Front Sight

Firearms Training Institute

This Wiki page is to provide general and detailed information of things a person will need to know when attending a class at Front Sight.
Some of this is basic requirements, and other info is based from experience of already attending classes.

Front Sight General Web Resources:

Front Sight Home Page
Front Sight Class Registration Site - MyFrontSight (account login required)
Front Sight Course Schedule
Front Sight Official FAQ

Front Sight Course Registration:

Manual Form

If you have not been before, are using a certificate, or applying for a course manually, then use: Course Application Form (.pdf)

Online Registration

If you have been before, have a MyFrontSight login, or have a Lifetime Membership, then use electronic course registration: Front Sight Class Registration Site - MyFrontSight (account login required)

Required Gear for Class: (Unless you are renting)

Required:

Basic Gear Requirements

Hand Gun and minimum 3 magazines - the more mags the better

Gun Holster – No retention features and must cover the trigger guard when holstered. Retention features (Level 3) are like “thumb buttons or drives”, “flip straps” or other mechanism that requires a manipulation or action to remove the gun from the holster (Serpa Holsters for example). Passive Retention holsters are the norm and sometimes called level 1 or level 2 passive and are allowed and most popular.

Magazine pouch to hold at least 2 magazines on your belt (extra mages in your pockets)

Electronic Hearing Protection

Wrap Around Eye Protection. Does not need to be safety or ballistic but ones that will fit flush around eyes so that flying objects can’t get through into eye area. Most regular sun glasses of a wraparound style will work just fine.

Hat with brim (baseball style)

Ammo

You will need around 500-600 rounds for the 4 day defensive handgun class. You can get away with less ammo by “dry fire” during some practice drills but we go to shoot and so I want to shoot! Front Sight has ammo requirements and they will inspect ammo you bring from home. Basically no reloads, no steal etc. You can check ammo requirements on their web site here: Ammo Requirements.

You can purchase ammo on Front Sight premises from their partner Stockpile Defense. You can preorder or pick up daily what you need on site. You can also get ammo from offsite Stockpile Defense in Pahrump.

Ammo Supply Warehouse who are great to do business with. You can pre-order and give them a heads up to pick up time and swing by on way to the hotel to pick up. They are local in town (Pahrump).

If you want to purchase ammo and bring it down (only if you are driving--as you cannot fly with large amounts of ammo), another good supplier is Freedom Munitions . They are mail-order, and have good prices. If you sign up for their email list, they run online deals constantly for 5% off certain calibers and sometimes free shipping. Make sure you purchase "New" ammo from them rather than "Reman" as Front Sight does not allow "Remanufactured" ammo to be used.

Recomendations:

Handgun Selection

Any hand gun will do but I would recommend KISS (keeping it simple). Glocks, M&Ps and XDs are simple in that they don’t have thumb safeties and/or decockers. The less manipulation needed to load, unload, chamber check and mag check as well as moving parts to clear malfunctions the better especially since these will be repetitive tasks. The students with the most band aids and tape on their fingers are those with thumb safeties and decockers-just saying I also suggest a 9mm or 40cal to avoid recoil fatigue and cut down on the ammo cost.

Holsters

Holsters are personal preference, but here is an example of good holsters that work:
BladeTech - Very nice, and modular, giving you many options that you can add later.
Fobus - Affordable and good bang for the buck.
* note: Many holsters are made specific for a type of gun. Most manufactures will make models for the handful of popular gun models, but when ordering, make sure it is specific for the type of gun you have. The difference is they are polymer, and are molded to exact fit each gun type/model for perfect fitment.

Double Magazine Pouch/holder

Here is an example of a double magazine pouch (will hold 2 magazines): Note that the double magazine pouch will come in either “single stack” or “double stack” which refers to the magazine not the pouch. Springfield’s, Glocks, M&P’s are double stack and 1911’s, Sigs and others are single stack.
MagTech Revolution
Fobus

Eye Protection

Wrap around sunglasses can be used as eye protection (plastic or polycarbonate lenses). Make sure there are no large gaps around the edges for good protection. However, depending on time of year, many classes can go until after sunset and into low light. Sunglasses might be too dark for the last couple hours of class and you may want an actual pair of shooting glasses to switch to. Many of these help clarity and increase contrast in low light.
Good Recommendation: Remington Radians

Electronic Hearing Protection

All of the required gear can be rented from Front Sight if needed/wanted. The Electronic Ears rent for $10 per day but you can get them for around $20 to $40 on Amazon (search electronic hearing protection) and at local sporting goods so they are cheaper to own than to rent. These are cheap and reliable = Caldwell Low Profile E-Max Electronic Ear Muffs

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