TALLADEGA, Ala. – The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) is worked up to announce a full lineup of courses and clinics hosted at its Talladega Marksmanship Park in Alabama!
Outdoors of the routine Primary Handgun, Shotgun and Rifle courses provided on the park every month, the clinic schedule presents quite a lot of disciplines led by such companions as Steyr Academy, GLOCK and extra.
All programs are open to the general public apart from Avenue Cop College’s two classroom courses, that are for Regulation Enforcement solely and function persevering with schooling for native entities.
CMP can also be implementing its personal four-hour Hid Carry Class, led by Talladega Marksmanship Park supervisor Bret Lankford, the place college students will be taught gun dealing with methods, security, authorized necessities and extra.
Present Clinic Schedule:
Could 2-4 – Steyr Academy
July 16 – Avenue Cop College/Authorized Use of Pressure (Regulation Enforcement Solely)
July 26 – Defensive Handgun with Greg Bettis
Aug. 8 – Steyr Academy
Aug. 19 – Avenue Cop College/Interdiction Academy (Regulation Enforcement Solely)
Sept. 2 – GLOCK Armorer Course
Sept. 3-4 – GLOCK MOS Operator Course
Sept. 5-7 – Steyr Academy
Sept. 27 – Hid Carry with Greg Bettis
Oct. 3-5 – Steyr Academy
Oct. 6-7 – NLEFIA Purple Dot Sights for Responsibility Pistols (Regulation Enforcement Solely)
Oct. 11 – Pistol Mounted Optics: Foundations with Cougar Mountain Options
Oct. 12 – Pistol Mounted Optics: Sensible Software with Cougar Mountain Options
Oct. 18 – Defensive Rifle with Greg Bettis
Nov. 7-9 – Steyr Academy
Nov. 8 – Frank Proctor Capturing
Nov. 15-16 – Frank Proctor Capturing: Handgun
Nov. 20-21 – Thunder Ranch: Handgun
Nov. 22-23 – Thunder Ranch: Carbine
Nov. 22 – Frank Proctor Capturing: Carbine
Be taught extra about Talladega’s upcoming courses at https://thecmp.org/training-classes-at-talladega.
In regards to the Instructors/Programs:
Bret Lankford: Lankford is a retired Regulation Enforcement Officer with 32 years of service. He turned a licensed firearms teacher in 1990 and has since earned additional certifications with the FBI, NRA, GLOCK Skilled, the Worldwide Affiliation of Regulation Enforcement Firearms Instructors, Teacher Growth via Auburn College Montgomery and the Nationwide Regulation Enforcement Firearms Teacher Affiliation. Lankford has been employed with the CMP Talladega Marksmanship Park since Could 2020.
Greg Bettis: Bettis started his profession as a patrol officer in 1984 within the Metro-Atlanta space. He went on to serve 14 years in legal investigations – turning into a Georgia P.O.S.T. licensed teacher in 1989 with 4,200 hours of regulation enforcement coaching. He additionally holds a State of Georgia Grasp Teacher Certificates and has taught hundreds of officers within the classroom and inside numerous environments.
Steyr Academy: Steyr Arms, Inc. is a firearms producer with over 150 years of innovation. The corporate makes a speciality of merchandise which can be usually utilized by navy and regulation enforcement. As a subsidiary to their manufacturing division, Steyr Academy trains people on sensible makes use of of firearms via worthwhile instruction, led by Brian Marshall, a 28-year veteran of native and federal regulation enforcement with twenty years of teacher expertise.
GLOCK Programs: GLOCK, a longtime sponsor of a number of CMP occasions all year long, showcases a model of pistols with a popularity as high performers within the marksmanship world. Its Armorer Course is an eight-hour classroom coaching on how you can safely use and keep GLOCK firearms, whereas the MOS Operator Course is a two-day course constructed to reinforce information and expertise with GLOCK firearms, designed as a dynamic capturing course.
NLEFIA (Nationwide Regulation Enforcement Firearms Instructors Affiliation): Established in 2015, the aim of the NLEFIA is to advance the information and expertise {of professional} firearms instructors in regulation enforcement, the navy and personal sector communities. The NLEFIA is dedicated to a way for networking and persevering with academic coaching by offering superior certifications to skilled firearms instructors.
Cougar Mountain Options: Led by founder and teacher, Erick Gelhaus who’s an achieved creator and marksman. Gelhaus served in all three parts within the U.S. Military, with time as a heavy weapons squad chief in floor fight. He started educating in 2001 and held a 30-year profession in regulation enforcement. Outdoors of aggressive capturing, Gelhaus has spoken at quite a few coaching conferences and symposiums, together with Rangemaster’s TacCon and the SHOT Present’s Regulation Enforcement Training Program.
Frank Proctor Capturing: Frank Proctor served over 20 years within the navy, with the final 16 within the U.S. Military Particular Forces. Between deployments, he served as an assistant teacher for Fight Marksmanship, CQB, Breaching and the Sniper program, later turning into a major teacher the place he not solely taught however realized from others round him. Now, he’s a aggressive shooter and provides personal trainings within the Talladega space.
Thunder Ranch: Thunder Ranch was based in 1993 by Clint Smith, a Marine Corps Veteran (serving two infantry and Mixed Motion Platoon excursions in Vietnam) and longtime Regulation Enforcement officer who led a Firearms Coaching Division and is a precision rifleman. The purpose of Thunder Ranch is to supply premier coaching – remaining on the forefront of revolutionary practices for rifle, shotgun and different codecs.
In regards to the CMP Talladega Marksmanship Park:
Talladega Marksmanship Park, “The Residence of Marksmanship,” is a worthy vacation spot for firearm supporters and company searching for observe, competitors and conscious studying alternatives. That includes CMP digital targets and scoring displays that may solely be discovered on the 500-acre facility, the park frequently hosts rifle, pistol and shotgun occasions all 12 months lengthy. The CMP’s Unknown Distance Vary at Talladega additionally permits company to observe their expertise within the area of over 100 metal targets, whereas the 20-lane life-size 3D goal Archery Vary gives much more marksmanship enjoyable on the park.
The general public is welcome each day, all 12 months lengthy, to check out their firearms or to easily discover the grounds. Off the firing line, the Membership Home holds a totally stocked Professional Store that features an unique assortment of rifles, industrial gross sales, marksmanship equipment and CMP memorabilia that’s all the time open throughout park hours. Be taught extra concerning the park at https://thecmp.org/ranges/talladega-marksmanship-park/.The Civilian Marksmanship Program is a federally chartered 501 (c) (3) non-profit company. It’s devoted to firearm security and marksmanship coaching and to the promotion of marksmanship competitors for residents of america. For extra details about the CMP and its applications, log onto www.TheCMP.org.
