Southern Charm Firearms Academy

Basics of Rifle Shooting
2024-08-28 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | SCFA Private Outdoor Range, Address Provided After Payment, Bastrop County, TX, United States
Come learn the basics of rifle shooting, hunting season is coming! Come learn all about rifles in this fun, comprehensive, full day class. You will learn about bolt-action, semi-automatic, lever-action and break-action rifles, several shooting positions, maintenance, ammunition fundamentals and much more! Bring your own rifle or loaners available for a small fee. You will receive a certificate of completion and a 150-page reference manual to take home. Course takes place at our private range in Smithville. Address and more details to be given after registration and payment. Payment will be made directly to instructor after registering for this course.
This class is a prerequisite to take the NRA Rifle Instructor Course for the 2 days following this class.

Bullets & Brunch - La Grange Chapter
2024-08-21 08:30 - 10:30 | Fayette County Gun Club, 5338 N. US Hwy 77, La Grange, TX, 78945, United States
Bullets & Brunch event for the La Grange chapter of A Girl & A Gun. We meet the 3rd Wednesday morning of every month for Brunch & Bullets. Bring your brunch and we will all eat together out on the range.

Metallic Cartridge Reloading Class
2024-08-20 10:00 - 18:00 | SCFA Private Outdoor Range, Address Provided After Payment, Bastrop County, TX, United States
Looking to get into metallic cartridge reloading? This class will cover safety considerations, equipment needed, storage and handling of components, how to use reloading manuals and much more. This class focuses on metallic cartridge reloading. You will manufacture some 9mm pistol cartridges and fire them in your pistol at the end of the day. You will learn on both single stage and progressive presses. All supplies & safety gear needed in the classroom is provided. Please bring a lunch and any snacks to get through the day. Also bring: your firearm in 9mm, eye and hearing protection, brimmed cap and wear closed-toed shoes.

Bullets & Brunch - Bastrop Chapter
2024-08-19 08:30 - 10:30 | SCFA Private Outdoor Range, Address Provided After Payment, Bastrop County, TX, United States
The Bastrop Chapter meets every 3rd Monday morning for Bullets & Brunch. There is range time and a pot luck brunch theme. Range fees of $15-20/shooter apply.

A Girl & A Gun, La Grange T-time
2024-08-18 18:00 - 20:00 | Fayette County Gun Club, 5338 N. US Hwy 77, La Grange, TX, 78945, United States
The La Grange Chapter meets the 3rd Sunday afternoon of the month from 2-4pm. Different shooting activities and learning opportunities each week! Come join us for fun range activities that include drawing from the holster, moving and shooting, quarterly match and more! All La Grange chapter events take place at Fayette County Gun Club unless otherwise specified.
No fee to attend. Range fees of $25 are paid separately to the range if you are NOT a member of FCGC. This is a ladies only event.

Emergency First-Aid Fundamentals
2024-08-18 12:00 - 16:30 | SCFA Private Outdoor Range, Address Provided After Payment, Bastrop County, TX, United States
Emergency First-Aid Fundamentals is such an important thing to know! You are much more likely to need first-aid than your firearm! Everyone should know as much first-aid as possible to help save lives when it really counts. Students will learn how to properly assess a patient in an emergency. You will learn how to apply a tourniquet, an Israeli bandage and do chest compressions. Other topics include venous and arterial bleeding; compromised airway; head, chest and spinal injuries; broken bones; burns; heart attacks; seizures; strokes; instruction on how to build custom first-aid and trauma kits and more.

Conceal Carry & Home Defense Fundamentals Instructor Course
2024-08-08 - 2024-08-09 | SCFA Private Outdoor Range, Address Provided After Payment, Bastrop County, TX, United States
Conceal Carry & Home Defense Fundamentals Instructor Course – upon successfully completing this 2-day course, you will become USCCA Certified Instructor, uniquely authorized to teach the USCCA course, Concealed Carry and Home Defense Fundamentals. This course has become the gold standard across the United States for law abiding Americans seeking to obtain their concealed carry permit. As a USCCA certified instructor, you will be trained and equipped to provide world-class instruction to students. You will have access to our world class classroom materials (including a full set of PowerPoint presentations and classroom videos).
During this two-day training course, you’ll be taught by a USCCA Training Counselor on a number of valuable topics, including: The top ten instructor mistakes, and how to avoid them; teaching best practices; and running a safe live fire range. You’ll also have a chance to demonstrate your knowledge of the USCCA training material through seven short presentations to a group of your peers, as well as running a live fire range, guiding your peers through the safe completion of the USCCA course of fire. After completion of this course, you’ll not only be intimately familiar with the USCCA training methodology and materials, you’ll be a far better instructor and presenter, regardless of the topic of choice. Prior to the class, you must complete the corresponding eLearning. After passing the class, you will be sent an instructor shirt and toolkit valued at $450.
Please note that there is an e-learning component to this class that must be competed 48 hours BEFORE the first day of class. Upon registration a detailed email will be sent to each Instructor Candidate. Each Instructor Candidate must pass a shooting qualification and safe gun handling standards.

A Girl & A Gun, La Grange Chapter GNO
2024-08-07 18:00 - 20:00 | Fayette County Gun Club, 5338 N. US Hwy 77, La Grange, TX, 78945, United States
The La Grange Chapter meets on the 1st Wednesday night from 6-8pm. Different shooting activities and learning opportunities each week! There will be a pot luck just prior to the event at 5:30. All La Grange chapter events take place at Fayette County Gun Club unless otherwise specified.
No fee to attend. Range fees of $25 are paid separately to the range if you are NOT a member of FCGC. This is a ladies only event.

A Girl & A Gun, Bastrop Chapter GNO
2024-08-05 18:00 - 20:00 | SCFA Private Outdoor Range, Address Provided After Payment, Bastrop County, TX, United States
1st Monday Girls Night Out! Shooting related activities followed by a pot-luck dinner. Range fees of $15-20/shooter. Please RSVP. All levels welcome!

Conceal Carry & Home Defense Fundamentals - Half Day
2024-08-04 13:00 - 17:30 | SCFA Private Outdoor Range, Address Provided After Payment, Bastrop County, TX, United States
Concealed Carry and Home Defense Fundamentals – This half-day comprehensive course is for anyone considering owning or carrying a firearm for self-defense. It’s also a fantastic refresher for those who haven’t visited these topics in a while.
In this half-day class students will be guided to understand conflict avoidance and situational awareness, develop a home security and home defense mindset and plan, handgun, shooting fundamentals, the physiology of violent encounters and most importantly, the legal aspects of using deadly force, including what to do in the aftermath. It includes a brief overview of gear, gadgets as well as ongoing training and optional 1-hour shooting portion at the end (extra $45 charge payable in class).

Handgun Dry-Fire Clinic
2024-08-04 10:00 - 12:00 | SCFA Private Outdoor Range, Address Provided After Payment, Bastrop County, TX, United States
You need our Handgun Dry-Fire Clinic! Have you heard of dry-firing and wondered what it’s all about? Dry-Firing is an excellent way to practice your fundamentals without having to go to the range or use ammo. Come learn all about dry-firing and how it can help your shooting skills in this 2-hour clinic. You will learn how you do it safely. Then, there will be a series of drills, including some diagnostic tools to really up your game/marksmanship. You will leave with a plan on how to continue building your skills using what you learn in this clinic. Bring your pistol, OWB holster, 2-3 magazines and a beverage. Come learn all about it indoors.
