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BSIS permit course

BSIS Firearms Requalification

The recurring range qualification and deadly-force training that keeps an existing exposed firearm permit valid.
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Hours
4 hours
Schedule
Half day — classroom block, then qualification
Price
Requalification price — and any company/group rate
Validity
4 required per 2-year cycle — 2 per year, at least 4 months apart
Outcome

What you walk away with

One of the four range qualifications required per permit cycle

4 required per 2-year cycle — 2 per year, at least 4 months apart

Curriculum

What the course covers

  • The required two-hour course on the use and avoidance of deadly force
  • Range safety brief and the 50-round course of fire
  • Live-fire qualification, scored and recorded
  • Written examination on the fourth qualification of the cycle
  • Qualification records filed as BSIS requires
Eligibility

Before you enrol

  • Current BSIS Exposed Firearm Permit
  • Valid BSIS Security Guard Registration
  • Government-issued photo identification
Optional add-on

Pre-Course Firearms Prep

Not sure you’re ready for the BSIS firearms qualification?

Come in before your exposed firearms class and work on fundamentals, drawing from the holster, reloads, accuracy, and getting comfortable with your duty gun before qualification day.
This hands-on session gives you the opportunity to become familiar with the course of fire and qualification standards before the day it is scored. We’ll work directly on grip, stance, sight alignment and sight picture, trigger control, firearm manipulation, and accuracy, while identifying and correcting areas that may be affecting your performance.
Whether you’re a newer shooter, haven’t trained in a while, or simply want additional range time before qualification, we’ll help you sharpen your fundamentals, correct problem areas, and build the confidence and consistency needed on qualification day.
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Close-up of a student drawing a duty handgun from the holster, magazine in hand, during pre-course firearms prep.
Drawing from the duty holster — prep-day work.
OptionalEnrolled students
When
The day before qualification, or by arrangement
Who it is for
Open to anyone with a BSIS qualification or requalification coming up
Price
Pre-course firearms prep price

What we work on

  • The BSIS course of fire, run the way it is run on qualification day
  • Grip, stance, sight alignment, and sight picture
  • Drawing from the duty holster, and reholstering safely
  • Reloads — including the one the 10-yard stage requires under time
  • Trigger control and follow-through
  • Accuracy under the qualification’s time constraints
  • Getting comfortable with your own duty gun and rig

The day before each BSIS Exposed Firearms class is reserved for optional pre-course firearms prep — range time on the course of fire before the day it is scored.

The standard

The BSIS course of fire

50 rounds from 3 to 15 yards. 200 of 250 points to qualify — 40 hits in the scoring area, with 10 misses to spare.
Rounds fired
50

From 3 to 15 yards

Perfect score
250

5 points per hit

Minimum to pass
200

40 hits in the scoring area

Misses allowed
10

Out of 50 rounds

What each stage is testing
Schedule

Dates for this course

No dates are published for this course right now. Send a request below and we will contact you with the next one.
Enrol

Request a place on this course

Tell us when suits and we will confirm the next available date. If you are booking for more than one person, use the company form instead — it is built for rosters.
Booking for a team?

We will contact you with the next available date.

If you already hold a BSIS Security Guard Registration. Leave blank if you have applied but not been issued.

Other dates that work, questions, or anything about your situation.

The day before your qualification — range time on the course of fire, drawing from the holster, reloads, and your fundamentals.

Training location

Central Valley, at Exeter Gunslingers

Silverline Firearms Training is based in California's Central Valley, with classes conducted at Exeter Gunslingers in Exeter, California.
We provide BSIS exposed firearms training, requalifications, and pre-course firearms prep for security professionals throughout California.
Range
Exeter Gunslingers
Where
Exeter, CA

Within driving distance of

Visalia · Tulare · Porterville · Fresno · Bakersfield

Exact range details and class instructions are provided upon registration.

Silverline firearms instructor on the line at Exeter Gunslingers, duty belt and magazines rigged, American flag flying behind the berm.
Exeter Gunslingers — Exeter, CA.
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