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<blockquote data-quote="Surveyor1653" data-source="post: 2242866" data-attributes="member: 5197"><p>USSA and TDSA both provide excellent training opportunities locally.</p><p></p><p>Billy Smith teaches classes down at Old Fort Gun Club in Fort Smith and he provides excellent instruction, as well.</p><p></p><p>There are a variety of options for starting out on each platform (pistol, rifle, etc.). You can take a basic class on each from one place and seek further, more advanced training for others; you can take a couple of basic classes from different instructors/facilities on each platform; you can also go through the basic paces with one school then double back on them with another school. You are probably (if you're like most people) primarily limited by your tuition, ammunition, and time budgets. If that's the case, find the best value nearest to you that works with your schedule, and at least get started. With that said, don't hesitate to walk away from a place if you feel like you're not getting your money's worth. Talk it out with them first and give them a chance to keep your business (your dissatisfaction could be due to unrealistic expectations, after all) but these are your dollars and potentially your life at stake. If you go with the folks who've been at it for a while their reputations will precede them. You'll also find out who the folks with the real-word experience are. </p><p></p><p>The best thing starting out is to do just what you're doing: Ask around, read up, and then ask some more. There will be plenty of reviews and opinions available. The wheat gets separated from the chaff fairly quickly in that line of work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Surveyor1653, post: 2242866, member: 5197"] USSA and TDSA both provide excellent training opportunities locally. Billy Smith teaches classes down at Old Fort Gun Club in Fort Smith and he provides excellent instruction, as well. There are a variety of options for starting out on each platform (pistol, rifle, etc.). You can take a basic class on each from one place and seek further, more advanced training for others; you can take a couple of basic classes from different instructors/facilities on each platform; you can also go through the basic paces with one school then double back on them with another school. You are probably (if you're like most people) primarily limited by your tuition, ammunition, and time budgets. If that's the case, find the best value nearest to you that works with your schedule, and at least get started. With that said, don't hesitate to walk away from a place if you feel like you're not getting your money's worth. Talk it out with them first and give them a chance to keep your business (your dissatisfaction could be due to unrealistic expectations, after all) but these are your dollars and potentially your life at stake. If you go with the folks who've been at it for a while their reputations will precede them. You'll also find out who the folks with the real-word experience are. The best thing starting out is to do just what you're doing: Ask around, read up, and then ask some more. There will be plenty of reviews and opinions available. The wheat gets separated from the chaff fairly quickly in that line of work. [/QUOTE]
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