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• NRA Basics of Pistol Shooting

  • When
    10/04/2025
  •  
    08:00 - 17:00
  • Location
    SCCSFA Clubhouse and 25-Yard Range
  • Spaces left
    18
  • Registered
    2 registrants

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  NRA Basic Pistol

  $160 for Members

  $180 for Non-Members

  Clubhouse Meeting Room (08:00-13:00; 16:00-17:00) AND Range (13:00-16:00)

  MIN/MAX STUDENTS: Min 4; Max 20

  DESCRIPTION:

  We cover both revolvers and semi-auto pistols addressing safe handling, shooting techniques, cleaning/basic maintenance, selecting ammunition, and storage. The course is open to individuals starting at 16 years old. Note: Parent of a student under 21 must accompany their young adult the entire time while on SCCS&F property. This class is open to members and guests.

  The course is the first step to integrate students into the broader shooting community, encouraging ongoing participation in club events like Cowboy Action Shooting and USPSA.

  Certification Requirements:

  • Passing a written exam with 90% score
  • Participate in all live fire exercises on the range demonstrating learned skills
  • Complete the shooting qualification of 5 shots inside a 4-inch circle four times

  Students Should Bring:

  • A positive and teachable attitude
  • Driver’s License
  • Lunch, drinks (No Alcohol) and snacks
  • Eyes and Ears Protect (if you have them)
  • Pistol and Ammunition
  • • Option 1: Bring a pistol that you have experience shooting and in safe working order.   You will need 150 rounds of ammunition, factory loaded, for your firearms.
    • Option 2: Instructor has a few 22 LR pistols available. There is a nominal fee to rent a pistol and purchase ammunition from the instructor separate from course fee accommodates those without access to suitable firearms.  You must make arrangements with the instructor BEFORE signing up for the course.

  What to wear on the Range:

  Clothing for movement and bending, long pants, closed-toe shoes, long sleeve shirt and baseball hat, eye, ear protection.

  Primary Instructor:

  Mark Fenster (Predator Defense Resources, LLC)

  610.608.3578 or info@predatordefenseresources.com

  Certified Instructor: Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun, Personal Protection in the Home, and Personal Protection Outside the Home

  Additionally, a Chief Range Safety Officer and High-Power Rifle Coach.

  NOTE: If you need to cancel the class, please follow the instructions you are provided with your registration.

  
  

  Cancellation Policy (11/2022):

  SCCSFA is committed to providing high quality training and events to all its members. We recognize that on occasions participants will register for an event and subsequently find that they are unable to attend. 

   In these situations, we ask that participants notify the organizer of their need to cancel a training or event as soon as possible via email. 

   Similarly, the SCCSFA education committee will, on occasion, find it necessary to cancel an event. When this need arises, we are committed to taking positive steps to alert you to the cancellation as soon as possible. 

   Should a participant who has registered for an event need to cancel: 

  • Please send cancellation details to the event organizer by email or by telephone.
  • Notification up to two weeks prior to an event will provide a full refund.
  • Notification of cancellation less than two weeks prior to an event will result in a service fee of 25% plus credit card processing fee If the opening in the event is not filled from the wait list.
  • If you have registered for an event or training and do not attend without notifying the organizer of your cancellation the full fee will be payable and non-refundable.

  
  

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• Ladies Intro to Shooting I

  • When
    10/26/2025
  •  
    10:30 - 13:00
  • Location
    Clubhouse, 25 yard range
  • Spaces left
    8

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  Description:

  THIS IS AN ENTRY (LEVEL I) CLASS

  Girlz N Guns would like to invite all women to their Ladies Intro to Shooting class.  Do you want to learn how to shoot in a safe, friendly, all female environment?  Round up the girls for some fun!

  This class is perfect for new gun owners, those thinking about getting a gun or if you have not had a formal training class.

  This class is open to both club members and guests.

