{"id":3070,"date":"2025-04-14T14:27:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T19:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/38america.com\/en\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=3070"},"modified":"2025-04-14T19:06:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T00:06:56","slug":"handgun-optics-fundamentals","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/38america.com\/en\/event\/handgun-optics-fundamentals\/","title":{"rendered":"Handgun Optics Fundamentals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>DATE:<\/b> May 24th, 2025 | <b>TIME:<\/b> 10:00 AM \u2013 4:00 PM<br \/>\n<b>LOCATION:<\/b> .38 America \u2014 Whitesboro, TX<\/p>\n<p><b>INSTRUCTOR:<\/b> Justin Morris<\/p>\n<p><b>PRICE:<\/b> $250 (includes snacks and drinks)<br \/>\n<b>ELITE MEMBER PRICE:<\/b> $150 (includes snacks and drinks)<\/p>\n<p><b>ROUND COUNT:<\/b> Minimum 300 rounds<\/p>\n<p><b>PRE-REQUISITES:<\/b> Basic knowledge of firearms safety<\/p>\n<p><b>REQUIRED EQUIPMENT:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pistol with mounted optic<\/li>\n<li>Belt and holster<\/li>\n<li>3 magazines<\/li>\n<li>Magazine pouches<\/li>\n<li>Eye and ear protection<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>Need to rent gear or buy ammo? Contact Yves Sousa at <a href=\"mailto:yves@38america.com\">yves@38america.com<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>TOPICS COVERED<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Optic Fundamentals<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Functionality: How red dot sights work and how they differ from iron sights<\/li>\n<li>Applicability: Use cases in self-defense, competition, and duty use<\/li>\n<li>Types of Optics:<\/li>\n<li>Open emitter vs. Enclosed emitter designs<\/li>\n<li>Build quality and its impact on reliability and precision<\/li>\n<li>Pros &amp; Cons:<\/li>\n<li>Faster target acquisition, enhanced distance accuracy, simplified sight alignment<\/li>\n<li>Considerations like parallax, battery life, and potential for obstruction or damage<\/li>\n<li>Zeroing: Choosing an optimal zero and understanding its ballistic implications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>PRACTICAL DRILLS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Foundational Skills<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Efficient presentation of the pistol with an optic<\/li>\n<li>Balancing precision, cadence, and speed<\/li>\n<li>Target-to-target transition techniques<\/li>\n<li>Trigger control styles: Touch, Slack, Press \/ Touch, Press \/ Press<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>Specialized Drills<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sight Tracking \u2013 Maintaining visual reference on the dot during sequential shots<\/li>\n<li>Occlusion Drills \u2013 Shooting with partial or full obstruction of the optic<\/li>\n<li>Shooting on the Move \u2013 Maintaining dot alignment while in motion<\/li>\n<li>One-Handed Shooting \u2013 Adapting grip and sight picture with strong\/support hand only<\/li>\n<li>Unorthodox Positions \u2013 Engaging targets from unconventional or constrained positions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 2-px;\"><a class=\" sc_button color_style_default sc_button_default sc_button_size_normal\" href=\"https:\/\/38america.com\/en\/handgun-optics-fundamentals-course-sign-up\/\">REGISTER HERE<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join the Handgun Optics Fundamentals course and gain hands-on experience with the key functionalities and real-world applications of handgun-mounted red dot sights \u2014 all in a dynamic, one-day class.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3074,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[55],"class_list":["post-3070","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tribe_events_cat-courses","cat_courses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/38america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/3070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/38america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/38america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/38america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/38america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/3070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3072,"href":"https:\/\/38america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/3070\/revisions\/3072"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/38america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/38america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/38america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3070"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/38america.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=3070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}