reflexive Shooting is based on the close combat experience and teachings of CQB icons Talbert, Applegate, Sykes and Fairbain. Drills are executed without sights and the shooter will be brought to skill levels relative to speed and accuracy that will sway even the most hardened “front sight focus” advocates.
2-Day Course
Experience Requirements
This is not an entry level class. At a minimum, students must have completed Handgun 104 or an equivalent course prior to taking this class. The student needs to know and be able to demonstrate safe gun handling, weapon system familiarity, foundational marksmanship skills, and working from a holster. Students failing to meet and maintain our safety requirements and/or who cannot meet and immediately demonstrate the minimum skills required for the specific class may be removed from training. Please ensure you have read through the class description and fully understand our prerequisites before registering. Students who successfully completed the 2-day course ‘Handgun 104: Introduction to Defensive Handgun Skills’ prior to February 2024 will have fulfilled the prerequisites necessary to enroll in any courses that require successful completion of either the 1-day ‘Handgun 104: Advanced Handgun Skills’ or the 1-day ‘Introduction to Defensive Handgun Skills’ course.
Course Outline
· Understand the theory and history of reflexive shooting techniques
· Develop the ability to point shoot reflexively
· Successfully apply the skills to perform reflexive shooting techniques
· Gain an understanding of reflexive shooting advantages and disadvantages
· Demonstrate the ability to engage multiple threats at close range reflexively
To sign up – please sign into SigSauerAcademy.com
https://sigsaueracademy.com/course-finder?filters=location-gun_craft_fl

Reflexive Shooting (Day 2) with Sig Sauer
2025-03-06 08:30 - 17:00

Close Quarter Pistol with Sig Sauer
2025-03-07 08:30 - 17:00
Overview
Survival is dependent upon having a plan of action and being prepared to immediately implement it when confronted with an armed assailant. This advanced course provides students with the techniques and knowledge necessary to defend themselves and react appropriately while offering ample training time to practice.
Experience Requirements
This is an Advanced Level Class, Handgun 104* is required at a minimum. Students should be able to demonstrate proficiency in weapon handling, working from concealment, and single hand shooting techniques. Students failing to meet and maintain our safety requirements and/or who cannot meet and immediately demonstrate the minimum skills required for the specific class may be removed from training. Please ensure you have read through the class description and fully understand our prerequisites before registering. *Students who successfully completed the 2-day course ‘Handgun 104: Introduction to Defensive Handgun Skills’ prior to February 2024 will have fulfilled the prerequisites necessary to enroll in any courses that require successful completion of either the 1-day ‘Handgun 104: Advanced Handgun Skills’ or the 1-day ‘Introduction to Defensive Handgun Skills’ course.
Course Outline
· Perform strikes and manipulate their pistol within contact distances
· Apply tuck and retention techniques while defending from an attack
· Utilize defensive techniques while on their backs
· Maintain accuracy while moving in any direction
· Accurately and efficiently engage multiple targets
· Perform contact shots safely and effectively
· Determine potential reactionary time based on distance and threat type.
· Determine the type of sight picture necessary based on target distance and size.
· Apply point or precision based on target distance, size, and time.
To sign up – please sign into SigSauerAcademy.com
https://sigsaueracademy.com/course-finder?filters=location-gun_craft_fl

Monthly Defensive Pistol Drills with Ballistic Dynamics
2025-03-08 09:30 - 12:00
Monthly Defensive Pistol Drills
These two-hour sessions provide an opportunity to keep your defensive pistol skills sharp. If you carry a gun as part of your normal daily routine, these drill sessions are for you. Every drill is shot from concealment, using your everyday carry gear on a dynamic range.
• Each session is comprised of very specific pistol drills, focusing on a particular skill
• A new skill is presented and practiced each month
• Sessions have a round count of 50 or less, so you get maximum training without excessive ammo expenditure.
• Some examples of topics covered are:
o Multiple threat scenarios
o Shooting from cover
o Strong-hand only and weak-hand only shooting
o Shooting and moving
o Close contact shooting
This training is reserved for the Intermediate Level shooter. THIS IS NOT A BEGINNER’S COURSE. You must be able to run your gun safely and efficiently without assistance.
Prerequisite skills required:
A very high level of safe gun handling, loading, unloading, clearing malfunctions, and drawing safely from concealment.
Price: $80 per session (Includes your range fee and targets)
Safety Brief starts promptly at 5pm
No walk-ins, reservations are required to attend
Contact Wes at ballisticdynamics@yahoo.com for reservations

