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SNIPER SCHOOLS


Check our website training schedule for course dates & locations: All graduating students receive the following: A comprehensive training manual, The ASA's Sniper Survey, at least three logo items (t-shirt or hat, pins, stickers), and a certificate of training. Click here to host a school.

 

Our training and sniper schools are endorsed by the American Sniper Association. To learn more about this organization click on the icon to the right.

The ASA's Police Sniper Utilization Report is, in our opinion, at the most important document that any police sniper can have in their library. It's available through the ASA.

This report is given to every student at all of our sniper schools.


Introduction to Police Sniping: $399 - 2 days / 24 hours. This school teaches the fundamentals of scoped rifle marksmanship, mechanics of the weapon and scope systems, ballistics, positional shooting, and introduces students to police sniper tactics. It is an excellent preparatory course for students with little long rifle background who intend on attending a more rigorous basic sniper school, and for command officers who lack the background, but want to learn more about police sniping in an abbreviated time frame and in a non-stressful school environment.  Equipment requirements: Quality scoped sniper rifle w/sling, 250 rounds of ammunition, all SWAT/sniper oriented operational gear is required for this school including duty belt w/pistol, hearing and wrap around eye protection, and personal body armor. See website for additional details.

Basic Police Sniper School:  $799 - 5 days / 60+ hours. This school lays a solid educational and practical foundation for the new or veteran sniper looking to get back to the basics. In five days we try to cover all the basics a sniper could encounter on a their first callout as if it were scheduled to happen on Friday after graduation. The focus of this school is on operational tactics such as field-craft, observation, reporting, range estimation, urban tactics, and marksmanship skills with emphasis on the cold bore shot. Other areas of instruction include policy and equipment recommendations, the mechanics of the rifle and scope, ballistics, the data book, hostage rescue engagements, intermediate barriers, night fire, positional shooting, and moving targets.  All graduates will have demonstrated proficiency at ranges of 10 to 200 yards. Equipment Requirements: Sniper rifle (recommend .308) with quality scope, sling, carrying case  (recommend pelican type case and drag bag), and binoculars. 600rnds of match grade ammunition, cleaning equipment to include a one piece rod, jags, solvent, and oil.  Data book, 2 sets of BDU’s w/boonie cap, camouflage gear and paint, cold/wet weather gear, flashlight w/red lens, duty belt, communications gear, hearing & eye protection, sun screen, insect repellant, glove for weak hand, lunch, dinner and plenty of  water for each day.

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Advanced Sniper Workshop: $399 –3 days / 30-36 hours. This school is designed as a continuing education & training event for snipers that have already attended a basic police sniper school. All students receive a certificate of training and class ranking as many events will be conducted for score. The focus of this training is a review on intermediate barriers, positional shooting, moving targets, and night fire engagements that culminate in numerous scenarios testing the snipers observation and reporting capability, judgment, and cold bore accuracy. It is recommended that agencies send snipers in pairs to gain the best training affect.

Equipment Requirements: 400 rounds of ammunition and all operational gear is required for this school.


Police Sniper Instructor School: $899 - 5 days / 50+ hours. This school teaches the instructor candidate how to train the snipers in their organizations. The focus of this school is on instructor development, training organization and execution, liability reduction, operational tactics, and advanced sniper topics such as, intermediate barriers, angle shooting, night vision update and urban tactics using academic and practical teaching methods. Instructors should already be proficient snipers and must have attended a Basic Sniper School prior to attending this school. Graduates of this course will be able to instruct basic and precision rifle marksmanship to the police officer and make educated recommendations to the administration on deployment, equipment, & policy issues for the SWAT environment and Sniper Unit. Every graduate will have demonstrated proficiency in the weapons use from various shooting positions at 7 to 200 yards. Instructors will be exposed to moving targets, low light survival tactics and shooting, engagement of multiple adversaries, hostage rescue evolutions, judgment and scenario training, angle shooting if facilities allow, and intermediate barrier engagements. Equipment Requirements: Sniper rifle (recommend .308) with quality scope, sling, binoculars and carrying case (pelican type case and drag bag). 600rnds of match grade ammunition, cleaning equipment to include a one piece rod, jags, solvent, and oil.  Data book, 2 sets of BDU’s w/boonie cap, camouflage gear and paint, cold/wet weather gear, flashlight w/red lens, duty belt, communications gear, hearing & eye protection, sun screen, insect repellant, glove for weak hand, lunch and plenty of  water for each day.