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Pre-Course Firearms Prep

Range time before qualification day — fundamentals, drawing from the holster, reloads, and accuracy on the actual course of fire.
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Hours
Half day
Schedule
The day before qualification, or by arrangement
Price
Pre-course firearms prep price
Validity
No permit or certificate — this is practice, not a qualification

Most students book it for the day before their qualification. If you are qualifying elsewhere, or simply want the range time, ask and we will schedule it.

Outcome

What you walk away with

Confidence and consistency on the course of fire before it is scored

No permit or certificate — this is practice, not a qualification

Curriculum

What the course covers

  • 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, follow-through, and accuracy under a clock
  • Getting comfortable with your own duty gun and rig
Eligibility

Before you enrol

  • A BSIS qualification or requalification coming up — with us or with another provider
  • Legally eligible to possess a firearm under state and federal law
  • Government-issued photo identification
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.

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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