Intro to Carbine (AR-15)

Intro to Carbine (AR-15)

If you own an AR-15 style rifle — or you’re about to — this is where you start. Intro to Carbine is an entry-level, live-fire class that teaches you the ins and outs of your carbine from the ground up. No prior rifle experience needed; you’ll leave understanding your firearm and able to run it safely and confidently.

This is a must-have class for every sporting rifle owner. Owning the rifle is one thing — knowing how to operate, maintain, and shoot it well is another, and that’s exactly what this day is built to give you.

What you’ll learn

• Basic operation of your AR-15 style rifle
• Takedown and reassembly
• Loading and unloading, safely and smoothly
• Core shooting fundamentals — grip, stance, sight alignment, and trigger control

By the end of class you’ll have a genuine working command of your rifle: how it comes apart, how it goes back together, how to load and clear it, and how to put rounds on target with solid fundamentals.

Class details

• Format: Live-fire range class
• Experience required: None — true entry level
• Approximate round count: 150

Required gear

• AR-15 style rifle with a sling
• Eye and ear protection (electronic hearing protection recommended)
• Three magazines, with a way to retain two magazines on your body
• 150 rounds of ammunition

Where

• Southern Utah Practical (SUPS) Range
• 1134 South Shooting Sports Park Road, Hurricane, Utah
• (About two miles past the DMV, off Regional Park Road.)

What’s next

Once you’ve got the fundamentals down, Carbine 2 is the follow-up — where you’ll take these basics and sharpen them into real proficiency with reloads, malfunction drills, and shooting under time pressure.