Open Enrollment Classes at The Ranch Texas

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• By: KINETIC CONSULTING
• Start Date: 03/07/2025
• End Date: 03/09/2025

March 7 -9  2025   Weaponized Geometry is single man building tactics course. Building Tactics is more than just running around a structure with a gun. In this class, we will cover the basics to building tactics, using geometry to your advantage, and the intricacies of working alone. This class will not be team based...

• By: The Way Foward Training
• Start Date: 03/15/2025
• End Date: 03/16/2025

Master the Fundamentals. Elevate Your Preparedness.

This concealed carry-focused course bridges the gap between performance shooting and real-world defensive applications. Developed by Matt McGuire (formerly of Green Ops), this class emphasizes why high-level shooting mechanics are the foundation of competency and survival in defensive engagements.

Designed for responsible armed citizens, this class will refine your grip, stance, trigger control, and sight picture while incorporating legal, mental, and psychological preparedness for real-world defensive situations.

⚠️ Not for Beginners: If you can safely carry, draw, reholster, and shoot at a C-class USPSA level or higher, this course is for you.

Required Gear:

✔️ Concealed Carry Pistol (.380 or larger)

✔️ IWB or AIWB Holster (No duty/battle belts)

✔️ 3+ Magazines

✔️ 600 Rounds of Training Ammo (+1 mag of carry ammo)

✔️ Magazine Pouch

✔️ Notebook & Pen

✔️ Eye & Electronic Ear Protection

✔️ Weather-Appropriate Gear

Recommended:

🪑 Camp Chair | ☀️ Sunscreen | 🦟 Bug Spray | 💧 Water & Snacks

🔥 Spots are limited—secure your training today!

• By: Apex Training Solutions, LLC
• Start Date: 04/11/2025
• End Date: 04/11/2025

A Close Quarters Battle marksmanship course designed with raid force support in mind. We have designed an 18 hour fully immersive CQB curriculum that encompasses breacher and assault force employment. Stealth, Dynamic, and Subdued Clears during the day and under the cover of night. You will experience react rooms, tactical evaluations, and more.

What you will learn:

• Pistol & Carbine Marksmanship
• Target Discretion
• Breaching in support of a raid force (Mechanical, Ballistic)
• Door Accessibility
• How to clear a structure regardless of makeup and construction
• Marking Procedures and SOP development
• Advanced Enclosure Clearing Tactics
• Working in a team (2- 12 man)
• All of the above in Low/No Light environments and MORE

• By: The Ranch Texas
• Start Date: 04/12/2025
• End Date: 04/13/2025

Cost: $600 per student

Range: The Ranch, Dilley, TX 

Essentials Grip: Mechanics and geometry 

Stance: Freestyle, Single-Hand, Props Trigger 

Function: 3 Stages and when and how to use 

Draws: All types from holster 

Optics/Irons: Visual techniques associated with the use of a dot and irons 

Table Starts: Loading and drawing 

Mag Changes: Static and Moving Target Transitions 

• By: Ridgeline Defense
• Start Date: 04/21/2025
• End Date: 04/22/2025

Ridgeline’s Scoped Carbine course has set the standard by which all others within the industry are judged. A cadre favorite to shoot and to teach, Scoped Carbine uniquely allows for a blend of basic rifle marksmanship, CQC -style shooting, individual movement techniques and Ridgeline’s “Gunfight Math” into a two-day course that leaves the student supremely confident in the abilities of themselves and their rifles.

Students will progressively be introduced to subjects such as ballistic theory, wind reading and alternate shooting positions. Students will engage targets while both stationary and on the move. Utilizing paper and steel target arrays shooters will be challenged to engage multiple targets from varying positions and at distances out to 600 yards while still performing fundamental tasks at a high level of competence.

• By: GREEN OPS
• Start Date: 05/03/2025
• End Date: 05/04/2025

The Low Powered Variable Power Optics (LPVO) Class is a 2-day, 16-hour tactical firearms training with the purpose of exploiting the LPVO to its maximum capability. Shooters will be challenged by executing various courses of fire (COF) testing their ability to employ the LPVO from CQB to combat engagement distances out to 600 yards. Additionally, shooters will be trained to gain the most advantageous position to exploit the LPVO's unique capabilities. The culminating exercise will allow shooters to employ all of the knowledge and techniques taught by the instructors in a buddy-team fire and maneuver live-fire exercise, engaging targets from CQB to long range engagements.

This course is for shooters with carbine platforms equipped with an LPVO (1-6X through 1-10X) who want to know what it takes to get accurate first round impact on targets beyond 100 yards. It is also for those of you who have higher capability rifle platforms with optics of higher magnification. The fundamentals of precision accuracy will be presented.

//The culminating exercise is a 2-man live fire exercise that requires running and gunning //

• By: VanPelt Consulting
• Start Date: 06/02/2025
• End Date: 06/04/2025

 Vehicle surveillance is designed to follow a suspect vehicle without being detected, while trailing through major cities or rural areas. This course is designed to teach the art of following another person while essentially hiding in plain sight. Instructors also have extensive experience in electronic surveillance of suspect vehicles which will be discussed during this course. Sometimes a suspect leaves his vehicle behind but must still be followed by someone who can blend with any environment they are confronted with. Surveillance is the first step to completing a successful Vehicle Containment Technique ( VCT). 