  Included:

  • Classroom and 1 on 1 range time with female Instructors
  • Guns
  • Ammo
  • Targets
  • Hearing and Eye Protection

  What to bring: 

  • Driver's License

  What to wear: 

  • Closed toe shoes
  • NO low neck shirts

  Syllabus:

  • Introduction
  • Safety Rules
  • Shooting Fundamentals
  • Hands-on gun handling in classroom with no ammunition
  • Range Rules
  • One-on-one range time
  • Review and discuss targets on range
  • Closing

  Instructors: 

  • Erinn O’Donnell (NRA, USCCA and SIG Sauer Academy Pistol Instructor, NRA RSO)
  • Andi Bates (NRA and USCCA certified pistol Instructor, NRA and USCCA RSO)
  • Karen Kolinchek  (NRA Certified Pistol and Rifle Instructor, NRA RSO)

  Contact Information: 

  • If you need to cancel the class, please follow the instructions after registration, and contact Erinn at Erinn@girlznguns.com or 610-209-1093.
  • Address for SCCSFA is: 720 Sportsman Ln, Kennett Square, PA 19348

  Cancellation Policy:

  SCCSFA is committed to providing high quality training and events to all its members. We recognize that on occasions participants will register for an event and subsequently find that they are unable to attend. 

   In these situations, we ask that participants notify the organizer of their need to cancel a training or event as soon as possible via email. 

   Similarly, the SCCSFA education committee will, on occasion, find it necessary to cancel an event. When this need arises, we are committed to taking positive steps to alert you to the cancellation as soon as possible. 

   Should a participant who has registered for an event need to cancel: 

  • Please send cancellation details to the event organizer by email or by telephone.
  • Notification up to two weeks prior to an event will provide a full refund.
  • Notification of cancellation less than two weeks prior to an event will result in a service fee of 25% plus credit card processing fee If the opening in the event is not filled from the wait list.
  • If you have registered for an event or training and do not attend without notifying the organizer of your cancellation the full fee will be payable and non-refundable.

  
  

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• Ladies Intro to Shooting II

  • When
    10/26/2025
  •  
    13:30 - 16:00
  • Location
    Clubhouse, 25 yard range
  • Spaces left
    10

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  NOTE: This class is a continuation of the Intro (Level I) Class, offering further instruction in gun safety and shooting fundamentals in a supportive, all-female environment. Complete the course and earn your certificate of completion.

  Prerequisite: Intro to shooting Part 1 OR equivalent formal training.

  Description:

  Girlz N Guns would like to invite all women to their Ladies Intro to Shooting II class.  Do you want to learn how to shoot in a safe, friendly, all female environment?  Round up the girls for some fun!

  This class is a follow-up to the Level I class, expanding on the knowledge acquired in that class.

  This class is open to both club members and guests.

  Included:

  • Classroom and 1 on 1 range time with female Instructors
  • Guns (or you may bring your own along with 1 box of ammo)
  • Targets
  • Hearing and Eye Protection

  What to bring: 

  • Driver's License
  • Ammo (1 box to match the gun you are bringing, or 1 box of 9mm Luger if you are borrowing a gun from the instructor)

  What to wear: 

  • Closed toe shoes
  • NO low neck shirts

  Syllabus:

  • Safety Rules
  • Ammunition
  • Misfires, squibs, hangfires
  • Safe gun storage
  • Gun cleaning
  • Racking and locking open slides
  • Review
  • • Shooting fundamentals
    • Hands-on gun handling and dry fire in classroom with no ammunition
    • Range rules
    • 1:1 range time
    • Review and discuss targets on range
  • Issue completion certificates

  Instructors: 

  • Erinn O’Donnell (NRA, USCCA and SIG Sauer Academy Pistol Instructor, NRA RSO)
  • Andi Bates (NRA and USCCA certified pistol Instructor, NRA and USCCA RSO)
  • Karen Kolinchek  (NRA Certified Pistol and Rifle Instructor, NRA RSO)

  Contact Information: 

  • If you need to cancel the class, please follow the instructions after registration, and contact Erinn at Erinn@girlznguns.com or 610-209-1093.
  • Address for SCCSFA is: 720 Sportsman Ln, Kennett Square, PA 19348

  Cancellation Policy:

  SCCSFA is committed to providing high quality training and events to all its members. We recognize that on occasions participants will register for an event and subsequently find that they are unable to attend. 

   In these situations, we ask that participants notify the organizer of their need to cancel a training or event as soon as possible via email. 

   Similarly, the SCCSFA education committee will, on occasion, find it necessary to cancel an event. When this need arises, we are committed to taking positive steps to alert you to the cancellation as soon as possible. 

   Should a participant who has registered for an event need to cancel: 

  • Please send cancellation details to the event organizer by email or by telephone.
  • Notification up to two weeks prior to an event will provide a full refund.
  • Notification of cancellation less than two weeks prior to an event will result in a service fee of 25% plus credit card processing fee If the opening in the event is not filled from the wait list.
  • If you have registered for an event or training and do not attend without notifying the organizer of your cancellation the full fee will be payable and non-refundable.

  
  

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