No, not really. Your first day you will spend a couple of hours in class and when you break for lunch you will head to the range. After that, you will spend the majority of the time on the range. For lack of a better way of stating it, the classes are belt to a “strict” schedule. There is some flexibility based on weather and student aptitude. What I mean is that during the summer they will try to get range time in earlier and hold the class room off for the afternoon. Similarly, if the students are progressing well they will extend range time or possibly extend class time if students as a whole are not grasping the fundamentals. Trust me when I say this, you will get more range time than you can imagine. Your knees, chest, shoulders, and elbows will be incredibly sore. When they talk about classroom time understand that it is not just sitting and listening to lectures. There is a lot of time spent at the compound working on alternate shooting positions, KIMS exercises, and dry firing. You’ll spend time doing the “penny drill” which is one of the single best exercises for trigger control you will encounter. Something new that they have started is talking about the 5 arenas of combat. They realize that if you choose to have firearms in your life then there is a chance that you may have to actually use it in defense. They try to prepare you for that. You don’t just have to deal with the threat, but also the physiological side of it, the legal side, the effect it has on your family, the effect it has on your community, and the possible media coverage. The instructors have been there and done that, you are getting real world knowledge. Everything is purposeful, thought out, and productive.
I guess I got a little long winded to get around to say this. The class you are taking will dictate the amount of classroom time you have. The more advanced classes with advanced topics the more class time you have but in no case will you feel shortchanged in range time.
