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October 12, 2005, 07:20 PM | #1 |
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Anyone familiar with Firearms Academy of Seattle?
I've had my CPL for a little over a year and I am interested in getting some formal training. I signed up for their free seminar (they fill up fast!) and I would like some input on how effective their courses are. I'm very excited, their courses are reasonably priced and I'll prabably take another course after I finish the seminar. I'm guessing that it's well worth the money, but I thought I'd find out what some of you guys think who have taken some of the courses.
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October 13, 2005, 01:39 PM | #2 |
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Marty and Gila are GREAT. First class instructors, first class facilities, reasonable prices. You have chosen well.
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October 13, 2005, 03:56 PM | #3 |
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Great place to train.
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October 14, 2005, 01:06 PM | #4 |
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Okay, I'll admit up front that if you're looking for an unbiased source about FAS, I may not be the person to talk to. At this moment, I'm a very frequent volunteer as an RO and assistant instructor, and am working through their instructor-development program. Marty and Gila are both good personal friends of mine, and Gila has been the best mentor to me a woman could ever hope for. But I'm not on their payroll, and it's not as if anyone has ever paid me to like them.
You could get other opinions about them on either here or on THR just by running a search with keyword "FAS" or "Firearms Academy." Pretty sure you won't find anything very negative, but it never hurts to look at what the archives say. I took my first class at FAS a little over 6 months after I began shooting, about six years ago now. Here are some things I've written about their classes over the years. About FAS-2: http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/...AS2#post573147 This was the first class I took from them and my shooting improved immeasurably in just one weekend. It went from abysmal to merely bad, just like that! About FAS-4: http://www.thearmedcitizen.net/forum...&threadid=2053 About FAS-4 the second time around: http://www.thearmedcitizen.net/forum...&threadid=3245 (Oh, before you read that thread -- yes, I did finally past the dang test. Honest...) About FAS-5: http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=31233 About Night Ops: http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=135419 Classes I've taken but haven't really written about:
Oh, also, they've got a message board somewhere on their site. It's not terrifically active, but they do monitor it and are pretty good about answering questions asked there. Hope all that helps. Let me know if you've got any other questions that I can overwhelm you with overly-detailed answers to. pax Last edited by pax; October 14, 2005 at 02:06 PM. |
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October 14, 2005, 07:28 PM | #6 |
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i've taken their safety seminar also and the are fantastic. they are not condesending to their students and you feel like they are your friends right away. i haven't had a chance to take any other courses from them yet but i will as soon as time allows. i'n my opinion, you can't do better in teh northwest.
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I have taken FAS-2, FAS-3, FAS-4 and FAS-5 at the Firearms Academy of Seattle. I have several classes scheduled in the future with them. I could not be more pleased with the training I've recieved at FAS. Marty and Gila are great people and I learned a ton in my instruction from Marty. I highly recommend FAS for your training needs. Here is my report from my last visit:
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=153638 LBTRS
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