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The FIRST Steps Pistol Orientation

It was designed to provide training with one particular firearm model, preferably the participant's. 

However, individuals who do not yet own a firearm may attend a FIRST Steps orientation using a firearm provided by the trainer.

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NRA FIRST Steps Pistol Orientation


Firearm Instruction, Responsibility, and Safety Training


Orientation Goal:

 To provide beginning shooters with an 

introduction  to the knowledge, skills, and 

attitude necessary to own and use

 a specific pistol model safely. 


Length of Orientation: 3 hours. 

(All times listed are minimums. 

Additional time may be needed to meet the specified learning objectives 

using the methodology of Total Participant Involvement. 

Lesson time must be increased proportionately to allow multiple 

participants to complete all specified activities.)


Participant Text Materials: NRA Guide to Pistol Shooting

ORIENTATION OUTLINE

  • LESSON I:   Pistol Safety, Parts, and Operation (45 minutes) 
  • LESSON II:  Ammunition and the Fundamentals of Pistol Shooting ( 45 minutes) 
  • LESSON III: Pistol Shooting from the Benchrest Position ( 60 minutes) 
  • LESSON IV: Pistol Cleaning, Storage, and Training Opportunities (30 minutes) 

What You'll Learn at NRA FIRST Steps Pistol Oritentation

Keep the gun pointed in a safe direction.

Keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to shoot.

Keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to shoot.

 This is the primary rule of gun safety. A safe direction means that the gun is pointed so that even if it were to go off it would not cause injury or damage. The key to this rule is to control where the muzzle or front end of the barrel is pointed at all times. Common sense dictates the safest direction, depending on different circumstances.

Keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to shoot.

Keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to shoot.

Keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to shoot.

  Trigger discipline is where your finger

 stays outside the trigger guard area, 

pressing it against the frame above the 

trigger area and parallel with the barrel, 

until ready to fire the gun. 


 Until you are prepared to fire,

 do not touch the trigger. 

Keep the gun unloaded until ready to use.

Keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to shoot.

Keep the gun unloaded until ready to use.

 Whenever you pick up a gun, immediately engage the safety device if possible, and, if the gun has a magazine, remove it before opening the action and looking into the chamber(s) which should be clear of ammunition. If you do not know how to open the action or inspect the chamber(s), leave the gun alone and get help from someone who does.

Know how to use the gun safely.

Know how to use the gun safely.

Keep the gun unloaded until ready to use.

 Before handling a gun, learn how it operates. Know its basic parts, how to safely open and close the action and remove any ammunition from the gun or magazine. Remember, a gun's mechanical safety device is never foolproof. Nothing can ever replace safe gun handling. 

Target vs. Defense Ammunition

Know how to use the gun safely.

Target vs. Defense Ammunition

  While target ammunition may be less expensive, it is also less effective because of its design. Target ammunition will not expand or fragment when it hits a target simply because that is not what it is designed to do. 

NRA Quick Guide To Shooting Fundamentals

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How to properly hold the firearm

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