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
april 2024
12aprallday12 April 2024 Amtac Shooting Carbine 1 Course (One Day)Near Indianapolis, IN
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This one-day course is designed to make you more capable by focusing on Carbine fundamentals. As protectors of our families, we want to reach the "unconscious competence" level of proficiency.
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This one-day course is designed to make you more capable by focusing on Carbine fundamentals. As protectors of our families, we want to reach the “unconscious competence” level of proficiency. The way we get to that level is by deliberate fundamentals training with feedback. Topics covered will include: mindset, carbine selection, setting up your carbine, zeroing your optics, fundamentals of marksmanship, proper weapons manipulation, fast and effective shooting at CQB, clearing malfunctions and intermediate distances, and shooting and moving.
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Time
All Day (Friday)
Course Contact
Bill Rapierbill@amtacshooting.com
13aprallday13-14 April 2024 - Amtac Shooting Force on Force CourseNear Indianapolis, IN
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Amtac Shooting Force on Force Course Led by Bill Rapier Near Indianapolis, IN Does your system work? How well will your shooting/ combatives hold up under pressure? The Amtac Force on Force course
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Amtac Shooting Force on Force Course
Led by Bill Rapier
Near Indianapolis, IN
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
april 13 (Saturday) - 14 (Sunday)
Course Contact
American Tactical Shooting Instruction LLC AmtacShooting@gmail.com
may 2024
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The Amtac Shooting Tribe Centric CQB Course Led by Bill Rapier Amtac Training Center (North Idaho) What if you hear glass breaking in the middle of the night? What if you have to
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The Amtac Shooting Tribe Centric CQB Course
Led by Bill Rapier
Amtac Training Center (North Idaho)
What if you hear glass breaking in the middle of the night? What if you have to move your family through a mall during an active shooter event? What is the safest way to move through and clear an area of immediate threats? This course is designed to teach good Americans how to properly do Close Quarters Battle (CQB) in the context of your immediate family and friends. The progression of this course will include, pistol and carbine live fire fundamentals, dynamic live fire drills, and a logical progression of CQB that will culminate with force-on-force clearance problems. You will learn to clear structures as an individual, as an individual with a small child or untrained spouse in tow, and as a small team. Due to the nature of the material being taught, you must be a current Amtac Shooting Student in order to participate in this course.
Time
may 2 (Thursday) - 4 (Saturday)
Course Contact
American Tactical Shooting Instruction LLC AmtacShooting@gmail.com
15mayallday15-16 May 2024 - Amtac Shooting LEO NVG CQB Course (OKC)Near Oklahoma City, OK
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The Amtac Shooting LEO NVG CQB Course (OKC) Led by Bill Rapier Near Oklahoma City, OK This course is
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The Amtac Shooting LEO NVG CQB Course (OKC)
Led by Bill Rapier
Near Oklahoma City, OK
This course is designed to teach law enforcement and military professionals the tactics and techniques they need to stay alive in an increasingly dangerous workplace. The focus of this training is the employment of helmet mounted night vision during CQB clearance problems. How do we use this massive technological advantage to best ensure officer safety as well as well as increasing the the odds of successfully accomplishing your mission. Topics covered will include: setting up your helmet and night vision goggles, setting up your carbines and pistols to maximize their NVG integration, pistol and carbine live fire with and without NVG’s, when to use white light versus NVG’s and CQB with and without NVG’s.
Bill Rapier is the owner and lead instructor of American Tactical Shooting Instruction LLC. He recently retired as a SEAL after 20 years in the Navy. His duty assignments included several years at SEAL Team Three and over fourteen years at Naval Special Warfare Development Group. Positions held include assaulter, breacher, sniper, team leader and troop chief. Since 9/11 he has been on over ten combat deployments in both the Afghan and Iraqi theaters. He has always been an avid shooter and is heavily involved in combatives.
