Pistol and Carbine Weekend - Echo Valley, WV November 14-15, 2026

This class is 8AM to 4PM both days.

Echo Valley Training Center
268 Caliber Drive
High View WV, 26808

Range 4

Lodging: Many choices, a short drive from Winchester, Virginia 

Basically a workshop weekend.  We will concentrate on Handgun Saturday, then Carbine on Sunday with a few transition drills near the end of Day 2.  

Pistol work - Day 1

We will jump right into presentations and drills to refine and tune your skills.

**Either Concealment or overt carry is accepted in this course. 

This is a course for students who want to get a full day of presentations, manipulations and problem solving to hone their craft and improve awareness.

Topics:

• Fundamentals
• Reloads: Emergency and Admin
  
• Multiple threats / threat selection
• Movement while shooting
  
• Using barricades; cover / concealment
• Unorthodox shooting positions

 Required Kit:

• Wrap around Eye Protection
• Ear protection (electronic preferred)
• Baseball style hat
• Range food / WATER
• Seasonal weather gear / rain gear
• STURDY pistol belt
• Production Handgun, preferably 12 round capacity or higher
• Single stack .45’s are fine, just need to increase magazine count to 8 minimum
• Concealment Holster - **SEE NOTES AT BOTTOM**
• Double magazine carrier - 4 high capacity magazines MINIMUM (8 for 1911 guys)
• A cover garment- Button down shirt, sweatshirt, jacket. How do you carry concealed?
• 500 rounds of factory ammunition
• Cleaning kit / lubrication

** Holsters MUST be capable of holstering without use of the support hand. Old leather pancake style or inside the waistband holsters that do not retain their opening when the handgun is removed are NOT permitted.
** Shoulder rigs ARE NOT permitted **
SERPA holsters ARE NOT permitted

Carbine Work - Day 2

Course can be run concealed or with exposed kit. Capability to hold 1 spare magazines on the body required. (Belt, chest or rear pocket)
we will run some transition from Carbine to pistol on Day 2.

Topics: 

• Safety 
• Equipment selection and considerations 
• Zeroing (Irons / BUIS and optics) 
• Fundamentals 
• Presentations 
• Reloads: Emergency and Admin
• Transitions to handgun
• Multiple threats / threat selection 
• Movement while shooting 
• Magazine management 

Required Kit: 

• Wrap around Eye Protection 
• Ear protection (electronic preferred) 
• Baseball style hat 
• Range food / WATER 
• Seasonal weather gear / rain gear 
• Rifle sling, must be able to allow rifle to hang. 
• Ability to retain a minimum of 1 magazine on your body 
• 2 magazines MINIMUM 
• 600 rounds of factory ammunition 
• Cleaning kit / lubrication