This calendar is for planning purposes and is subject to change. Please confirm via email/text or phone call that the classes you want are still offered on the dates(s) indicated and are not already full. .
Roger Harvey is a POST (Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training) Firearms Instructor, POST Red Dot Instructor, NRA Training Counselor (Trains other Instructors) and coaches the U.S. Military Pentathlon Team for World Championships. He has 3 podium finishes as a former competitor (3d Paris, 1968, 2d Hanover, 1971, 2d Rome, 1973), and has coached numerous World Champions. He is a former University Professor with a MA in Kinesiology (Motor Learning). He is a retired Army Colonel with 24 years experience supervising combat training. He was awarded the Legion of Merit (The Army's second highest award for distinguished service) as Deputy Chief of Staff - Training in a command of over 10,000 soldiers. While working at the U.S. Olympic Training Center, then Major Harvey designed and conducted training workshops for numerous Army commands, including the 82d Airborne Division.
Our $30,000 SimRange Simulator has over 600 professionally-acted training scenarios designed to simulate real-life CCW and law enforcement situations, giving students the opportunity to practice their skills in a safe and controlled environment. We believe that training in realistic scenarios is the best way to prepare for real-world situations.
The simulator is also available to train for practical shooting competitions (IDPA, USPSA, etc.), Steel Challenge, and even American Trap training with student's own shotgun (or one we provide) using our laser ammo .
We understand that every student has different needs and goals. That's why we offer customized training programs to meet your specific needs. Our instructors will work with you to develop a training plan that is tailored to your individual needs and goals.
We've trained Olympians AND families with children as young as 8.
Our $30,000 LaserSHOT Simulator has hundreds of CCW scenarios. Challenge your split-second decision-making ability, Are you 100% sure the situation called for the use deadly force? (Being wrong can mean 20-years to life in prison.) How fast can you draw from concealment and shoot accurately? Elevated Heart Rate guaranteed!
Book a 2-hour class* for $200. Its $200 no matter how many shooters you bring (maximum 5), or just shoot on your own (NOT a Class) for $50/hr. (not more than 4 shooters per hour).
*Classes including coaching and detailed After Action Review (What did you do right, wrong, or didn't do at all?)
This is basically the same as the CCW Training, but with practical shooting targets, not CCW scenarios.
You can book a class for up to 5 shooters for semi-private coaching from the current US Armed Forces Pistol Coach Train just like seven "Team USA" podium finishers from the 2023 CIOR Military World Games in Helsinki, Finland.
OR, you can just shoot on your own. Save your ammo and train like the pros. $50/hour (not more than four shooters scheduled per hour). NOTE: This is NOT a class. Shoot just like you do at the range, except we display a variety of electronic moving AND stationary targets.
Book a party in our simulator classroom. Girls' Nite Out? Family Fun! Out draw your buddy. $200 for two hours where you can shoot AND socialize. NO ear muffs!
Women deal with different threats then men. I coached the US Armed Forces Military Pentathlon Team, including the 2024 Gold Medalist in the Female Category, Our Women's Self-Defense Course is designed to help women learn how to defend themselves in a variety of situations. This is simulation training - NOT lectures. You will draw and defend yourself against professionally acted, real-world situations that women face every day.
Do you want to participate in practical matches like Handgun Challenge, US Practical Shooting Association (USPSA), International Practical Shooting Association (IPSA), International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA). Get started with simulation training, or train like World Champion Max Michel who also trains with a LaserSHOT Simulator.
Results of the 2024 Military Pentathlon World Championships in Estonia, July 30, 2024 - TEAM USA had the Silver Medalist in the Overall Category and the Gold Medalist in the Novice and Female Categories. As a testament to coaching inexperienced shooters, Team USA had all seven of the top 7 finishers in the Novice Category.
LaserSHOT has a wide variety of courses of fire simulation exercises used for Law Enforcement and Military Qualifications, NRA classes, various other local, national and international matches, Guard Training Associations, etc.. .
