Defensive Pistol/Carbine Integrated Skills Course

This immersive two-day training experience is built for anyone who wants to step up their protector game—whether you're part of a Church Safety or Security Team, a School Resource Officer, a Commissioned Security Officer, Law Enforcement, or a responsibly armed citizen who refuses to freeze when things go bad.

Our Intuitive Defensive® Pistol / Carbine course blends handgun and rifle training into one high-impact weekend. You’ll get hands-on reps, real-world scenarios, and a practical understanding of how your mind and body react under stress—because in a Dynamic Critical Incident, you won’t rise to the moment… you’ll fall back on your training.

Across two days, you’ll dive into:

Intuitive Defensive Shooting
Defensive Accuracy under pressure
The Balance of Speed & Precision
How your body actually reacts in chaos
Lateral movement and getting off the X
Additional pistol and carbine concepts as time allows

This course gives you a solid foundation in Counter Ambush skills, efficient defensive shooting, and a clear blueprint for continued training. Whether you’re brand new or highly experienced, you’ll learn to run both platforms—handgun and semi-auto rifle—with confidence, efficiency, and purpose.

What You'll Train On:

Intuitive Shooting Fundamentals
The Balance of Speed & Precision
Critical Incident Reloads
Defensive Accuracy
Volume of Fire (when & why it matters)
Shooting Around Cover
Positional Shooting
Four Points of Contact with a Rifle
Clearing Basic Carbine Malfunctions
Carbine ↔ Pistol Transitions
Bonus skill blocks as time allows

What do I need to bring?

Lunch, snacks, plenty of water
Defensive Pistol =other than Sig P320 ***See note below*** (if you have a red dot on your handgun, it should have a 10 yard zero)
Backup Pistol (optional)
500-600 rounds of pistol ammunition
If your handgun magazines hold 10 or less rounds bring 5 magazines. Otherwise 3 magazines should suffice.
Strong side hip or appendix holster ONLY (quality kydex, or a similar type where the top of the holster remains open when the gun is drawn - no soft holsters - and a sturdy belt to carry your gun and gear)
Defensive Carbine (Pistol Caliber Carbines are fine) zeroed at 50 yards (if you are unsure, please arrive early and we can check it.)
Backup Rifle (optional)
3 - 4 magazines
Sling (we can provide loaner slings with some notice)
500-600 rounds rifle ammunition
Eye and ear protection (Electronic Ear Pro recommended)
Weather appropriate clothing including a hat
We can provided 9mm and .223 ammunition day of class, but you will need to let us know at the time of registration
Popup Awning (optional)

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After thoughtful consideration, we are prohibiting all Sig P320 variants in our training classes.

We regret doing this, but as issues continue to be documented by the US Military and the FBI, along with other reliable sources, we feel a responsibility to ensure safety and mitigate liability on this particular platform in our classes until such time the potential issues have been resolved by the manufacturer.

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Our Cancellation Policy at Get Trained Be Ready is as follows:

Our policy is that all payments are non-refundable, but if a student is unable to attend and advises us prior to the day of the class that he or she is unable to attend, we will retain the payment on their behalf for a period of one year from the date of the class as a credit towards any class that we teach in an amount equal to, or greater than, the payment.

However, we limit all class sizes. If you want to attend a later class and notify us after that class is already full, then you will have to wait for another class.