Tampa Bay Steel Challenge
2025-03-09 08:30 - 13:00
Steel Challenge is a stationary speed shoot in which you can use anything from a .22 caliper gun and up.
If you like to compete, but feel uncomfortable running while doing so, this just might be the ticket for you.
Check out our other postings for this sport – Sunday is the match but during the second and forth week of each month we host a practice shoot as well – a great way to try it out.
Come see what it is all about – this is low impact on the body and the wallet as well (22LR being the reasonable choice).
Shooting begins about 9AM and continues until about 1PM.
Sign up on practiscore.com – Click on Matches – Click on Florida – and scroll down and select the match (Tampa Bay Steel Challenge)
Come out and watch – come out and shoot – talk to the Directors about what it takes to participate in this really fun sport.

Fight Dynamics with Bert Winfield (2 day class)
2025-03-22 09:00 - 2025-03-23 17:00
FIGHT DYNAMICS
This 2 day course is a full immersion into the dynamics of fighting with a gun and how to make each shooter more capable in an actual fight.
We will be breaking away from the traditional training of static targets and static shooters during this class. Without movement there is no fight. The goal of this course is to learn what each individual shooter’s capabilities are and then expand upon them in a way that benefits each shooter individually. There is no one size fits all approach, everyone has different capabilities depending on many individual variables.
NOTE: During the classroom portions of this class students WILL be exposed to violent images, video and audio. DO NOT sign up for this class if you are not comfortable with the exposure.
Pre-requisite training: This class is designed to bring the intermediate level to an advanced level. This is not a class designed for students who do not know how to safely operate their firearm.
Class Fee: $450.00
Minimum Students to conduct this course is 4
Range Topics will include:
● Rapid pistol presentation from a concealed holster
● Shooting techniques for Stressful Environments
● Multiple Attackers
● Target Transition and Acquisition
● Movement during a fight
● Reloading under stress
● Stress mitigation techniques
● Using cover and concealment
● And many more
Student Equipment Requirements:
● Concealed carry holster that retains its shape
● 1000 rounds of pistol ammo
● 3 magazines and a way to carry them on your person
● Range appropriate attire and footwear for an outdoor range
● Eye and Ear Protection
● Baseball cap
● Lunch for both days
● Water is provided. If you would like something else bring it with you
Eventbrite Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fight-dynamics-tickets-1132806186799?aff=oddtdtcreator

Florida Conceal Carry League
2025-03-30 09:00 - 13:30
Florida Conceal Carry League
Ramos Action Shooting LLC has created The Florida Concealed Carry League (FLCCL) to
provide a venue for Shooters to use, compete, improve, and test their daily conceal carry
equipment. The idea is to provide a safe, fun, and challenging event where you can use the
weapon and equipment you carry daily. The goal is to apply effective strategies to enter scenarios
and/or stages, react, and gain control over your safety. Participating in our event is the only place
you can truly test and make sure that you can draw, hit intended target, reload, and re-holster
your concealed carry weapon. You probably have everything you need to participate. We follow
the rules that we normally follow in major events.
Sign up on practiscore.com
Questions – RamosActionShooting.com
Ramos Action Shooting on Facebook
813-808-9010

Marksmanship & Basic Pistol with Durand Capers
2025-04-12 12:00 - 16:00
Marksmanship and Basic Pistol
Price $115 (+ Range Fee)
Range fee is paid by students when you arrive
This course is designed to accommodate students throughout the full continuum of firearm experience. Maybe you are brand new to handguns, maybe you have your CCW and you are not completely comfortable with a firearm, maybe you just want to brush up on your skill level. This course is perfect for you if you are anywhere in between. It is not uncommon for a student to take a Basic Pistol course before their CCW.
Skill Level: Beginners & those wanting to refine foundational skills
What You’ll Learn: Firearm safety & responsible handling Fundamentals of accuracy – grip, stance, sight alignment, trigger control Recoil management & confidence-building drills Live-fire training to develop consistency
Reach out if you have questions:
813-944-8959
Durand@pingpowpat.com
Students Register here (contact me for package deals)
https://www.usconcealedcarry.com/firearms-training/instructors/florida-instructors/tactical-education-defense-llc-2492362/class-tampa-fl-pistol-101-accuracy-control-and-confidence-2d7d6/
Or
https://lmbgeteducated.as.me/schedule/5dbc8e9c/category/Shooting%2520Courses%2520(Pistol%2520101%252C%2520Concealed%2520Carry%252C%2520and%2520more!)?categories%5B%5D=Self-Defense+Shooting+Courses+%28concealed+carry+and+beyond%29
