Level 3 - Counter Active Shooter Pistol Night - Epping, NH - 7/12/2025

COUNTER ACTIVE SHOOTER PISTOL NIGHT - LEVEL 3

Learn tactics, techniques, and procedures to maximize your effectiveness when engaging threats in no light/low light scenarios. Bad things happen at night, be that bad thing in the night…
 
This course will teach you how to be as effective and confident in shooting at night as in the daylight. Our Cadre will instruct you on the tactics and techniques of night shooting in order to bring you to a level of shooting where you are more comfortable and confident with your firearm in a low-light or no-light situation. You will learn low-light/no-light strategies that will better equip you to react to an overt act of violence, along with basic movement and search techniques at night. All firing drills are based on real world scenarios and designed to fire at various distances, various positions, and single-shot or rapid-fire engagement.
 
All GORUCK Firearms Courses and Events utilize scenario based training which is incorporated into dry practice prior to any live fire. All participants will practice target identification and discrimination, movement, weapons manipulation, and other dynamic drills with the cadre and others. These drills will be facilitated with inert weapons enabling a safe and realistic training environment. Both pistols and rifles will be rendered inert with barrel/chamber blocking plugs. Further, each student must fully participate in dry practice prior to commencing live fire.

MINIMUM ENTRY FIREARM REQUIREMENTS

Must have completed Counter Active Shooter (Pistol-Day) - L2. This course requires moving and shooting, use of cover, and team communication all while manipulating your pistol and a light in darkness. Equivalent entry requirements training would be received by an LEO or military combat arms.
 
This course is not recommended for beginners.
Participants should already be proficient in the following skills:

• Safety skills
• Flat range static shooting
• Shoot 80% on a 30 round course of fire from 12 meters  

PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES

In an effort to put participants in the right mindset we perform short duration physical stressors throughout the training day. All courses develop skill sets that would be utilized in a high stress, worst case scenario. This is simulated in training by elevating the heart rate through movements such as sprints, burpees, pushups and other exercises.    

WHAT WE’LL COVER/WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

• Overcoming and Adapting to Low Light
• Verbal Challenges
• Discretionary Shooting and Multiple Threats
• Moving and Shooting
• Use of a Handheld Light with Single Handed Engagements
• Movement for Searching With Your Light
• Magazine Changes and Malfunction Clearing With Handheld Light
• Overcoming Flash Blindness

WHAT TO BRING

• Full size (Glock 17 or equivalent) or compact pistol (Glock 19 or equivalent, no back up guns or revolvers). Must be 9mm or larger due to use of barrel plugs and qualification consistency. 
• Eye Protection
• Electronic Hearing Protection
• Sturdy Belt (non-cloth, must be able to hold up the weight of a pistol and magazine holder)
• Magazine Holster
• Holster (duty or concealed)
• 350 Rounds
• 9mm Barrel Safety Plug
• Headlamp with red light
• Handheld Flashlight
• Two ChemLights (one red and one white)
• Gloves
• Long Pants
• Closed toed shoes (MACV-1 Boots recommended)
• Photo ID
• Water, food, and snacks (for the duration of the course)

RECOMMENDED ITEMS

• Magazine Speed Loader
• Gun Oil
• Tac hat
• Additional range/firearms gear is good (there is always a GRT in need)

FINAL STRESS TEST/PATCHING REQUIREMENT

• Target: Tactical Law Enforcement Target (anatomical side) or Steel.
• Scoring: Binary 0/10.
• Minimum score 70%.
• Distance: 10m.
• Time: 45-seconds.
• Rounds in magazines: 5/10.
• Note: Draw weapon, draw light. Fire 5 rounds with weapon and light technique from standing, change magazines and fire 5 rounds, drop to a kneeling position and fire another 5 rounds. Total is 15 rounds fired, must hit 11 to pass.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Firearms Training utilizes semiautomatic pistols, however, we offer custom classes on any and all small arms. Full-Frame pistols are recommended. Sub-Compact pistols are not recommended.
• SERPA-style holsters not authorized. Due to the nature of the training offered and the repetitive drawing and holstering of firearms, SERPA style holsters are not authorized for GORUCK Firearms training courses. If you do not have an alternative holster available, one may be provided with advanced notice.
• Keep firearms in vehicles. Please take care that when arriving at training sites, participants are not to remove from their vehicles or otherwise handle firearms until instructed to do so by the event cadre. In an effort to enforce good firearms safety and best practices, we would ask that firearms remain in vehicles until specifically told to bring them out.
• Shooters who display weapons proficiency will be challenged by the Cadre to increase their skill level by various methods. This will not have an impact on the overall conduct of the class.