ALTUS 2 Day Comprehensive Precision Rifle Course

2-Day Precision Rifle Introduction Course

ALTUS is pleased to announce our 2-day Introduction to Precision Rifle Course. In addition to two full days of professional training, the price includes an overnight stay at our new 6,000 square foot lodging facility. The lodge is equipped with a full gym and kitchen that include grills and Traeger Smokers with plenty of covered seating both outside and inside the lodge. Additionally, we offer high-speed internet with big screen TV’s and even vintage arcade game consoles.

While at the lodge, large bathrooms and showers are at your disposal as well as a washer/dryer combo. Additionally, we have outdoor an outdoors weapons cleaning and maintenance area.

Our goal with this course is 2-fold. First, to be able to get two full days of professional firearms training with our elite instructors. Second, is to provide an environment to relax and engage with our instructors and like-minded individuals after a good day of training.

Course Description

The ALTUS Precision Rifle Introduction Course is designed for students that are entering the world of long-range rifle marksmanship. Whether you are wanting to shoot long-range competition, or even apply knowledge learned as an outdoorsman, this is the course for you! The challenges of engaging targets at distance can be intimidating to say the least and setting individual equipment up properly for you as the shooter is the first crucial step that is often overlooked. The intro course will first teach and help the shooter build solid shooting fundamentals. As the student progresses, we will collect engagement data for each shooter ensuring that they will be able to use their information and apply it at any location to successfully engage targets up to 1,000 yards and beyond. Additionally, the intro course will teach students to diagnose and troubleshoot their rifles, understand the capabilities of their optics, and to use an optics reticle to properly gauge distance and engage targets successfully. Each student will graduate the course with a solid foundational knowledge of marksmanship, precision rifle equipment set up and techniques to continue to drive their ability and rifle to it’s fullest potential.

This is a crawl, walk, jog course where we start with the basics and move on, if a student consistently demonstrates unsafe behaviors during the course, we will do our best to correct but further infractions could result in being removed from the course

Overall Course Schedule

Saturday

8:30 AM- Arrive at Altus Shooting Solutions

9:00 AM- Safety Brief/Academics/ Begin Range Time

12:00 PM- Lunch

1:00 PM- Range Time

5:00 PM- End of Training Day

Saturday Night, full access to lodge and amenities are included in the course for students.

Sunday

9:00 AM- Range Time

12:00 PM- Lunch

4:00 PM- Instructor Led Course Review, Certificates Awarded

Note* As this is a full 2-day training course, please bring enough food and drinks to last you both days. There is plenty of refrigerator and food storage space available at the lodge. Hot days? No worries! ALTUS is equipped with a restaurant grade ice machine to fill coolers! Ice cold bottled water will be provided at all times to students!

The kitchen is stocked with pots, pans, cookware, plates, cups and silverware for you to utilize. The kitchen also has commercial size coffee makers to help jumpstart the morning.

Course Content

Day 1

• Rifle setup and maintenance
• Fundamentals of marksmanship
• Natural Point of Aim
• Natural Respiratory Pause/Trigger Control
• Weapon Zeroing Procedures
• Chrono Rifles
• Ballistic Calculators
• Wind Reading/Estimation
• Known Distance Engagements
• Shooter/Spotter Communication

 Day 2

• Mission Planning
• Confirm Zero
• Unknown Distance Introduction
• Positional Shooting (Known Distance)
• Multiple Target Engagements
• Skills Test (Timed Precision Rifle Competition Scenario)

PREREQUISITES: This is “crawl, walk” shooting course, we start with the basics of long-range marksmanship and understanding equipment and move to semi-dynamic scenarios.

At a minimum, participants need to demonstrate safe weapons handling skills, understand basic operation of their long-range rife to include loading and unloading procedures. Additionally, the shooter should have a solid understanding of the optic being used on their rifle and how to set (slip) scope rings for a 100yd zero.

Altus prides itself in meeting shooters where they are currently with their craft. Our professional and patient instructors will guide and provide feedback during every iteration. This is what we are here to do!

Weapons and Gear:

Below you will find a list of the minimum equipment that will be necessary to complete the course.

While not necessary, you may want to consider some of the items on the recommended gear list as it can greatly enhance your training experience. Much of this gear can be found in the ALTUS Range Pro Shop.

EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS:

Serviceable Rifle capable of 1MOA @ 100yds

Scope with target turrets MOA or MIL (No Duplex Reticles)

Serviceable Bi-Pod

300 rounds of match grade ammunition. (No Green tip / Steel Core Ammunition penetrator is permitted)

Minimum of 2 serviceable magazines (if equipped)

Weapon cleaning kit

Eye and Ear protection

Shooting Mat

Shooting stock rear pad/rest (sand sock)

Weather appropriate clothing

Any equipment the individual cannot provide must be communicated to ALTUS staff prior to the beginning of training. ALTUS fill shortages on a case-by-case basis.

EQUIPMENT SUGGESTIONS:

Individual First Aid Kit with Tourniquet

Multitool or small tool kit (sight adjustments, weapon repairs etc.)

Sunscreen