Citizens Safety Academy

CSA Tactical Shotgun Course

Mastering the ultimate home defense weapon

This class is designed to quickly bring students to a high level of proficiency in the art of using a shotgun for personal or home defense

Topics covered include:

• Firearms safety, including considerations specific to shotguns
• Selection of the fighting shotgun
• Effective modifications and accessories
• Ammunition selection and patterning for optimal performance
• Proper loading and shooting techniques
• Rapid target acquisition
• Methods to reduce the recoil of the shotgun
• Safe storage and ready conditions
• Care and maintenance

Students will need a reliable pump action or semi-automatic shotgun. The shotgun must have a shoulder stock, and a barrel length of 20 inches or shorter. Please, no detachable magazine-fed shotguns.

Students will need 125 rounds of birdshot.

While there are no pre-requisites for this course, students should be able to safely operate their shotguns (Load, unload, fire) before attending this class.

We have loaner shotguns available. Let us know if you will need one in advance.

Instructor Bio can be found here.