More and more shooters, including competitive marksmen, CCW permit holders and Law Enforcement Officers, are transitioning from iron sights to red dot optics. Police departments recognize the importance of red dot training, even for officers with advanced shooting proficiency. This course, taught by a Police Officer Standards and Training (POST) Red Dot Instructor, was designed to shorten the learning curve so shooters can take maximum advantage of red dot sights. Curriculum includes how red dot sights work, what to consider when selecting and mounting red dot sights, zeroing, shooting fundamentals, quick target acquisition from a holster, rapid fire, cadence shooting, trigger control, understanding parallax, dealing with malfunctions, transition to multiple targets, shooting on the move and use of barricades (cover). This is a four-hour course with two hours in the classroom with SimRange exercises, and two hours at the range .
Issuing CCW permits is still in the hands of local law enforcement (County Sheriffs, Chiefs of Police, etc.), but they can only issue permits to applicants meeting CA DOJ qualifications IAW S.B.2. As of Jan 1, 2024, Basic Gun Safety is approved to offer LASD and OCSD CCW training. Check with your issuing authority if you are applying through an LA County City. (Basic Gun Safety is approved by Long Beach PD, Whittier PD and most other cities in LS County).
SB2: NEW CCW APPLICANTS APPROVED AFTER JAN. 1, 2024 MUST COMPLETE 16 HOURS OF TRAINNG. RENEWALS: 8-HRS. SEE FAQ DETAILS BELOW.
NO NEED TO REGISTER ON THIS WEB SITE. JUST CALL AND I'LL FIND A CLASS DAY/TIME THAT WORKS FOR YOU. Private and Semi-Private options available if published dates do not work for you.
We also offer FFL services which you can book online.
I DO NOT offer security guard training.
We teach "students" NOT "lessons." Classes are personalized, highly interactive AND fun. Classroom module uses the same modern electronic training tools I've used to prepare military athletes for World Championship competitions for decades. Many come home with Medals (See video below of 2022 Athens World Championship).
NOTE: If you think you know everything and just want to "check the box," I'm NOT your guy!
Instructional Classroom: Zee Medical Building, 16631 Burke Lane, Huntington Beach, CA 92647 ///////////////////////////// Simulator Classroom: Real World Shooting, 15617 Graham Street, Huntington Beach, California, 92649
By appointment only
The Premiere Firearms Academy in Southern California. OC and LA Sheriff's Department approved CCW courses taught every other week. Call for schedule.
NRA Personal Protection in the Home and Personal Protection Outside the Home offered on demand.
Private coaching, group shooting activities, and "date nights" (I furnish firearms, and ammo, PLUS safety supervision/instruction as requested). Family Firearms Safety Training is also popular. The Family Firearms Safety Training is designed to professionally help families with children to safety have firearms in their home. It includes age-appropriate dry and live-fire exercises. Dry-fire exercises are taught in my classroom (I furnish laser guns, etc.) with time spent on safe handling, shooting fundamentals, proper storage and home defense considerations with children present. Cost $650 (Includes rifle, pistol and shotgun rental, ammo, and live-fire experience with various firearms on a public range (your family will NOT be the only ones shooting). Offered on demand.
Each CCW Issuing Authority has different shooting standards for qualification. You will need to make an appointment to shoot your qualification at FT3 in Stanton with your instructor who will explain the course-of-fire you will need to shoot. Your instructor will give you the certificate of qualification you will need to send to your issuing authority as soon as you pass. He will need ALL of the information on this worksheet BEFORE he meets you at the range. You must complete all of the blocks of his form and email it to roger@basicgunsafety.com at least 24 hours before your appointment to shoot. If you do not do that, your instructor cannot have your certificate printed and ready sign and present to you after you qualify.
NOTE: You may click and save this form to print and make hand entries to copy and email to Roger. We recommend, however, that you send an email and ask for a fillable version of this file.
