Student Reviews

"Anth is an absolute delight to work with! They are so friendly, welcoming, patient, and knowledgeable. We covered range and general firearm (pistol) safety practices, grip, stance, breathing, trigger control, and used a variety of models during our familiarization session. They answered all of my questions thoroughly and enthusiastically, complimented my precise/accurate shots, and gave helpful feedback in the moment when I was off the mark. Most importantly, they made my first time shooting any kind of handgun fun, low-stress, and empowering. I'll definitely be scheduling more lessons in the future! :-)"

"Anth is a very kind and patient instructor. :) I recently turned 21 and bought a handgun with the intention of carrying it for self-defense. I spent a great day at the range with them for their handgun familiarization service and left feeling happy, confident, and empowered. They were incredibly welcoming and incredibly gay! I felt very safe and comfortable, and I greatly appreciated their thoroughness and patience in going through proper safety precautions and procedures at the range. I met them having never fired a handgun before in my life, and said goodbye to them feeling comfortable enough that I went straight to Sportsman's Warehouse and came back to the range by myself later in the day. If you are trans or queer this is the person you want to teach you about guns! I cannot recommend their services highly enough, and also they are just really fun to hang out with."

"Anth is great! He's super knowledgeable about all things guns. He's a disciplined fire arms instructor who will give you confidence in learning about various guns. I'd highly recommend him!"

"Anth was great! I went in a blank slate and came out comfortable with the use of and in my ability to use a firearm."

"Anth was great to work with. Very calm and kind. With Anth's support, it felt very comfortable to be at the range and to start to get a sense of firearms."

"It was nice to be able to try out my own gun in the context of the others. I have some mixed feelings about guns in general so the focus on the mechanics of the weapons and simply shooting them was nice and got me out of my head on it. The kindness and patience was appreciated while learning the steps and processes for each gun."

"I highly recommend Anth, especially if you're a bit hesitant about firearms but want to learn this increasingly important skill. Being raised in an anti-firearm environment, learning how to use a pistol meant going out of my comfort zone, but I couldn't think of a better person to guide me in doing so. Anth was friendly, patient, well stocked, very well informed, and happy to answer all my questions (not to mention an incredible shot)."

"I appreciate you and your kindness so much! I love how you have this wealth of knowledge. I have so much yet to learn."

"Really good intro session! One note - I think 2 out of the 3 were jamming a lot - might be good to pick some more reliable options."

"I would have loved to have had the opportunity to try out some larger handguns (though I know you are already working on this! haha)"

"Definitely felt some of the handguns were small for my hands and harder to shoot. The 9mm was fine, didn't mind using it."