{"id":11917,"date":"2015-08-11T19:58:24","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T19:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/?p=11917"},"modified":"2015-10-18T17:58:42","modified_gmt":"2015-10-18T17:58:42","slug":"win-a-trip-to-gunsite-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/win-a-trip-to-gunsite-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"Win a trip to Gunsite Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"sweep.header.35537.eng\"<\/a>Not too long ago I helped Crimson Trace<\/a> set up a training course with Gunsite Academy<\/a>. Working with Gunsite instructors Dave Starin<\/a> and Chris Weare<\/a> we were able to integrate laser sights into their flagship 250 Pistol Course<\/a>. In this Gunsite \/ Crimson Trace course you will get everything you would get in a standard 250 pistol course, with the addition of training on how to zero and employ a laser on a defensive handgun.<\/p>\n

Crimson Trace is giving away an all inclusive trip for a winner and their guest of choice to attend the next course.<\/h4>\n

The next course will be given on Oct 12-16, 2015 and Crimson Trace has asked me to attend with the winner, and document their progress and what they learn during the experience. HERE<\/a>\u00a0is your chance to win what amounts to about $ 5000 worth of firearms training for you and a guest at the oldest and best firearms training academy in the world. If there is a down side, its that you will have to put up with me the entire time you are there…It could be worse. ENTER AND WIN!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Not too long ago I helped Crimson Trace set up a training course with Gunsite Academy. Working with Gunsite instructors Dave Starin and Chris Weare we were able to integrate laser sights into their flagship 250 Pistol Course. In this Gunsite \/ Crimson Trace course you will get everything you would get in a standard 250 pistol course, with the addition of …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2509,2500,1],"tags":[353,2473,2472,1369],"class_list":["post-11917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defense","category-shooting","category-uncategorized","tag-crimson-trace","tag-free-firearms-training","tag-gunsite-pistol-class","tag-handgun-laser-training"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5hujZ-36d","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13603,"url":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/the-grand-prize-goes-to\/","url_meta":{"origin":11917,"position":0},"title":"The Grand Prize Goes to…","author":"gunwriter","date":"July 6, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Last year I had the honor and privilege of standing on the line at Gunsite Academy beside a husband and wife from Ohio. 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