09/23/2026
A Full Day Isn’t Too Much
One of the things we believe strongly at SRST is that meaningful fi****ms training cannot be reduced to an hour or two.
In fact, we believe the realistic starting point for developing competent, responsible handgun skills is two full days of training.
But we also understand that most people aren’t ready to make that commitment when they’re just getting started. And there’s a reason for that:
They don’t know what they don’t know.
That’s why our minimum handgun training is a full 7+ hour day.
Not because we want to keep you on the range all day.
Because there is simply too much to learn, practice, correct, repeat, and reinforce if the goal is more than just showing someone how to pull the trigger.
A responsible training program should give you time to understand the fundamentals, develop safe gun handling habits, identify and correct problems, build repetition, and begin developing the skills you can actually rely on when it matters.
Could someone teach you something in an hour?
Absolutely.
Could you learn something useful in two hours?
Of course.
But that’s not the same thing as developing meaningful competence.
And unfortunately, most people don’t realize how much they’re missing when they take a short class—until they experience what a full day of professional instruction actually looks like.
That’s when the light comes on.
They begin to understand:
“I didn’t know what I didn’t know.”
At SRST, we don’t believe in giving you just enough training to make you feel like you’re prepared.
We want you to understand what preparedness actually requires.
Because when it comes to protecting yourself and the people you love, feeling prepared and being prepared are two very different things.
It all starts with a mindset.