Higher Purpose Training is proud to offer the Defensive Shotgun Skills Program. This program goes beyond sporting clays and bird hunting. It empowers defenders with the essential defensive shotgun skills necessary to get the most utility with their shotgun and prevail in a defensive gunfight. This course is designed around common pump-action and semi-automatic shotguns.

 

For previous HPT handgun students, this program will build on the techniques covered in our handgun curricula and follow the same methodology: ingrain combat Mindset, master essential Skills, and develop a self-defense Plan based on known abilities. 

 

Shotguns are versatile, but are not for the novice. Unlike  the myths suggest, they must be aimed. They are hungry guns that must be fed. The student will also evaluate their shotgun and any accessories by running practical drills and meeting objective standards.

 

This program is taught on an outdoor range, 8-hours a day.  The days are packed with lectures, instructor demos, dry practice and live fire drills. Prepare to fire at least 200-300 purposeful rounds a day. 

 

Topics covered will include:

• Safe Gun Handling

• Administrative Gun Handling

• Grip, Stance & Ready Positions

• Marksmanship Fundamentals

• Trigger Management

• Dry Practice Fundamentals

• Consistent Presentation of the Shotgun

• Follow-Up Actions 

• Malfunction Clearances

• Reloading 

• Load Types

• Patterning 

• Training Under Time Pressure

• Retrieving a Staged Gun

• Target Transitions

• Unconventional Tactics

• Alternative Shooting Positions

• Shooting From Cover/Concealment

• Shooting In Contact

• Pivot Engagements

• Shooting on the Move 

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Required Gear

• Quality 20 or 12 gauge pump-action or semi-automatic shotgun equipped with a stock, no pistol grip only or bird head grips (see Recommended Gear)

• Single-point or two-point sling

• Receiver mounted side saddle (see Recommended Gear)

• Belt-mounted shell carrier or dump pouch (see recommended gear)

• Brimmed hat

• Proper range attire (no low cut shirts, closed toed shoes required)

• 100 rounds of bird shot, 20 rounds of buck shot  20 slugs per day (see Recommended Gear)

• Wrap-around eye protection

• Hearing protection (electronic hearing protection preferred)

• Camping chair

 

Program Options

The DSS Program is delivered in 3 ways: cohort, intensive or private training sessions.

 

Cohort Program 

Our Defensive Shotgun Skills Cohort Program was designed to provide high-quality training to regular people who live local to the Las Vegas Valley.

 

Instead of using all your vacation and paid time off to attend one, intensive multi-day course, the program is broken up into 3, full-day live fire training days on the range. You will train with us in-person, 1 day per month, for 4 months.

 

After each range day, you will leave every range session with an individual understanding of where you need improvement and a personalized training plan. In between range days, you will be given recommended dry practice drills to do at home and live fire drills to run yourself through at the range on your own so you can build your skills. 

 

Enrollment will be limited to small cohorts of no more than 12 students. This will ensure that you get individual attention each time you come to a range session.

 

Please contact us to inquire when our next cohort is. To host a cohort specifically for your family, school, church or business, please call or text Angelo at (702) 983-0469 or email angelo@higherpurpose.training to discuss your training needs. 
 

Intensive Courses

By request, you can host a Higher Purpose Training Defensive Shotgun Intensive. This would be a course that takes the curriculum from our cohort program and delivers it in an intense multi-day format, 3 8-hour days on the range. We can offer these courses locally in the Las Vegas Valley, however, we can discuss the possibility of traveling to you. 

 

At the end of the course you will be given recommended dry practice drills to do at home and live fire drills to run yourself through at the range on your own so you can build your skills. 

 

Enrollment will be limited to no more than 12 students. This will ensure that you get individual attention each time you come to a range session.

 

To host a course for your family, school, church or business, please call or text Angelo at (702) 983-0469 or email angelo@higherpurpose.training to discuss your training needs. 

 

Private Training Sessions

By request, we can deliver the whole Defensive Shotgun Skills Program in private training sessions. We offer half day (4-hour) sessions and full-day (8-hour) sessions. 

 

Enrollment will be limited to small groups of 3 students or less. This will ensure that you get individual attention each time you come to a range session.

 

To request private training, please call or text Angelo at (702) 983-0469 or email angelo@higherpurpose.training to discuss your training needs. 

 

Cost

The Higher Purpose Training Defensive Rifle Skills Program was designed to be affordable. We 

want to make training as accessible as possible. 

 

Cohort and Intensive Payment Options:

1. One time payment of $400 per student. $100 per day. (Save $200)

 

1. Two payments of $250. Total of $500 per student. $125 per day. (Save $100)

 

1. Four payments of $150 per day. Total of $600 per student.

 

Depending on the host facility, the range fee may or may not be included. Range fees may vary by facility. If it applies, the student will pay the range fee directly to the range facility.

 

Private Training Sessions

Full day (8 hours) $200 per student

Half day (4 hours or less) $100 per student

 

Depending on the host facility, the range fee may or may not be included. Range fees may vary by facility. If it applies, the student will pay the range fee directly to the range facility.