This is a Designated Marksman for urban operators. Attend this course if intend to defend you and your family beyond the confines of your home and into your surrounding community. Note, Urban Precision Marksman are faced with unique, rapidly changing dynamic challenges and limitations, in urban operations. The urban environment has inherent limitations and confines Urban Precision Marksman to average engagements of 65 yds. to 200 yds. It is at these distances that Precision Marksman must be able, with certainty, identify threats and swiflty apply precise single shots on single and multiple threats in rapid succession. The Urban Precision Marksman course fills the gap between Urban Tactical Carbine (Standard Patrol Rifle) and SWAT Sniper.

You will be trained to excel in the requisite skills, typical of a trained Designated Marksman in possession of a semi-automatic fire equipped with a telescopic sight.


You will be trained through dynamic range instruction, progressively challenging drills, confidence building courses, coaching and individual evaluation.

Course Brief:

Range Safety - Handling of Firearms While Training and Carrying a Firearm

Firearms laws - possession, transportation, and storage of firearms

Discussion on the lawful Use of Force and escalation of force

Discussion on the Use of Force and the Defensive Applications of the Carbine

Lecture: What is a Urban Precision Marksman

Urban Precision Marksman Mindset

Urban Precision Marksman Tactics

Combat Zero/Confirm Zero (Iron Sights, Red Dots and magnified optics)

Combat Marksmanship/Hold Over/Range Estimation

Target vs Combat Marksmanship

Combat/precision/surgical accuracy

Advanced trigger control methods

Advanced sling use

Advanced target acquisition methods

Recoil management methods

Advanced bipod methods

Target Identification

Target Focus methods

Lecture - Combat/precision/surgical accuracy

Administrative and Tactical Loading and Unloading Techniques

Malfunction Drills

Single and Multiple Target Engagement Drills

Conventional and unconventional shooting positions

Range Estimation

Rifle ammunition selection

Rifle selection

Trigger selection

Magazine selection

Specialized equipment selection

Optics selection

Use of suppressors

Selection slings, bipods, and hasty support positions

Skill building drills

Utilization of Cover

Equipment requirements: We recomend M-4 pattern rifles in 5.56 with an LPVO and attached bipod. Optional single stage 3.5 lbs are highly recommended. Battle rifle calibers will not be permitted.

Ammunition: 2000 rds of rifle ammunition