High Plains Shooting School

High Plains Shooting School Fi****ms instruction focused on safe civilian ownership and self-defense gun use.

03/21/2026

Today was another good day of shooting with my son and brother Jon. I ran them through some drills and I got some shots off, too.

I was out with a client today. Randy came by last month and went through my Fi****ms Familiarization Course. That course...
03/20/2026

I was out with a client today. Randy came by last month and went through my Fi****ms Familiarization Course. That course covers fi****ms safety, South Dakota self-defense laws, self-defense scenarios, and dry-fire exercises to provide a basis for pistol grips, stance, and marksmanship.

Today I arrayed a couple steel targets and a cardboard one and put Randy through live-fire drills with single and multiple shot strings from three to fifteen yards. It was a good day and he got better as the range time progressed with his Springfield Hellcat 9mm.

The steel targets require shooters to be at 10 yards away to avoid shrapnel. The dimensions of the plates represent center mass on a would-be assailant. The sound they make when a bullet impacts them is awesome and instant feedback of a good shot. When a shooter misses, the silence is deafening. The steel plates are a great tool to sharpen skills.

High Plains Shooting School helped another good citizen today. It was a safe, low pressure experience to highlight his strengths and weaknesses with his new pistol.🇺🇸

I had a chance to check out the shooting range north of Rapid City and it was legitimately awesome. I acquired a new 9mm...
02/04/2026

I had a chance to check out the shooting range north of Rapid City and it was legitimately awesome. I acquired a new 9mm and test fired it along with a couple of others in my collection.

The Pete Lien & Sons GFP range is easy to access and free of charge in their pistol and rifle bays. You generally self-monitor but they have roving range officers and cameras observing the attendees. It was worth the trip.

As always, High Plains Shooting School is all about civilian fi****ms safety and will teach you some skills to be a quietly proficient carrier and self-defender. 🇺🇸

01/22/2026

Hey, just checking in and letting you know the school is open and ready to help you. The outdoor live fire training is subject to the weather and it’s kind of shutting us down. However, I still run my weapons familiarization and safety courses indoors so please holler if you have any questions or want to set up some training. Take care of yourselves and stay warm. 🇺🇸

High Plains Shooting School is geared towards every day civilians who want to enhance their knowledge in gun safety and lawful self-defense. 🇺🇸

This has been a productive year for the School. I get traffic from the website and here with people and their questions ...
11/24/2025

This has been a productive year for the School. I get traffic from the website and here with people and their questions on gun safety and training.

I operate year round inside and out in the elements in Rapid City, SD.

Again, I offer gun safety, civilian defense scenarios, concealed carry considerations, marksmanship, pistol/rifle/shotgun familiarization, and how to stay on the right side of the South Dakota self-defense laws. I also have a vast array of pistols and long guns you can use if you don’t have your own before buying your own.

The training provided comes from my 24 years of service as a local and federal law enforcement officer. Please reach out with any questions and book training sessions geared to your specific needs. Training is scheduled at the client’s leisure. I am retired and available almost any time. 🇺🇸

The Shooting School had the pleasure of working with Jesi. Jesi has several pistols and rifles she had not used in a whi...
08/12/2025

The Shooting School had the pleasure of working with Jesi. Jesi has several pistols and rifles she had not used in a while and she reached out to get some refresher training. She showed up with her Kimber Mako and AR and we got in a two-hour session that covered marksmanship, stance, grips, and getting shots on target in self-defense scenarios.

This is one of the targets she was absolutely smashing with her AR in various single and multiple targets scenarios. This was the close one and there was another about 20 yards up the hill she was pounding. I had her moving to cover and firing off single and multiple shots.

You see a consistent group, which is all you need in a defensive scenario. She had her “green dot” optic in the bullseye but the offset (distance between her sight and rifle barrel) caused rounds to hit low at close distances. In self-defensive scenarios the key is to hit the threat first, then again if necessary. All of her shots were on target, which was beautiful to see.

Also, it was beautiful seeing her confidence grow.

If you have fi****ms and want some instruction to own, maintain, and use them safely and lawfully, this is what I do. Again, safe and lawful instruction to prevent accidents and to keep regular people on the right side of the law. 🎯 🇺🇸

I provided service to a married couple yesterday afternoon. Maggie and Andy came from New Jersey and now live here in Ra...
08/11/2025

I provided service to a married couple yesterday afternoon. Maggie and Andy came from New Jersey and now live here in Rapid City. We went over South Dakota concealed carry laws, self-defense scenarios, weapon retention, movement and drawing from concealment. They both had shooting experience but haven’t fired their Glocks much over the past few years.

High Plains provided instruction to sharpen their skills and some new techniques. As a bonus we had some unintentional operator induced errors (a stovepipe jam and a failure to feed due to obstructing the pistol’s slide from functioning) and it was awesome to show them pistol grip techniques to minimize these issues.

If you own a firearm, know how it works and how to use it safely. This is what I do.

This was Andy’s last target of the day. He hammered it during our draw from concealment and movement drills. Good self-defense hits are any hits on target. When we slow the drills down, Andy and Maggie had tighter groups, but this is quality civilian shooting. 🇺🇸🤟🏽

High Plains Shooting works with good people. My school is all about helping people safely handle pistols, rifles, and sh...
08/09/2025

High Plains Shooting works with good people. My school is all about helping people safely handle pistols, rifles, and shotguns and provide a real world base of knowledge about civilian (just regular people) self-defense. 🇺🇸🤟🏽

High Plains offers safe rifle instruction for women. This is my daughter giving the M4 a try. The school also offers pi...
07/17/2025

High Plains offers safe rifle instruction for women. This is my daughter giving the M4 a try. The school also offers pistol and shotgun familiarization for self-defense. 🇺🇸

The School has helped many women hone their skills. 🤟🏽🇺🇸
07/14/2025

The School has helped many women hone their skills. 🤟🏽🇺🇸

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550 North 5th Street, Suite 202
Rapid City, SD
57701

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