Originally Posted by
Yung
Shotgun training, for me, has been harder to come by. I'll be seeing Mr. Haught and Son later this fall, but outside of that, the only options that I was aware of were classes at my local ranges (Scottsdale Gun Club/C2 Tactical), and a Practical Shotgun through Glen Stilson at Independence Training ($225). SGC used to have a 'defensive' shotgun before a lack of attendance led to the instructors changing it to a 'basic' class. I took both at <$100 each, noting that the basic class focused more on patterning loads. The listed round count was the same as before, but in reality we fired less than a third. C2 Tactical has a progression of classes all with higher round counts, but I have yet to take any of them due to a lack of transparency with their instructor backgrounds combined with hearing very mixed opinions from others who have attended. This may change in the future since they did hire a new director of training not that long ago. I do buy 7-10 boxes of 00 Flite Control a year at local retail price, but that is divided over two purchases a year and is negligible compared to what I spend on 9mm.