Pistol Drills:
Pistol Drills
(Drills are with USPSA Targets unless otherwise noted)
1. Slow Fire Trigger Control:
a. Dry-fire. Look for NO MOVEMENT in the front sight. Adjust grip and trigger pull until you can hold the front sight perfectly aligned.
b. Live-fire: Precision shooting at 7 yards. Group in the 10-ring on a TQ 7 Target.
Pistol Drills
2. Trigger Control at Speed:
a. Dry-fire. DO NOT PREP Trigger. Draw trigger quickly as in competition. After trigger breaks, there will be no reset. Pull multiple times anyway.
b. Live-fire: Precision shooting at 7 yards with 6 shots with 0.25 splits keeping shots in 9-ring on a TQ7 target.
Pistol Drills::
3. Draw:
a. Hands at side. Draw w/o shooting. Align to target at 7 yards. Get draw under 1.5-seconds.
4. Bill Drill:
a. Hands at side. Six Shots under 2.0 seconds. A-Zone Hits. Target at 7 yards.
5. Mozambique Drill:
a. Draw, shoot two body and one head shot at 6 feet (3-yards at FT3) in 2.5 seconds with all A-Zone hits..
6. Reload:
a. Start with pistol aimed at target. At signal, eject m
Pistol Drills:
7. Aces:
a. Start with hands at side. Draw, engage with two shots. Reload and re-engage with two more shots in the A-Zone within 2.5 seconds.
8. Target Transitions:
a. Start with hands at side. Draw. Get sight picture. Transition to a second target within 2.0 seconds.
9. Movement:
a. Start facing away from target. Turn, draw and align sights oh target
10. El Presidente Drill:
a. Start facin
Pistol Drills
11. One-Handed Shooting:
a. Shoot strong hand only (dry-fire then live)
b. Weak hand.
12. Precision Distance:
a. Shoot at 25 yards. All A-zone hits.
13. Barricade:
a. Start at regaining wall. Move into lane, draw and shoot.
We offer NRA Instructor-level training on demand for Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun, Personal Protection in the Home, and Personal Protection Outside the Home.
We train FFLs, gun store owners, pawn shop owners, and others who need to be California DOJ Firearms Safety Certificate Program instructors so they can conduct the State-required Firearms Safe Handling demonstrations and issue CA DOJ FSC certificates.
As an NRA Chief Range Safety Officer, I train and certify Range Safety Officers so they can safely supervise public and private shooting facilities. We teach NRA RSO classes for range owners, law enforcement firing range administrators, and youth camp owners/operators who offer marksmanship programs, including the Boy Scouts of America (Scouting BSA). We have Boy Scout Camp shooting range design and range SOP publication experience. We have California Police Department experience with both range operation and SOP review.
I currently coach the United States Military Skills team for their annual World Championship competition. I offer the same coaching for other competitive bulls-eye pistol shooters.
We are a Federal Firearms LIcense holder (FFL) and offer FFL services for on-line gun sales and purchases, private party transfers and other firearms transactions approved by the California Department of Justice, Bureau of Firearms. Fee: $75 + CA DOJ fee ($37.19). PPT: $10 + CA DOJ fee ($37.19). NOTE: Local sales tax of 7.75% of purchase price is also collected by FFL. Contact me prior to having a seller or other FFL ship a firearm to Basic Gun Safety.
NOTE: It is the buyer's responsibility to ensure that purchases are CA Compliant. There is a $100 service charge to return -compliant guns to the seller
Col. Roger Harvey (US Army - Ret.) led the US Military Pentathlon program from the Pentagon and later from the US Olympic Training Center for 6 years. He has three podium finishes in international competition (Rome, Hanover, Paris). He is a retired University Professor in kinesiology (motor learning).
World-class shooters spend 10 hours dry-firing for every hour with live ammo. We use state-of-the-art dry-fire exercises and equipment (laser guns, Mantis-X accelerometer, LaserShot Judgement Training Simulator, etc.) before your first shots - so it is not uncommon for a new shooter who has never even HELD a pistol to shoot their first 5 shots better than marksmen with decades of experience.
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