I have a new updated website: www.saltlakefirearmstraining.com this sight has a study guide of the curriculum that I teach and a lot of pictures helping explain my classes and experience.
Private Firearms Classes 2008-Current
-Utah Concealed Firearm Permits
-Beginner to advanced hand gun
-Long distance and precision rifle
-Carbine (short distance-semi auto rifle)
-Each student progresses at their own rate when they show the knowledge and skill of each priciple. For individuals, couples, youth, women only classes or any small groups.
I charge for the private classes above but everything below has been donated time and money. All the money taken in from match fees from the Utah Shootouts Shooting Matches I put on, I used for expenses of the shooting matches and building up of the North Springs Shooting Range and Recreation Area.
Bountiful Lions Club Shooting Range - On weekends I'm currently volunteering as a Range Safety Officer on the Pistol Range.
University of Utah - volunteer firearms instructor 2009-2019. These are "For Credit" classes.
-Pistol Marksmanship Instructor, PRTL 1160
-Rifle Marksmanship Lead Instructor, PRTL 1161
Match Director of Utah Shootouts - Long Distance Practical Precision Shooting Competitions 2008 – 2015
-Designed, oversaw set up and safely managed 65 long distance practical precision shooting competitions. Carbine and pistol stages included.
-Led Six Utah State Sniper Shoots
-Up to 56 shooters from up to eight states competing at a time
-Utah Shootouts challenged some of the best competitors in the Western States while still accommodating less experienced shooters
-Visit YouTube - “desertratdad” - videos, to see the action
Sample video https://youtu.be/fu2QnZVCDYM
Utah County Metro S.W.A.T.
-I was asked several times by a S.W.A.T. Trainer to Design courses of fire and run his Officers through for their training.
Utah Shooting Sports Council
-Teaching Permit-less Carry (legally carrying a concealed gun without a permit in Utah) and Utah Concealed Firearm Permit Classes (CCW) for the Utah Shooting Sports Council at the Crossroads of the West Gun Shows
-Teaching Utah Concealed Firearm Permit Classes to Utah School Employees.(teachers etc.)
-Provided education and outreach at the USSC tables at various gun shows since 2009
-Range officer or finger print taker 6 times at the USSC, Safe to Learn, Safe to Teach, free Utah Concealed Firearm Permit Classes for Teachers and other school employees.
Utah Gun Exchange
-Helped with finger printing at all their free Utah Concealed Firearm Permit Classes for all School Employees and Students.
Cabela’s
-Taught firearms classes for their NRA Week at both Lehi and Farmington Stores
North Springs Shooting Range
-In 8 years, and using the money taken in from match fees I developed and built two new shooting venues, “Over the Edge” and “Along the Ridge”. The Range still utilizes the 150 reactive steel targets with stands I developed and built for the North Springs Shooting Range. I also did troubleshooting and software and hardware upkeep for the North Springs Range computerized target system. Also I helped with other shooting events there.
Other organizations Volunteered for as a Range Officer, Safety Officer, Spotter, Score Keeper, or Instructor
-Rocky Mountain Precision Rifle Series
-Quiet Riot of the National Precision Rifle Series
-.22 rim fire Marksmanship Challenge
-Mule Deer Foundation
-Utah Defensive Pistol League
-Utah Precision Marksmanship Society
-Cedar Valley 3 Gun
-Utah Republican Party (I would have done it for the Democrats too)
-Salt Lake County Corporate Games
-Youth Hunter Education Challenge
-U of U College Republicans (I would have done it for the Democrats too)
-Primary Children’s Hospital sponsored a child safety program of giving away lock boxes, the size to hold a hand gun. We instructed people on how to use them.
-Layton chapter of Well Armed Woman - I taught these wonderful ladies how to shoot with both eyes open.
Certifications
International Defensive Pistol Association, 2004
-Safety Officer.
National Rifle Association, 2009
-Rifle Instructor.
-Pistol Instructor.
-Range Safety Officer.
-Pistol Coach - Level 1 (2019).
2009 Utah Concealed Firearm Permit
-Instructor.
2012 Utah Precision Marksmanship Society
-Range Safety Officer
Live Firearms Classes Taken
-40 years ago I took a pistol class. At the end of the class we had a competition between the students. I took first place, then I beat the instructors. They gave me the Gun Fighter From Hell Award.
-5 NRA Instructor Classes
-4 Classes from Law Enforcement Instructors
-4 Classes from US Olympic Shooting Team Member and Marine Corps Sniper School Rifle Instructor
-25 days at the Bountiful Lions Club Shooting Range in the 1990's shooting with and learning from a US Army Sniper
-Plus dozens of videos and on line classes.
Competitor in major regional shooting competitions starting in 2001
p.s.
As a side note: I have been so heavily involved with the shooting sports and firearms training, I've got asked many times if I'm a Military Veteran. No I'm not, I got rejected during Viet Nam War as I was about to sign up. I would get terrible back pains which had me bed ridden for up to a week at a time. After dozens of trips to chiropractors and doctors, this turned out to be a disc that sometimes pressed against the nerve. After much physical therapy I'm able to pretty much keep it in place now.
Also I used to say I teach beginner to advanced rifle and pistol classes but with all my knee surgeries I can't move like I used to so I can't demonstrate more advanced principals of with moving quickly any more. Even though I can still teach and coach more advanced techniques. And still love teaching beginner or intermediate students.
Thanks for your interest,
Clint