Fighting Shotgun
Date/Time
Date(s) - 04/17/27
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location
Manteca Sportsmen, Inc
Categories
You can own the finest weapons, the most advanced gear, and enough equipment to outfit an army—but without the training to use it, you’re still a liability. Gear doesn’t make the warrior. Skill, discipline, and preparation do. Without them, you can die on day one wearing a million dollars’ worth of equipment.
When the time to perform arrives, the time to prepare has passed!
Fighting Shotgun
One day class – 8 Hours (8:00 am to 5:00 pm) Manteca Sportsmen’s, Inc – 30261 Airport Way, Manteca, CA, 95337
Prerequisites: Students must be able to demonstrate safe firearm handling and possess a working knowledge of their shotgun platform. Prior completion of a basic shotgun course or equivalent experience is strongly recommended.
Course Description: The Trident Firearms Academy Fighting Shotgun course is an intensive one day, eight hour class designed to teach students how to effectively employ a modern defensive shotgun in realistic defensive situations. This course emphasizes safe gun handling, efficient weapon manipulation, recoil management, movement, use of cover, target transitions, and problem-solving under stress.
Students will also learn how and when to transition from the shotgun to a handgun when the shotgun becomes inoperable, runs empty, or the situation demands a faster response. While the primary focus is on the fighting shotgun, handgun skills will reinforce the concept of maintaining a working firearm throughout an engagement.
This course is intended for shooters with basic firearms experience who want to improve their defensive shotgun capabilities for home defense, law enforcement, or personal protection.
Learning Objectives: Upon successful completion, students will be able to:
- Safely operate a fighting shotgun and demonstrate safe handling of a fighting shotgun
- Understand a shotguns capabilities and limitations
- Have an optimized pump or semi automatic shotgun capable of being used for defensive use
- Mount the shotgun quickly and consistently
- Execute dynamic shooting techniques such as:
- Deliver accurate and rapid hits from close to intermediate distances
- Engage multiple, possibly moving threats efficiently
- Move safely with a loaded shotgun
- Utilize cover effectively and fire from alternate positions
- Effectively manage recoil
- Perform emergency and tactical reloads
- Clear common shotgun malfunctions
- Transition safely and efficiently to a handgun
- Make sound decisions under time pressure
Required Equipment
Shotgun
- Defensive pump or semi automatic shotgun
- Sling (required)
- Side saddle or ammunition carrier
- Weapon-mounted light recommended, but not required (Train as you fight, fight as you train)
- Buckshot, birdshot, and slug compatible
Handgun
- Duty or concealed carry handgun
- Quality belt holster
- Three magazines minimum
- Magazine pouches
Ammunition
- Shotgun (Minimum)
- 175 Birdshot
- 25 Buckshot
- 10 Slugs
- Handgun (Minimum)
- 75 rounds
Safety Equipment
- Eye Protection
- Hearing Protection
- Electronic is recommended
- Ball Cap
- Hydration Source
- Water or Electrolytes
Recommended Equipment
- Knee Pads
- Gloves
- Shoes/Boots with Ankle Support
- Note Taking Materials Recommended
$250 Tuition per Student