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Originally Posted by skigun75  Has anyone been to either course (Gunsite or Awerbuck) that could offer insight? |
The only Gunsite class I've gone to there is the Gunsite 123 (Carbine). But I'm taking the Gunsite 150 (Pistol) in May.
Sherrif Ken Campbell teaches the Gunsite classes (and teaches at the real Gunsite), and also teaches an "Introduction to Defensive Pistol" that I've taken also.
I've had a few of Louis Awerbuck's classes and am taking his shotgun class in August.
Both guys know a lot of stuff, and are excellent at imparting it to students. They have slightly different ways of doing it, but they are more alike than it may first appear. Both get it done, and have diagnostic skills you wouldn't believe. It's like they can glance at you and tell what you are doing wrong.
I always use this example about Louis Awerbuck:
We were doing a pistol drill of some kind, it doesn't matter what. He gave the command to shoot, and within the couple of seconds, I heard "Bill, bring you elbow straight back. Tom, you took that safety off a little early. Fred, you are squeezing with your bottom fingers again."
By now, the first shots ring out.
The guy has not only seen these things happen all across the firing line, but analyzed them, and barked out corrections before the first shots let go. I couldn't SEE them that fast if I was watching just one guy right in front of me, let alone process and give corrections. The guy is spooky.
And if Awerbuck is a 10 on that scale, Sheriff Campbell is a 9 at least.
You notice that I keep going back. You will also notice that when others respond to your question, they will be multiple class attendees also. If people go back, and go back that much, it must be good.
I don't even have a job, but scrape up the money each year.
The 3-day Gunsite 150 runs $469 and the 5-day 250 in AZ is $1386. You are getting the same level of instruction, but don't get to play in the shoothouses. I can attend a Gunsite class and two Awerbuck classes in my own backyard (nine days of training) for the cost of one AZ Gunsite class. That's a pretty good deal.