Front Sight was one of the best-known civilian firearms schools of the 2000s. This entry from After Action.net’s Front Sight series summarizes how the school described its own mission when After Action.net trained there in 2006.
Front Sight offered one of the widest course catalogs of any civilian school in the 2000s. This is the lineup as it stood when After Action.net trained there in November 2006.
In November 2006, After Action.net attended its first course at Front Sight in Pahrump, Nevada: the four-day Defensive Handgun course. This is how the first day unfolded.
A look at the ranges and facilities at Front Sight, on 550 acres of Nevada desert about 40 minutes from Las Vegas, as they stood in November 2006. Some of the planned buildings were finished and in use; others were still under construction.
After Action.net’s four-day Defensive Handgun course at Front Sight in November 2006 combined a thorough curriculum, good facilities and very professional instructors in a comfortable, fast-paced atmosphere.
Lectures at Front Sight were not what most students expect. They were scheduled through the day to break up range time, so just as hands and arms got tired from shooting, the class moved into the climate-controlled lecture hall.