A Draft Curriculum

Here's what we are thinking about. Pistol courses are also in development.

Cardinal rules:

1) Practical, practical, practical. If it gets hits on steel, it stays. If not, it goes.

2) We know the meaning of the Second Amendment.

3) The more people who do, and can back up that belief with skills and mindset, the better.

Send us comments here or at westernshooters@gmail.com.

Thanks!

Basic Rifle I
- 25m zeroing/sights/optics
- Basic positions
- Sling use
- NPOA
- BRASS/Six steps

Basic Rifle II
- KD zeros to 400
- Position review/practice (including all stage 2 variants)
- Full distance practice/variety of targets
- Range estimation techniques
- Immediate action drills
- Wind introduction
- Intro to snaps/reactive targets
- Intro to the follow-up shot

Intermediate Rifle I
- Short range snaps/multiple targets/multiple shots
- Medium range snaps/multiple targets/multiple shots
- Moving safely with your rifle
- Position transitions
- Improvised rests/alternative positions
- Off-balance/weak side positions
- Slings for fun and travel
- Where's your optics/where's your irons transitions
- Improvisational skill-building (pistols, simulated malfunctions, multitasking, etc.)

Intermediate Rifle II
- Target detection/counterdetection
- KD zeros from 400 - 600
- Spotting skills
- Moving quietly with your rifle
- More range estimation
- More wind (depending on conditions)
- Reactive target practice
- Practical gear/equipment

Fieldcraft I
- Reading a map
- Topo maps and altimeter
- Map and Compass, declination
- Map and grid coordinates
- GPS
- Using the Night Sky
- Solar Navigation

Fieldcraft II
- Shelter: Finding or making, improving
- Fire: Starting (flint steel, friction techniques, batteries, optics)/Building/Maintaining
- Water: Obtaining and purifying
- Food: Obtaining and purifying/preparation (edible plants, foraging insects, fishing for survival and harvest, trapping/snares/deadfalls for survival, hunting, crafting garments from harvested hides/tanning)
- More land navigation
- Mindset considerations

Field Medical I
- Basic sanitation/personal hygiene: why important?
- Physical conditioning
- Patient physical assessment
- CPR
- Intro to hemorrhage care
- Cold and heat exposure
- Dehydration/nausea/vomiting/diarrhea
- Cleaning/closing/caring for minor lacerations
- Sprains/strains
- Care for closed fractures
- Care for open fractures
- Eye Injuries
- Antibiotics
- Intro to ethics

Field Medical II
- The Arrested Patient-Viable with Grid Up resources
- The Arrested Patient-Triage in Grid Down
- Care for defensive wounds
Stab Wounds
Gun shot wounds - limb
Chest
Abdomen
Head
- Other "medical" chest, abdominal, head issues
- More hemorrhage control
- Intro to IV theory
- More antibiotics
- Intro to pain relief/anesthesia
- Delivery of newborn and care in grid-down/austere environment
- Principles of operating in an austere environment
- Dental emergencies
- Emotional issues/counseling
- More ethics/intro to triage