MEET-UP INFORMATION

Time

Basic/Intermediate/Advanced Pistol: 9:00 a.m to 5:30 p.m

Carbine classes: 9:00 a.m to 5:30 p.m

All others: check the start time on your registration email

Lunch:

8-hour classes: 30-minute lunch break from 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. Bring a lunch or go out to nearby fast food restaurants on Willow Pass Road.
4-hour classes: short breaks for snacks.

Please arrive at least 20 minutes early to class. Don't be late because everyone will have to wait for you. This is an inconvenience for both instructors and your fellow students. If you're late and miss the safety briefings, you may not be admitted into the class and forfeit your fees. Give yourself plenty of time to get to the range and find parking, especially on busy weekends!

Documentation

Please fill out the two waivers at least three days before class:

Range Equipment

Pistol(s) and/or carbine with at least 2 magazines each (stored in case)
Outside-the-waistband holster for each pistol
Extra batteries for your pistol/rifle optics
Eye protection (ballistically rated)
Ear protection (electronic preferred to hear range commands)
Brimmed hat to protect against brass
For Close Quarters and Keep Fighting, bring a shirt or jacket which can be damaged or stained
Ammunition:
- Basic Pistol and Pistol Mounted Optics: 300 rounds
- Intermediate Pistol and Advanced Pistol: 400 rounds
- Close-Quarters, Low-Light Pistol & Keep Fighting!: 200 rounds
- Carbine: 400 rounds rifle and 100 rounds pistol

*IMPORTANT:

You must have an OUTSIDE-THE-WAISTBAND holster for each pistol you intend to shoot; you will not be allowed to fire from the line without an OWB holster. Do NOT bring an Inside-the-Waistband, Appendix, or SERPA (or any holster where you must depress a button with your index finger to draw). You will NOT be allowed to shoot with these holsters. You will NOT be allowed to shoot if you show up with an improper holster and will be required to register & pay for a separate day.

Please visit the PALADIN SHOP to get the right equipment before class. We offer magazine loaders, belts, holsters, and more.

Protect Against the Elements

To make your range time enjoyable, we strongly suggest you wear the appropriate clothing to the range and bring sustainment items. We train in the rain and in the heat. Take this seriously; we don't want you to suffer a heat-related illness or hypothermia during our training.

Hot weather:

Sunscreen and clothing to protect against the sun
Plenty of fluids
Cooling towel
Folding chair
Brimmed hat

Cold & Rain:

Waterproof jacket
Waterproof boots
Brimmed hat
Handwarmers
Folding chair
Consider extra jackets, boots, socks to change-out when wet

Range Safety

For classes starting in the training bays: Bring your pistol, gear, and ammunition to the range

For classes starting the in classroom: Leave all your gear inside your vehicle until we move to the range portion of the class.

When moving between your vehicle, the classroom, and the range, always have your pistol in a case. Firearms in holsters are NOT permitted in the USI parking lots.

You may only handle your pistol at 1) the Safety Station or 2) on the Firing Line - Do NOT handle your pistol inside the classroom, behind the firing line, or at the Magazine Filling Station.

Location

United Sportsmen, Inc.
4700 Evora Road
Concord, CA 94520

On weekdays, the main gate on Evora Drive may be partially closed indicating the range is closed. However, it is open for the Paladin Tactical class. Pass through the gate and drive down the hill toward the public range. Just past the public range, you will see a sign for "Education Classrooms." Turn right and go down the hill. Park on the gravel.

If the parking lot is full, park on the pavement next to the "Corporation Yard" which just up the hill and past the sign for the Action Pistol Range. Don't park in the public range parking lot.

For Basic/Intermediate/Advanced Pistol, Shotgun, and Carbine: meet in the Training Bays behind the large white warehouse. Look for the Paladin sign.

For Close-Quarters, Low-Light, and Keep Fighting: meet in the classroom behind the wooden wall.