Class Schedule
We teach a regular schedule of classes in Cedar Park and Fort Hood. We also are available to teach on location for private groups.
1st Saturday Cedar Park (NW Austin)Classroom Location: Holiday Inn Express 1605 Whitestone Blvd Cedar Park TX 78613
Range Location: Best of the West Shooting Sports 19500 SH 29 Liberty Hill TX 78642 2nd Saturday Fort HoodClassroom Location: Sportsmen's Center Bldg 1937 Rod & Gun Club Loop, Fort Hood
Range Location: Texas Star Shooting Range 830 CR 3384, Kempner 
4th SaturdayWe leave the 4th Saturday available for private group CHL classes or firearms training classes by request
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Range Locations
We use three ranges on a consistant schedule for our CHL & Firearms Training. Best of the West is a fantastic new facitlity with many things to offer its members. Texas Star is a private range in Kempner and at this time is available to instructors only. We use Eagle Peak Shooting Range in Leander on occasion for private and small CHL classes. If you have a private range on your property, or live near a public range that welcomes instructors we are happy to travel and bring our classes to you.
Range Release and Waivers
Every client/student of Capitol Area Practical Shooting must sign a range release and waiver to participate, observe and/or be present in the live fire area.
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Range Safety Rules
Each Range will have their own rules and policies that we must abide by. We also have our range rules and policy to cover any situations that might not be covered by the range facility, please read them carefully. These are our safety rules for CAPS classes and events. The range facility we use could have additional rules and procedures for general use, but if you are participating in our class we will go by these rules.
Range Etiquette Guide: Three Fundamental Rules of Gun Safety
In the Parking Lot Before Class:
In the Classroom
In the Ready Area at the Range
On the Range
Violations of these range rules can result in your ejection from class and the facility
Range Etiquette Guide: Three Fundamental Rules of Gun Safety
- Always keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction at the shooting range, the safe direction is into the designated backstop
- Always keep your finger off the trigger until ready to shoot. ONLY put your finger on the trigger when you have a specific target and have the gun aimed at it. At all other times your finger should be OFF the trigger.
- Always keep the gun unloaded until ready to use. All guns brought to the firing line should be unloaded, unless they are handguns worn in a holster.
In the Parking Lot Before Class:
- You should arrive with your guns unloaded, stored in a case or a bag
- DO NOT carry a gun uncased from the parking lot to the classroom or range
- If you have a valid and current CHL, you can wear your gun loaded in a holster worn on your belt
- If you were not wearing your carry gun when you drove onto the property, DO NOT put it on and load it in the parking area. Put it in a case or bag and bring it to the classroom unloaded.
In the Classroom
- DO NOT handle your guns in the classroom unless directed to do by an instructor.
In the Ready Area at the Range
- ONLY uncase or unbag your gun when you are at the tables
- DO NOT take your gun out of the holster once you leave the Ready Area
- You may load magazines anywhere in the ready area
On the Range
- The ONLY place you may handle your firearm is on the firing line
- DO NOT handle your firearm while an instructor is in front of the firing line
- DO NOT handle your firearm while walking back and forth between the ready area and firing line
- Keep your finger off the trigger at all times unless a live fire drill is in progress
Violations of these range rules can result in your ejection from class and the facility
Top 11 Bad Habits of Shooters
- Not Looking at the Sights. This quite frequently is listed as "looking at the target." A shooter may be focusing his eye on neither the sights nor the target, but since he does not see the target in clear focus he assumes he is looking at the sights. You must concentrate on sight alignment.
- Holding Too Long. Any adverse conditions that interrupt a shooter's ability to "hold" will cause him to delay his squeeze, waiting for conditions to better. The disturbing factor about this is that you will do it unconsciously; therefore, you must continuously ask yourself, am I being too particular?
- Improper Grip or Position. Suffice to say that you cannot fire a decent score with any gun at any range if you continually change your grip or position.
- Jerk or Heel. The application of pressure either with the trigger finger alone or in case of the heel, pushing with the heel of the hand at the same time. Apply pressure to the trigger straight to the rear and wait for the shot to break.
- Anticipation. Anticipation can cause muscular reflexes of an instant nature that so closely coincide with recoil that extreme difficulty is experienced in making an accurate call. Anticipation is also the sire to flinching.
- Loss of Concentration. If the shooter fails in his determination to apply positive pressure on the trigger while concentrating on the front sight his prior determination needs renewal and he should rest and start over.
- Anxiety. You work and work on a shot, meanwhile building up in your mind doubt about the shot being good. Finally you shoot just to get rid of that particular round so you may work on the others.
- Plain Laziness. This is a mental fault more than a physical one, which results in your accepting minor imperfections in your performance which you could correct if you worked a little harder. The end result being you hope you get a good shot. Just like you hope you will get a gratis tax refund, and you will get one just about as frequently as you get the other.
- Lack of Follow Through. Follow through is the subconscious attempt to keep everything just as it was at the time the shot broke. In other words you are continuing to fire the shot even after it is gone. Follow through is not to be confused with recovery. Merely recovering and holding on the target after the shot is no indication that you are following through.
- Lack of Rhythm. Hesitancy on the first shot or any subsequent shot in timed or rapid fire. Develop a good rhythm and then have the fortitude to employ it every case. Frequently many shooters will have fine rhythm until the last shot of a string and then hesitate, doctoring up that last shot.
- Match Pressure. If there are 200 competitors in a match, rest assured that there are 200 shooters suffering from match pressure. So what makes you think you are so different? If you are exerting all your mental energy toward executing the correct fundamentals rather than the arithmetic evaluation, your shooting match pressure will be what you feel when people congratulate you on a fine performance
