As a longtime editor in the hunting/shooting industry, I have more friends than I can count on both hands who have visited Gunsite Academy and came back raving about the experience. Thankfully, I had the chance to attend Gunsite for the first time in mid-October. I was there to learn the basics of long-range shooting in a week-long class called Precision Rifle 7.
In several feature articles soon to appear on OutdoorHub, you’ll see the gear I used and learn more about the specific instruction I received. My focus in this story, however, is simply to give you a taste for why so many people consider Gunsite to be the No. 1 firearms training facility on the planet.
1. No one has been at it longer. Founded in 1976 by Lt. Col. Jeff Cooper (WW II and Korean War combat veteran, as well as an author and professor), Gunsite has been providing elite firearm instruction for more than 40 years. Cooper built the facility just west of Paulden, Arizona, and back then it was called the American Pistol Institute (API).
by David Maas