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Training Courses

Black Wing Training Courses & Philosophy

Our instructors continuously strive to improve their own knowledge and skills. They share that knowledge with the students to enhance the quality of the instruction. Your safety and your family’s safety are extremely important to us and we refuse to cut corners when we are talking about safety.

We know you want to be TRAINED to defend yourself and your loved ones, not just meet the “MINIMUM REQUIREMENT” of training. No matter what your experience level is, we believe that you deserve the most in-depth training, personal attention and patience we can provide, to help you achieve your goal.

Tens of thousands of guests have been trained here, our instructors understand the “whys” of shooting sports and defensive shooting, and are not just people with a piece of paper they acquired or regurgitating information they memorized. They live the shooting sports, continuing their education so they can pass on the best practices available in the industry.

Receive your firearm training from the right people, at the right place.

New shooters start here

If you are starting as a beginner and plan to take a couple classes, our new shooter training packages for both handgun or shotgun may be a great option for you!

Handgun/CCW Training

INTRO TO HANDGUN

This course is for you if you consider yourself a complete beginner wanting to start with learning the basics and work your way up.

Handgun Selection Course

This course is designed to introduce centerfire handgun calibers, further the knowledge of handgun operation, and help students choose the right firearm for their unique needs.

Ohio Concealed Carry

CCW/CHL

You want the best concealed carry (CCW/CHL) training by some of the finest and highly qualified instructors in the business.

This class will help students establish good handgun cleaning habits and understand their firearm.

PISTOL MARKSMANSHIP WORKSHOP

This workshop is dedicated to refining students’ pistol shooting marksmanship.

Handgun for Home Defense

LEVEL 1

Learn a core set of skills specifically tailored for pistols as a primary home defense tool. 

Vital Pistol Skills

LEVEL 1

Develop a basic understanding of your firearm and build vital marksmanship skills to further your pistol proficiency.

Vital Pistol Skills

LEVEL 2

Introduce outside waistband holster usage and achieve muscle memory.

Vital Pistol Skills

LEVEL 3

*NEW* Level 3 uses elements from our everyday lives to provide real-world practical applications.

Vital Pistol Skills

LEVEL 4

*NEW* The skills learned here are to increase the student’s chances of survival.

Vital Pistol Skills

LEVEL 5

In the final class of the series, we use techniques attained from Levels 1 through 4 and add low light and complete darkness.

Rifle Training

This class is designed to help students develop proper understanding of their semi-automatic rifle and build a platform of modern shooting techniques to manage recoil, improve marksmanship, and create safe handling habits.

Building off the core set of skills learned in the level one course, we will help students achieve a higher level of proficiency and muscle memory for home/personal defense, 3-gun competitions, and hunting applications.

This class will help students establish good rifle cleaning habits and understand their firearm more in-depth to help prevent costly mistakes from improper care.

Shotgun Training

Intro to Shotgun Sports

 

 

The best course to begin learning about the Shotgun Sports! This is not a defense class.

This course is best for those with a foundation of shotgun experience interested in increasing sporting clays scores.

Students will be exposed to multiple sporting clays target presentations to improve their “self-coaching” and/or partner coaching techniques needed to enhance skill levels and improve scores.

This class is specifically designed to teach students modern shotgun techniques as it pertains to home and personal defense.

Specialty Training

Defensive shotgun

WITH GREG ELLIFRITZ

Gain a high level of proficiency in the art of using a shotgun for personal or home defense.

 

Close Quarters Pistol Gunfighting

WITH GREG ELLIFRITZ

This takes defensive shooting to a different level focusing on when your attacker is within arms’ reach.

Tactical First Aid & System Collapse Medicine

WITH GREG ELLIFRITZ

Students will learn to stop traumatic bleeding from gunshot and knife wounds using the latest pressure bandages, tourniquets, and hemostatic agents.

Trap Shooting Clinic

WITH NORA ROSS

Nora has shared her expertise traveling all over the United States conducting clinics to sharpen the skills of trapshooters.

Women Only Training

A ladies-only organization established by women shooters for women pistol, rifle, and shotgun shooters! The league is designed to take beginners to whatever skill level they wish to achieve and provide experienced shooters with more opportunities.

Armed women of america

MEETINGS

Looking for a way to meet other women who are enthusiastic about learning the shooting sports?

Seminars and Youth Training

Concealed Carry Law Seminar

SEMINAR

Learn what you NEED to know from an experienced 2nd Amendment lawyer.

Black Wing Seminars

OUR CURRENT SEMINAR

Click here to see the upcoming Black Wing seminar where we discuss requested industry-related topics.

Youth Shooting Sport Camps

YOUTH CAMP

Black Wing offers an exciting, 4 day beginning Shooting Sports Youth Camp, for boys and girls, ages 10 to 16. Safety is always first!

This course is designed to introduce young shooters and their parents to the exciting sport of rifle shooting in a safe, supportive, and fun environment.

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Private Instruction

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For those of you preferring private, individualized attention, Black Wing’s professional, experienced staff provides men, women and youth with specialized, one-on-one or small group (2-3 participants – at additional cost) training.

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I’ve been to Black Wing before & was impressed with the facility & the staff. This training simply reinforced for me that Black Wing is the best in the region for staff that is not only knowledgeable but passionate about safety, education, & a customer focused culture that comes together to share a common passion while supporting people new to guns.

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