Beginning March 1st, the NRA is increasing their membership dues by $5 for an annual membership. So a normal annual membership will cost you $45 if you register on your own. If you join through us, we will continue to give you the automatic discounted rate of $35.

Texas License to Carry (LTC) classes will be available at Pharr Gun Club on 01/19/2019.

Price is $80 and $60 for LEO includes both classroom and range fee. 

Private training’s may be scheduled for groups of 8 or more. 

Purpose
This course provides the Texas Department of Public Safety (TxDPS) required classroom training and firearm qualification students need to obtain a Texas License to Carry (LTC) / Texas Concealed Handgun License (CHL).

Course Objective 

To train and qualify a student to submit application to the Texas Handgun Licensing Program.  Upon completion, students will have the following materials required to submit their application:

• Instructor certification for completed classroom curriculum.
• Instructor certification for completed handgun qualification test.

Instructor
Edgar E. Rivas is a certified LTC instructor in the State of Texas and has many years of experience training others in the proper safety and use of firearms.  He is an NRA Pistol/Rifle Instructor and NRA Chief Range Officer. The professionally developed LTC curriculum uses multiple training techniques and aides in order to help students learn the material and retain the content.

Class Prerequisite

• Basic proficiency with a handgun. 

LTC courses are not intended to train students how to shoot a firearm.  The qualification test portion of the course is required by the State of Texas to demonstrate your ability to safely and properly handle and shoot a handgun.

Course Duration

• 4 to 6 hours of combined classroom instructions and qualification testing.

Mandatory Range Equipment to Qualify

Come range ready with:

• • Semi-automatic handgun or revolver (unloaded and in a box) of any caliber in good repair and have no modifications that will make the handgun less safe. STUDENTS ARE NOT PERMITTED TO BRING WEAPON or AMMUNITION into the CLASSROOM. LEAVE IT IN YOUR VEHICLE.
  • Baseball cap
  • Safety glasses (available to borrow)
  • Ear protection that covers your ears (available to borrow)
  • Footwear that entirely covers both feet
  • 50 rounds of commercially produced ammunition
  NO RELOADED, HAND LOADED, or SURPLUS AMMUNITION ALLOWED.
  Use commercial ammunition only.

You now can qualify with a revolver or a semi-auto.

Range Qualification Test Requirements (as dictated by the TxDPS)

• Total of 50 rounds fired at a B-27 target (45″ high x 24″ wide)
• Score of 175 out of 250 possible points (70 percentile) required to pass
• Shooting stance from the ready position where firearm is already in a position to fire. 
• Scoring:
• 1 round in 2 seconds, 5 times (5 rounds total)
• 2 rounds in 3 seconds, 5 times (10 rounds total)
• 5 rounds in 10 seconds, 1 time (5 rounds total)
• 5 rounds in 10 seconds, 1 time (5 rounds total)
• 2 rounds in 4 seconds, 1 time (2 rounds total)
• 3 rounds in 6 seconds, 1 time (3 rounds total)
• 1 round in 3 seconds, 5 times (5 rounds total)
• 5 rounds in 15 seconds, 1 time (5 rounds total)
• 2rounds in 6 seconds, 1 time (2 rounds total)
• 3rounds in 9 seconds, 1 time (3 rounds total)
• 5rounds in 15 seconds, 1 time (5 rounds total)

If interested, Contact Edgar:

Edgar E. Rivas

South Texas CHLTexas LTC InstructorType 01 FFL Dealer
NRA Pistol/Rifle InstructorNRA Chief RSO1811 Cristobal Drive
Edinburg, TX 78542956-648-2984

Range Master Jesse Salazar is expecting to build new framework for the 100 yard bay Saturday morning. Once the framework is put back in place, you’ll be able to put your targets back up and use the bay. Enjoy the repaired 100 yard backstop, and be safe!

Alright folks, here’s the latest. Construction suffered a small delay initially on Monday and Tuesday due to some rain, but we continued with the work to get things moving. These photos are from Wednesday evening, before all the ghouls and ghosts came out to trick-or-treat. As you can see, a lot of work has been completed. I just got back from the range again a short moment ago, and the remaining concrete columns have been poured and are setting up now.

In order to make sure the fresh concrete cures correctly and is not damaged by bullets inadvertently, the 100 yard bay will remain CLOSED this Saturday and Sunday. Yes, this also means for the regularly scheduled Steel match this Sunday. The Steel match and general shooters are free to use the 25 yard and 200 yard bays, but NOT the 100 yard bay. There is plenty of tape across the length of the entire bay, so don’t go through it to shoot!

Resuming Monday, our construction crew will continue with the dirt work and completion of the project, probably on Thursday or Friday. What does this mean for you? We will still be shut down on weekdays until this project is complete. It’s a lot of dirt to move and a lot of concrete has been poured. Let’s not muck it up by putting bullet holes into the repaired infrastructure. 🙂

Our existing steel support framework was under some serious pressure and many of the connecting joints were damaged. Additional steel still needs to be welded in to support the connection points and ensure a sturdy and safe environment to contain all bullets when they go downrange.

This column might not look like much here, but it’s actually 8 feet tall and most of it is buried in the dirt. So once it’s complete, our roof should be anchored nicely and we shouldn’t have to worry about shifting footings any more.Look how straight it is now! Beforehand, it was sagging in a few spots and the steel in spots was under so much pressure, connectors had broken or were damaged. Backside view, showing just how much earth has been excavated in order to auger out an 8 foot column and get it lined up properly with our existing roof line. wider brackets installed to spread the load a bit more and ensure a more secure connection between the roof and the supports.  Here’s what the temporary supports looked like as the structure was jacked up and leveled out before columns were bored out for concrete Nice and straight now! Old supports, now replaced with 8 foot columns.

Here are the PDFs for the Q4 Newsletter. It’s violet colored this time around. 🙂

p1 p2-4

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we only have ONE remaining renewal date left in August. That date is August 19th, the regular 3rd Sunday of the month at 1pm, which is NEXT WEEK. If you have not yet had the chance to renew your membership, try to make it on out that Sunday, or you will have to wait until September. Avoid the rush! There are no further Express Renewal Sessions that were originally scheduled for 10am on Saturdays. Instead, we are holding different NRA certification courses for those interested. The NRA changed their registration process for courses, and our original plans for classes in July got pushed forward to August instead, conflicting with some of the Express Renewal dates.

 

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Upcoming NRA Certification courses are available as follows:

August 18: NRA Basic Rifle Course @ 8am-5pm

August 25: NRA Instructor Rifle w/BIT Course @ 7am-7pm

August 26: NRA Instructor Rifle w/BIT Course @ 7am-5pm

 

You will NEVER get a lower price for these courses than these particular ones. Take advantage.

 

In order to attend, you MUST register online! To register for these classes proceed to https://www.nrainstructors.org/Search.aspx and click each course box desired. 

 

In the RIFLE section, check the 

NRA Basic Rifle Shooting Course

NRA Instructor Rifle Shooting Course

We still have a few seats available for these two courses, but we really need to max them out so we can recoup the costs for the NRA materials and ensure we have a good class of students. In order to take the Instructor Class on the 25th & 26th, you MUST also have taken or schedule to take the Basic Rifle course on the 18th.

 

Good night and Godspeed.

 

All Club Members,

All Club Members,