Time
may 15 (Wednesday) - 16 (Thursday)
Course Contact
American Tactical Shooting Instruction LLC AmtacShooting@gmail.com
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Amtac Shooting 1 Course Lead Instructor: David Cagle Amtac Shotgun 1 is a course designed to develop physical skill and understanding
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Amtac Shooting 1 Course
Lead Instructor: David Cagle
Amtac Shotgun 1 is a course designed to develop physical skill and understanding of the shotgun and its place in a modern minuteman’s armory. The shotgun has a more narrow application than the pistol or carbine, but retains specific capabilities that neither of these systems offer. When employed correctly, the shotgun can give you unmatched terminal ballistics, more effective interdiction against vehicles, 50 state legality, and many other advantages to be covered in class. This course will apply the Amtac methodology to the use of this system in a lethal encounter.
Topics will include: mindset/philosophy of use for the shotgun, proper setup, patterning, specific manipulations to use and keep a gauge running, and CB specific shotgun shooting techniques
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Time
All Day (Friday)
Course Contact
American Tactical Shooting Instruction LLC AmtacShooting@gmail.com
18mayallday18-19 May 2024 - The Amtac Shooting Modern Minuteman Course (OKC)Near Oklahoma City, OK
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The Amtac Shooting Modern Minuteman Course Led by Bill Rapier Near Oklahoma City, OK The Amtac Shooting Modern Minuteman Course This is the Modern Minuteman Course. The
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The Amtac Shooting Modern Minuteman Course
Led by Bill Rapier
Near Oklahoma City, OK
The Amtac Shooting Modern Minuteman Course
This is the Modern Minuteman Course. The purpose of this course is to develop your modern-day minuteman skills so you are ready and capable to navigate, shoot, communicate and survive.
You will learn to:
- Navigate while carrying a 25-30lbs load
- A base level of bush crafting skills
- To shoot out to 600-700 yards
- Understand basic LOS (line of sight) communications.
Day 1:
- Precision rifle class/ practical
- Navigation class/ practical
- Basic LOS (line of sight) communications
Day 2:
- Competition where you put all of these skills together.
Why a competition? Because it is good to put some pressure on ourselves from time to time. Also, guys will prepare more for the course if they know that they will be able to test themselves against their peers. The competition will be self-paced, so you don’t have to be able to complete all of the tasks or navigate to all of the waypoints.
Time
may 18 (Saturday) - 19 (Sunday)
Course Contact
American Tactical Shooting Instruction LLC AmtacShooting@gmail.com
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Advanced Responsible Armed Citizen/ Integrated Combatives Course Led by Bill Rapier Oconomowoc, WI The Advanced Responsible Armed Citizen/ Integrated Combatives Course is designed for more experienced shooters to increase their shooting, fighting, and
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Advanced Responsible Armed Citizen/ Integrated Combatives Course
Led by Bill Rapier
Oconomowoc, WI
The Advanced Responsible Armed Citizen/ Integrated Combatives Course is designed for more experienced shooters to increase their shooting, fighting, and integrated combatives capabilities. We will cover both fundamentals and more advanced shooting drills, situational striking from different stand-up grappling positions and ranges, stand-up grappling with weapons concepts, both strong and other strong hand use of the blade and most importantly being able to tie it all together as tactically and situationally appropriate. This is a physically demanding course and you must be healthy and have a baseline of fitness in order to participate (see our article on fitness here for more info).
Time
may 30 (Thursday) - 31 (Friday)
Course Contact
American Tactical Shooting Instruction LLC AmtacShooting@gmail.com
june 2024
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Integrated Combatives Course Led by Bill Rapier Near Coeur d'Alene, Idaho (ATC Training Center) Most “gun guys” think that when faced with a situation that requires deadly force the answer is always “gun”.
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Integrated Combatives Course
Led by Bill Rapier
Near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho (ATC Training Center)
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 techniques with blades, improvised weapons, and firearms. You will learn 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
june 20 (Thursday) - 21 (Friday)
Course Contact
American Tactical Shooting Instruction LLC AmtacShooting@gmail.com
july 2024
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LEO Pistol, Carbine, and Integrated Combatives Course Led by Bill Rapier West Boylston, MA This course is designed to teach law enforcement and military professionals the
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LEO Pistol, Carbine, and Integrated Combatives Course
Led by Bill Rapier
West Boylston, MA
This course is designed to teach law enforcement and military professionals the tactics and techniques they need to stay alive in an increasingly dangerous workplace. Topics for this course will include: mindset, carbine fundamentals and carbine combatives (fighting with a carbine in hand), pistol fundamentals and advanced pistol drills, integrated combatives consisting of striking, blade, and pistol use and seamlessly transitioning from one tool or technique to the next depending on what is tactically and situationally appropriate. This is a physically demanding course, you will need to be healthy and have a baseline of physical fitness to participate.
