Handgun Refinement & Barrier Use – Florence, AZ – March 29th, 2025
Handgun Refinement & Barrier Use
Location:
Rock Quarry public shooting area
https://maps.app.goo.gl/cTZ598dd8trJLhtt5
Grid coordinates are:
33°04’28.3″N 111°30’11.3″W
(see directions below or copy this link into your map system)
Start time:
8:30 am and ending around 5 pm’ish
This is a range day starting with refining shooting skills, then learning and practicing handgun use in and around cover, shooting quickly and precisely, while taking in considerations how to use barriers for cover, and when having to shoot over, around, through, or under vehicles.
We will start with working on refining handling and shooting principles, while growing speed and accuracy, and with the context of having to use a gun in defense of life while best utilizing walls, corner, barriers, vehicles, etc. for cover to to reduce exposure to incoming rounds.
Approximately 300 to 400 rounds of ammunition will be needed for this range day. We’ll use less if possible; though this is a shooting course, it is mainly intended to teach effective use of cover and realistically fighting from cover.
Depending on the skill level of the class, we will likely doing some “Force-on-Force” training, using non-lethal handguns that shoot rubber bullets as you put all the training together and go through scenarios against hostile intruder(s) and aggressors.
Items & information needed for Friday day:
Handgun (or we have handguns available for free use or rent – depending on the model you want to use)
2 to 3 magazines (if a semi-auto or striker fire handgun)
300 to 400 rounds of ammunition
Quality holster & sturdy belt (feel free to call with any holster questions)
(NOTE: ***NO SERPA holsters or of similar design, NO collapsible holsters, NO sticky or pocket holsters, NO bra holsters, NO shoulder holsters, and NO purse holsters!!)
Closed-toes shoes
No shirts with plunging neck lines and a hat with a brim is highly recommended.
Eye & ear protection and a hat with a brim to the front
Enough liquids to drink, as it will likely be hot, along with any food desired. A short lunch break please bring a lunch; we will NOT have time to leave the range area for food.
This is an outdoor range, so whatever clothing layers needed for the weather of that day.
Optional items & information:
Magazine holders
A chair
Anything wanted to snack on.
Any sunscreen or bug spray desired or needed. This is an outdoor environment, and you will need to dress appropriately for the weather that day.
Toilet paper or baby wipes
This area we will be shooting at is an area open to the public and DOES NOT have any restroom facilities or running water. So, if you need to use the restroom, you will need to bring whatever toiletry supplies needed and go to the bathroom as if you were on a camping trip out in the desert somewhere.
Directions:
From E. Hunt Hwy., turn South on S. Walker Granite Rd. (this road is across the road from “Dollar Self Storage”)
Follow S. Walker Granite Rd. about a mile or so beyond where the pavement ends until on the east side of a large long hill, which is now an unused rock quarry.
We will like be towards the southeast end of that hill (on the east side) and you should see a dark gray Ram pickup and a Defenders USA banner to indicate where we will be that day.
My phone number is included just below in case you need help finding this location.
This course will be taught by Defenders USA’s founder and Lead Instructor, Adam Winch. Adam is a certified Master Instructor and RDS Instructor (with multiple other instructor certifications), along with an extensive Law Enforcement, military, and a firearms trainer background. His bio can be found on the “About” tab on our website.
Feel free to contact me with any questions and I look forward to training with you!
Adam Winch
Adam@Defenders-USA.com
970-9876-0774