      Vehicle Containment Technique (VCT) is designed to take down violent criminals, and to prevent vehicle pursuits. VCT should be utilized for high-value targets. Students will learn how to use the element of surprise and properly timed violence of action to take down violent felony suspects.   The Vehicle Containment Technique is designed to physically restrict the movement of the suspect vehicle by simultaneously striking it from multiple sides, thereby preventing a vehicle pursuit. As a result, this tactic will also reduce the risk to the public.

    The instructors teaching this course have conducted approximately 60 VCTs on violent suspects in the Houston area. We have also conducted surveillance on over 1,000 suspects in different areas of Houston giving us the unique ability to hide in plain sight.  They are experts who have trained for hundreds of hours on these tactics to perfect their outcomes. The instructors were involved with the surveillance of a Serial Murder suspect who was using a rifle to shoot ATM guards at approx. 100 yards. This suspect killed multiple Houstonians and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars. This operation lasted approx. 4 months. with 7 days a week sometimes 24-hour surveillance and the suspect never detected our team surveilling him. This case was known throughout the country and a book has been written about this case among others that instructors were involved in. 

• By: Sidewinder Concepts
• Start Date: 07/12/2025
• End Date: 07/13/2025

Two-day course utilizing your standard rifle outfitted with an LPVO or Red Dot Magnifier we will take your marksmanship skills to the next level. This class will teach you to become more precise and accurate with your perspective carbine. Having both closer and intermediate-range capabilities, shooters will find themselves approaching situations with rapid target engagements 300 yards and in and lots of movement with a goal of bridging the gap between precision and speed. Precise marksmanship and distance shooting require essential supporting skills to achieve success. This course will show you those skills. Topics that will be covered, but not limited to are.

• Philosophy of use (POU) 
• Basic understanding of external ballistics.
• BDC / MRAD / MOA scopes.
• Max Point Blank Range.
• Understanding Zeros.
• Familiarization fire for extended distances.
• Identifying the limits of each individual rifle. 
• Positively identifying targets. (PID)
• Gear considerations.
• Ballistic calculator. (kestrel or applied ballistic app)
• Barricade style shooting.
• Wind basics
• Range estimation skills

• By: Sidewinder Concepts
• Start Date: 10/04/2025
• End Date: 10/05/2025

Two-day course utilizing your standard rifle outfitted with an LPVO or Red Dot Magnifier we will take your marksmanship skills to the next level. This class will teach you to become more precise and accurate with your perspective carbine. Having both closer and intermediate-range capabilities, shooters will find themselves approaching situations with rapid target engagements 300 yards and in and lots of movement with a goal of bridging the gap between precision and speed. Precise marksmanship and distance shooting require essential supporting skills to achieve success. This course will show you those skills. Topics that will be covered, but not limited to are.

• Philosophy of use (POU) 
• Basic understanding of external ballistics.
• BDC / MRAD / MOA scopes.
• Max Point Blank Range.
• Understanding Zeros.
• Familiarization fire for extended distances.
• Identifying the limits of each individual rifle. 
• Positively identifying targets. (PID)
• Gear considerations.
• Ballistic calculator. (kestrel or applied ballistic app)
• Barricade style shooting.
• Wind basics
• Range estimation skills

• By: ORION TRAINING GROUP
• Start Date: 11/06/2025
• End Date: 11/09/2025

Course Focus: applicable weapons handling for a CQB environment, as well as accuracy while moving as it applies to CQB. This will be in a flat range environment and is NOT a "live fire CQB" course. Day 0 will function like a pistol/rifle clinic, allowing students of lower skill or experience level to catch up to others, and giving more experienced students a refresher on the basics with both platforms, as well as movement, reloads, malfunctions, panning doors, center checking, and dynamic entry with DRY REPS to familiarize with the concepts for Day 1.

At the end of this course, students will be able to accurately and rapidly engage targets with multiple rounds at CQB distances with rifle and pistol.

• By: https://www.kinetic-consulting.net/product-page/night-vision-cqb
• Start Date: 12/05/2025
• End Date: 12/07/2025

Night vision CQB is not a beginners course, it is difficult and challenging. Students should know how to safely manipulate and shoot their rifles under stress. CQB experience is a plus, but not necessary. This class will cover many of the concepts, principals, and tactics associated with working in a team environment under night vision. All the shooting will be done with UTMs non-lethal training munitions.
(1 Day and 2 Nights, 24-26 Hour class)
 
LIMITED NVG RENTALS AVAILABLE
 
This is a Non-lethal munition based course using UTM marking rounds. It is force on paper, meaning we will be shooting identifiable paper targets. Your rifle will be converted to use UTMs. Conversion bolts and UTM ammunition is provided
 
NO LIVE AMMUNITION WILL BE USED