Firearms and shooting Tutorials

Please note: Prices have been changed as of 2025 relative to the general economic hardships people are facing.

Training courses are now taken on a half day or day by day basis.

For many years, Nathan Foster has taught shooters how to excel beyond the levels taught by other shooting schools worldwide. The main focus is to teach shooters how to separate rifle or ammo issues from human errors and to develop optimum shooting methods for clean killing as opposed to hitting a target. Shooters are taught the fundamentals of both rifle accuracy and marksmanship. Students are taught how to get on target and make a kill with minimum fuss and without being handicapped by superfluous technology. 
    

 

Typical structure of tutorial:

1. We start at the work bench early AM, going over the client's rifle to check for any potential issues. This helps us work toward separating rifle errors from potential shooter errors. 

2. Having spent time studying and / or working on the rifle, we test the rifle at 100 yards using myself to establish baseline accuracy if required. I teach the shooter how to get the best results at the bench, observing technique during each shot as well as reading groups to determine cause and effect. The bench offers a controlled environment to minimize errors. During this phase, we want to use the sturdy bench to help minimize human error as much as possible so that we can continue to isolate the rifle / loads as variables while at the same time working toward optimum technique. 

3. If all has gone well at the bench, the client moves to the ground to learn to shoot from a field position. During this phase, human error is the primary factor and so this is what we must focus on. This is also the time to set the scope for its field zero and establish a point blank trajectory for the rifle. 

4. If the ground work goes as planned and if time permits, we can then move on to some distance shooting to finish off the tutorial. Please note that by the time we are in a position to shoot long, most clients are already spent. Cavernous yawns are not uncommon at this point, an indicator that the client is done for the day. The long range aspect is not as important as one might think, not at this stage. The most important factor is to build fundamental skills and confidence at 100 yards. Thereafter and with practice, other aspects will fall into place. The point being, don't get hung up on hitting targets at long ranges as per other shooting schools. The most important issue at the beginning is to address the question "Is it me or is it my rifle?" Once these questions have been answered, other aspects will eventually fall into place i.e. its not me, its not my rifle - its the wind. That aside, if time permits, the client may wish to try some long range shooting. 

To arrange a tutorial, you will need to contact me to discuss the rifle you wish to bring.  

Ideally, it helps a great deal if the client has read my book series before the tutorial (a great aid to rifle selection). 

I don’t teach folk how to win points or how to be the best at walking shots onto a steel plate at long ranges. I teach folk how to isolate rifle and ammo issues versus human errors and how to become more effective at achieving a clean kill under real world field conditions.

If you wish to proceed with a tutorial, I can be contacted via our website contact form.

Typical tutorial time frame 4 to 5 hours (most clients feeling 'done in' by this stage).

Cost $350. 

By arrangement.

Nathan Foster.