
Hands down most valuable and well rounded training evolution I have attended to date. Bill combines passion and technical know how with the all important ‘whys’ fueled by two decades of hard fought experience. Whether you carry a firearm for a living or as part of your responsible American lifestyle, you owe it to yourself to train with AMTAC!
We have the knowledge, experience and ability to help you win your next engagement.
Providing world class tactical shooting instruction and tactical consulting to civilians of high moral character, local law enforcement and military.
This course has made me a smarter and more aware fighter. This translates to a more efficient instructor for my students and my family is safer with this level of training. The realism of the scenario-based training in this course will elevate your situational awareness, preparedness, and highlight what you need to do moving forward. It certainly did for me. Thank you, Bill.
Amtac Shooting’s owner and lead instructor is Bill Rapier. He is recently retired after twenty years in the Navy, where his duty assignments included several years at SEAL Team 3 and over 14 years at Naval Special Warfare Development Group. Positions held include assaulter, breacher, sniper, team leader, troop chief and military working dog department senior enlisted adviser. He has always been an avid shooter and is heavily involved in combatives.
Upcoming Courses
july 2022

Course Details
Can you fight on the ground? How about when shoved into a wall or corner? How about when we add weapons into the mix? What about multiple attackers? This course
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Can you fight on the ground? How about when shoved into a wall or corner? How about when we add weapons into the mix? What about multiple attackers? This course will teach fundamentals of grappling with weapons. We will cover how different weapons change what the “correct response” is when in grappling situations. This is a physically demanding course. You need to have a base level of physical fitness to participate. You do not have to have a grappling background to participate. Topics that will be covered include:
- Grappling fundamentals
- Pistol drawstroke while grappling
- Blade drawstroke while grappling
- Dealing with multiple opponents from the ground
- Pros and cons of different weapons carry positions during a ground fight
- Force on force situational drills with ground fighting and training pistols
Time
july 26 (Tuesday) - 27 (Wednesday)
Course Contact
Bill Rapierbill@amtacshooting.com
august 2022
16augallday16 August 2022 - Amtac Shooting Compact Carbine Deployment CourseNear Salt Lake City, UT

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This course is designed build competence with your compact carbine. Whether this is in the form of a "truck gun" or "back pack gun" more and more responsible armed citizens
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This course is designed build competence with your compact carbine. Whether this is in the form of a “truck gun” or “back pack gun” more and more responsible armed citizens are increasing their capability by keeping a compact carbine close at hand. Among other things, the Amtac Shooting Compact Carbine Deployment Course will cover:
- Truck/ pack gun considerations
- Strike/ low ready presentations
- Shooting and moving
- Shoulders switches
- Positional shooting
- Barricade use
There will be multiple dynamic compact carbine deployment drills.
This is a physically demanding course, you need to have a base level of proficiency with both the carbine and pistol to attend.
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Time
All Day (Tuesday)
Course Contact
Bill Rapierbill@amtacshooting.com
17augallday17-18 August 2022 - Amtac Shooting Force on Force CourseNear Salt Lake City, UT

Course Details
Does your system work? How well will your shooting/ combatives hold up under pressure? The Amtac Force on Force course will help you answer those questions and also build on
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Does your system work? How well will your shooting/ combatives hold up under pressure? The Amtac Force on Force course will help you answer those questions and also build on your existing skill set. This course will cover pistol/ combative/ blade fundamentals and then place you in mentally and physically challenging force on force scenarios. This is a physically demanding, hands 0n course that will elevate your situational awareness and shooting/ combative ability to the next level.
Time
august 17 (Wednesday) - 18 (Thursday)
Course Contact
Bill Rapierbill@amtacshooting.com
23augallday23-24 August 2022 - Amtac Shooting Jiu Jitsu and Pistol Coursenear Coeur D'Alene, ID

Course Details
If you are on the path of becoming more capable of protecting yourself and your family you need to be able to shoot and you need to be able to
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If you are on the path of becoming more capable of protecting yourself and your family you need to be able to shoot and you need to be able to grapple.
For the Amtac Shooting Jiu-Jitsu and Pistol Course my long time friend and Jiu-Jitsu teacher Gustavo Machado is coming out toteach the Jiu-Jitsu portion and I (Bill Rapier) will be teaching the shooting portion. Whether you are brand new to grappling or arevery experienced, this is an excellent opportunity to learn from the best.
Topics to be covered will include:
- takedowns
- sweeps
- guard passes
- positional domination
- submissions
Whether you have never stepped out on to a mat or you have been rolling for 20 years, your grappling skills will increase.
Pistol topics will include:
- fundamentals of marksmanship
- shooting with an aggressive fighting stance
- one handed drawstroke
- combative weapons retention shooting
- correctly dealing with malfunctions
- and reloads among other things.
This is a physically demanding course that will increase your grappling and shooting ability. You must have a baseline of fitness inorder to participate, you do not need to have a Jiu-Jitsu or grappling background in order to participate.
Time
august 23 (Tuesday) - 24 (Wednesday)
Course Contact
Bill Rapierbill@amtacshooting.com
september 2022
20sepallday20-21 September 2022 - Amtac Shooting Force on Force CourseBoise, ID

