Stop Guessing. Start Knowing.
Most people carry a handgun and a box of hollow points and hope they’ll work when it matters.
Hope isn’t a plan.
Have you ever actually seen what your defensive ammo does when it hits:
• A car door
• A windshield
• Drywall inside your home
• A steel door
• Body armor
• Or a human-simulating target
In a real fight, bullets don’t fly through empty air.
They go through cars, walls, glass, doors, and people.
This class exists to answer one question honestly:
What will your ammo actually do in the real world?
This Is Not Theory. This Is Verification.
In the Ballistic Pistol Operator Class, you will prove what is cover and what is concealment — not by listening to opinions, but by shooting it.
You’ll run both FMJ and your actual carry ammo through real-world barriers and immediately see:
• Penetration
• Expansion
• Deflection
• Failure points
• Over-penetration risks
You’ll discover where your gear works… and where it doesn’t.
Because in a violent encounter, ignorance is dangerous.
What You’ll Experience
This is a hands-on, eye-opening class that most shooters never get access to.
You will:
• Shoot common structural materials found in homes and buildings
• Test vehicles as cover — and learn exactly where they fail
• Fire through windshields and windows from realistic angles
• Identify weak points on vehicles where bullets will penetrate
• Test handgun ammo against Kevlar panels and armor plates
• Run close-quarter drills around vehicles and barricades
• Finish with live ballistic testing of your personal hollow points into ballistic gelatin or clay
You won’t leave guessing.
You’ll leave knowing.
Why This Training Matters
Most gunfights happen:
• Around vehicles
• Inside or near structures
• At close distance
• With innocent people nearby
If you don’t understand how bullets behave after hitting barriers, you are gambling with:
• Your family
• Bystanders
• Your legal future
This class replaces internet myths and marketing claims with real data — gathered by you, using your gun, and your ammo.
Course Focus
• Survival mindset and realistic threat assessment
• Cover vs. concealment — vehicles & structures
• Hollow points vs. drywall, plywood, concrete, steel, and glass
• Hollow points vs. body armor and plates
• Shooting through windshields (inside and outside the vehicle)
• Shooting through windows and door panels
• Vehicle penetration weak-point verification
• Live ballistic testing of personal defensive ammunition
Required Equipment
• Magazine-fed pistol (no revolvers)
• Quality holster
• Eye protection
• Ear protection (electronic preferred)
• Clothing suitable for movement and weather
Estimated Round Count:
• 150 rounds FMJ
• 25–40 rounds of your personal hollow point / defensive ammo
Final Word
Most shooters never truly test their equipment.
They carry assumptions.
This class strips those assumptions away.
If you carry a pistol to defend your life or your family, you owe it to yourself to understand exactly what happens when the trigger is pulled and the bullet hits something other than air.
Train with truth.
Verify your gear.
Eliminate uncertainty.
This is the Ballistic Pistol Operator Class.
Prerequisite: This is not a beginner level class. The student needs to know and be able to demonstrate safe gun handling, weapon system familiarity, foundational marksmanship skills, and working from a holster. We strongly recommend completion of our Defensive Handgun Advanced or Defensive Concealed Carry Class prior to registering for this course.