Classes

Updated 04/28/2025.

NRA Basics of Pistol Shooting -- SATURDAY, MAY 24th.  8:00 AM thru 5:30 PM.

Announcing another NRA Basics of Pistol Shooting class.  The date is Saturday, May 24th, 2025, at our chapter house located at 5401 42nd Street NE, in Cedar Rapids.

The class is scheduled to start at 8:00 AM, and run through about 5:30 PM.  Depending upon how long the live-fire portion takes, we may go past the 5:30 end time.  Or, we may end early!

Please go to this link to register for the class:

https://www.nrainstructors.org/CourseDetails.aspx?Courseid=878707

Class size is limited to sixteen persons.

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PLEASE PREREGISTER NO LATER THAN May 21st, 2025.

Cost of the class is set at $100.  The cost goes towards the snacks, lunch, use of our facilities, and to the NRA course materials.  All proceeds will go to the Linn County Izaak Walton chapter.

If you own your own handgun, please bring it.  You will need about 200 rounds of ammunition for your gun to shoot the live-fire exercise that is part of the course.  If you don't have a handgun yet, we will have a few available for use during the class.

Upon completion of the class, each student will receive a certificate of completion which can be taken to your local sheriff's office to apply for an Iowa Concealed Carry permit.

This class is not a defensive training class, it covers all aspects of pistol ownership, the responsibility that goes with owning a firearm, and allows you to put your knowledge to test in the live fire exercise.  The class covers revolvers and semi-automatic pistols, their care, safe handling, safe storage, ammunition construction/operation, handgun operation, and selection, as well as firearm maintenance.  We will introduce a basic standing shooting stance, as well as the basics of how to aim and fire a handgun.

Since the class begins officially at 8:00 AM, I ask that you arrive by 8:00 AM to take care of any last-minute registration/payment needs.

We accept cash, check (made out to Linn County IWLA), and credit cards.

At check-in, any firearms brought will be checked to verify they are unloaded.  All ammunition brought by students for the class will be collected and stored in our safe until needed.

NO LIVE AMMUNITION IS ALLOWED IN THE CLASSROOM.

IF you have any questions, feel free to contact me at ikes.membership@gmail.com or by calling (319) 432-3434.

Dave Shema

Other classes to follow.  Watch this space for additional information.