Time
july 9 (Tuesday) - 11 (Thursday)
Course Contact
American Tactical Shooting Instruction LLC AmtacShooting@gmail.com
october 2024
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The Amtac Shooting Pistol Combatives and Medical Course Led by Bill Rapier Baker, Florida The Amtac Shooting Pistol Combatives and Medical Course will review pistol fundamentals and combative fundamentals and then teach the
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The Amtac Shooting Pistol Combatives and Medical Course
Led by Bill Rapier
Baker, Florida
The Amtac Shooting Pistol Combatives and Medical Course will review pistol fundamentals and combative fundamentals and then teach the following lifesaving medical skills:
- Bleeding control
- Airway management
- Respiratory support
- Dealing with shock and hypothermia
This is a physically demanding course and you will need a baseline of fitness to participate.
Time
All Day (Thursday)
Course Contact
American Tactical Shooting Instruction LLC AmtacShooting@gmail.com
04octallday4-5 October 2024 - Amtac Shooting Hybrid Carbine Course FL (This Course is Full)Baker, FL
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If you can only take one rifle, which one is it? That question has been asked by a lot of very capable men. My answer is the Hybrid Carbine, a
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If you can only take one rifle, which one is it? That question has been asked by a lot of very capable men. My answer is the Hybrid Carbine, a 11.5-16 in accurate 5.56 rifle with a 1-6, 1-8, or 1-10 power LPVO. With this setup, you can shoot anything from CQB distances to 400-700 yards and beyond. This course will work carbine fundamentals and then jump right into medium distance shooting (out to 400-700 yards).
Course curriculum will include:
- Carbine fundamentals and close-range manipulation
- Medium distance shooting
- Transitioning from near to far targets
- Intro to external ballistics
- Understanding MOA’s and MRAD
- Ballistic calculator use
- Truing your rifle
and more.
Time
october 4 (Friday) - 5 (Saturday)
Course Contact
Bill Rapierbill@amtacshooting.com
06oct1:30 pm6:30 pm6 October 2024 Developing Solid Christian Men FLBaker, FL
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God, Family, Country. Many of us grew up with those words, but what do they actually mean? Are we living the values that we profess, or
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- The calling of Christian men
- Throwing elbows
- Using head butts
- Throwing knees
- Using Thai clinch and collar ties
- Intro to blade use
- Team stress course
- Practical ways to follow more intentionally after Christ
- The Gospel
- Question and answer time
- Dinner
More information and registration coming soon!
Time
(Sunday) 1:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Course Contact
American Tactical Shooting Instruction LLC AmtacShooting@gmail.com
november 2024
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The Amtac Shooting NVG Level 2 Course / Fighting at Night Led by Bill Rapier Near Coeur d'Alene, Idaho at the Amtac Training Center Fighting at night. The Amtac
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The Amtac Shooting NVG Level 2 Course / Fighting at Night
Led by Bill Rapier
Near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho at the Amtac Training Center
- Day and night shooting with pistol and carbine
- Setting up your helmet and NODs
- Setting up pistol and carbine for night fighting
- Team movement at night
- Intro to day and night 2 man CQB
- Force on force runs at night
- Radio communications
- Team Tactics
- Mindset
Lodging is available onsite for an additional $100 per night, payable to Amtac Shooting (please contact us by the contact form). You must reach out to us to coordinate lodging arrangements no later than two weeks before the course. See lodging photos here.
Time
6 (Wednesday) 12:00 pm - 8 (Friday) 4:30 pm
Course Contact
American Tactical Shooting Instruction LLC AmtacShooting@gmail.com
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