Category Archives: Shooting School

Academi

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opened in 1998

  • 1997 founded as Blackwater
  • May 15, 1998 Training center opened
    – 6,000-acres
    – cost $6.5 million
  • November 2006 acquired 80-acre facility in Mount Carroll, Illinois
    – called Impact Training Center
  • July 2008 Southwest’s facility in San Diego opened
  • 2009 renamed as Xe Services
  • 2011 acquired by private investors and renamed Academi
  • 2014 became a division of Constellis Group

Moyock, NC

 54 tactical ranges, five ballistic houses, multiple MOUT/scenario facilities, four ship-boarding simulators, two airfields and three drop-zones, a three-mile tactical driving track, 25 classrooms, multiple explosive training ranges, a private training center, accommodations for over 450 personnel and other training support activity centers

https://www.academi.com/pages/facilities/moyock-nc

ACADEMI Southwest’s facility

  • 61,000 sq. ft. warehouse facility
  • 25 yd. Indoor Firearms Range (12 stations), rated 7.62mm NATO, high/low light
  • 3 fully equipped climate controlled classrooms (Computer, projector, Wi-Fi)
  • Ship simulator (3 deck levels)
  • Non-Lethal Training Ammunition Shoot House (2500 sq. ft.)
  • Container Climbing/Rappel Tower

https://www.academi.com/pages/facilities/san-diego-ca

ACADEMI in Salem, Connecticut

  • A 12-lane indoor range for rifle, pistol, shotgun
    25-yard
  • Practical Lab
  • Firearms Training Simulator

https://www.academi.com/pages/facilities/salem-ct

Front Sight

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550-acres

opened in 1996

  • 1996 until 2002 –  on rented property near Bakersfield, California
  • 1998, purchased  a 550-acre property in Nye County Nevada
  • 6,000-square-foot classroom
  • 24 shooting ranges
  • 8 live-fire simulator ranges
  • shooting houses
  • 2006, Mark Wahlberg took rifle classes at Front Sight to prepare for the 2007 movie Shooter
  • March 2014 = 26 additional ranges

Quick look at one of the ‘Shoot Houses’ at Front Sight in Pahrump, Nevada

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nML6hhMiVw

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Sig Sauer Academy

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140 acres

opened in 1996

  • 1990 SIGARMS moved its headquarters from Herndon, Virginia to Exeter, New Hampshire
  • 1990 SIGARMS Academy was officially launched at the SIGARMS  HQ Building
    – Classes were continuously conducted at the factory as well as in the field throughout the United States
  • 1996 SIGARMS Academy bought the land in Epping, NH
    – built the first non-toxic, frangible indoor range
  • 2001 introduced civilian training
  • 2006 the Pro Shop was established
  • 2007 obtained their own FFL to sell SIGARMS firearms
  • 2007 SIGARMS Academy became SIG SAUER Academy
  • 2012 new SIG SAUER Academy Pro Shop

  • an hour from Boston, MA
  • 1000 yd range
  •  360 degree range
  •  indoor and outdoor ranges
  • tactical training areas
  • urban environments
  • a shoot house
  • a maritime training area
  • a force-on-force village
  • more than 100 courses available
  • 2012 pro shop opened

Thunder Ranch

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900 acres

opened in 1993

  • world-class firearms training
  • 2004, TR was successfully moved to Oregon
  • Upper Ranch Deck
  • two-story indoor shoot house
  • Adam Brown Range 10 yards to 700 yards
  • Collins Ridge adds both altitude and distance 1,400+
  • classroom
  • ProShop

Thunder Ranch
96747 Hwy 140 East
Lakeview OR, 97630

https://thunderranchinc.com/