Course Details
Does your system work? How well will your shooting/ combatives hold up under pressure? The Amtac Force on Force course will help you answer those questions and also build on
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Does your system work? How well will your shooting/ combatives hold up under pressure? The Amtac Force on Force course will help you answer those questions and also build on your existing skill set. This course will cover pistol/ combative/ blade fundamentals and then place you in mentally and physically challenging force on force scenarios. This is a physically demanding, hands 0n course that will elevate your situational awareness and shooting/ combative ability to the next level.
Time
september 20 (Tuesday) - 21 (Wednesday)
Course Contact
Bill Rapierbill@amtacshooting.com
22sepallday22-23 September 2022 - Amtac Shooting Hybrid Carbine CourseBoise, ID

Course Details
What if you could only have one rifle? Serious men have discussed the merits of different platforms/ optics for years. With a properly configured “hybrid carbine” you can confidently make
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What if you could only have one rifle? Serious men have discussed the merits of different platforms/ optics for years. With a properly configured “hybrid carbine” you can confidently make all of the time standards at CQB distances and then transition and engage out to 600-700 yards. This course will teach you solid carbine fundamentals on day one and then transition to shooting holds out to 500-700 yards, understanding MOA’s/ Mil’s, reading wind, ammo and optics selection, spotting and basic medical.
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Time
september 22 (Thursday) - 23 (Friday)
Course Contact
Bill Rapierbill@amtacshooting.com
27sepallday27-28 September 2022 - Amtac Shooting Integrated Combatives CourseNear Coeur d'Alene, ID

Course Details
Most “gun guys” think that when faced with a situation that requires deadly force the answer is always “gun”. The reality is that this line of thinking is likely to
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Most “gun guys” think that when faced with a situation that requires deadly force the answer is always “gun”. The reality is that this line of thinking is likely to get you killed.
This course will teach you:
- How to integrate empty hand technique combatives with blades, improvised weapons and firearms.
- How to fluidly transition from one tool to the next based on what is situationally appropriate.
This is a physically demanding, hands on course that will elevate your situational awareness and shooting/ fighting ability to the next level.
Time
september 27 (Tuesday) - 28 (Wednesday)
Course Contact
Bill Rapierbill@amtacshooting.com
november 2022
09novallday9-11 November 2022 - Amtac Shooting Night Vision Coursenear Coeur D'Alene, ID

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This three day course is intended to train responsible armed citizens and select law enforcement to efficiently use carbines and pistols in complete darkness with the aid of night vision. This
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This three day course is intended to train responsible armed citizens and select law enforcement to efficiently use carbines and pistols in complete darkness with the aid of night vision.
This course is three days of day into night shooting. You will learn cutting edge pistol and carbine drills during the day and then continue to rep those skills in complete darkness.
Topics covered will include:
- pistol/ carbine fundamentals,
- setting up your gear for night fighting,
- optics/ laser/ weapon/ ammunition selection,
- shooting and moving
- shooting from barricades.
- steel jungle lane
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Time
november 9 (Wednesday) - 11 (Friday)
Course Contact
Bill Rapierbill@amtacshooting.com
14nov5:00 pm8:00 pm14 November 2022 - Amtac Shooting Combatives Seminar (Kore BJJ)Wallingford, CT

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This is a 3 hour combatives seminar hosted by Kore BJJ, American Top Team Connecticut in Danbury CT. Time: 5-8pm It will
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This is a 3 hour combatives seminar hosted by Kore BJJ, American Top Team Connecticut in Danbury CT.
Time: 5-8pm
It will focus on strategy and applying BJJ, wrestling, Thai Boxing, Boxing and Sayoc Kali principles into real life application. A mindset talk will be included.
Time
(Monday) 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Course Contact
Bill Rapierbill@amtacshooting.com
15novallday15-16 November 2022 - Amtac Shooting Force on Force CourseWallingford, CT

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Does your system work? How well will your shooting/ combatives hold up under pressure? The Amtac Force on Force course will help you answer those questions and also build on
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Does your system work? How well will your shooting/ combatives hold up under pressure? The Amtac Force on Force course will help you answer those questions and also build on your existing skill set. This course will cover pistol/ combative/ blade fundamentals and then place you in mentally and physically challenging force on force scenarios. This is a physically demanding, hands-on course that will elevate your situational awareness and shooting/ combative ability to the next level.
Time
november 15 (Tuesday) - 16 (Wednesday)
Course Contact
Bill Rapierbill@amtacshooting.com
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