Austin Ahern
Instructor # 2296837 | One Point 5 Seconds, LLC
Certified with the USCCA since 1/22/2022
Certification Renewal Date 1/22/2027
USCCA Certifications
- Concealed Carry & Home Defense
- Women's Handgun & Self-Defense
- Countering the Mass Shooter
My Biography
Austin Ahern is the primary instructor at One Point 5 Seconds, LLC and has a lifetime of shooting experience. He was introduced to shooting as a child and has been passionate about it ever since. Austin served in the U.S. Army Military Police and has continued training throughout the years. He divides his time at the range between pure accuracy practice and defensive shooting, and practices at least four times a week. Austin is an NRA and USCCA certified instructor and teaches Basic Pistol, Rifle, and Shotgun, Concealed Carry, Defensive Shooting and Personal Protection courses. He is also a certified Chief Range Safety Officer.
Austin’s passion is working with normal, everyday people who are either just learning to shoot or are experienced but want to enhance their skill set. Courses are designed to help students develop good fundamentals for sport shooting, recreational shooting and self-defense. We won’t be learning to clear buildings or to shoot as part of a fire team, we focus on more practical skills. See class descriptions for more detailed information.
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This course meets all of the requirements for Idaho Enhanced and Oregon Concealed Carry Permits. Instruction includes methods of carrying, drawing from concealment, mindset and what to do after an incident, legal instruction covering deadly force, justifiable homicide, state and federal laws, and more. This course also includes live-fire.
Students will learn the following: • Gun Safety Basics • Idaho Self-Defense Laws & Use of Force • Defensive Mindset Development • Owning & Carrying a Concealed Firearm Responsibilities • Defensive Shooting & Self-Defense Firearm Basics • Stages of Situational Awareness • Ways to Avoid Confrontation • And More…
Classes are held in our classroom in Caldwell and live fire is at George Nourse Range in Nampa. For more information or to schedule a custom or private lesson, contact us at (208) 504-8007 today.
You'll be receiving an email with all the necessary details the week before the class, but feel free to call with any questions you have in the meantime.
During this course, you will be provided with personalized training and the basic knowledge necessary to safely handle, load, and fire most types of pistols. This allows you to become comfortable with a handgun in a casual, stress-free environment. This course is specifically designed to give participants the necessary time to obtain new skills and knowledge or to focus on, refine, and improve any skills or knowledge you may have gained with a firearm in the past. Participants do not need to bring their own handgun, but it is recommended that you bring what you plan to shoot if you already own one. .22 Caliber semi-automatic handguns and 50 rounds of ammo will be supplied. We will also have 20+ demo guns of various types and sizes to try out so you can see what they feel like. Bring your own ammo (9mm, .38 special or .45 ACP). Ammo will also be made available at cost on the day of the class.
Students will learn the following:
• Basic Range Operations & Safety • Pistol Action Types • Safe Gun Handling • Grip Stance • Trigger Control • Basic Defensive Shooting Fundamentals
Classes are held in our classroom in Caldwell and live fire is at George Nourse Range in Nampa. For more information or to schedule a custom or private lesson, contact us at (208) 504-8007 today.
Practical, not Tactical. We won't be learning to clear buildings or to work as part of a fire team. This course is about the foundational skills that are likely to be needed in a self-defense situation. It may not be as much fun as "Tacti-cool" training, but definitely more useful for most of us normal folks :-)
Can you shoot your handgun accurately? Can you shoot fast? Can you shoot fast accurately? That’s the real question. I see a lot of shooters at the range that can drill the 10 ring all day long, but they take their time on every shot. And, I see loads of people doing mag dumps at blinding speed but they’re all over the place.
Defensive shooting by definition requires you to act fast and shoot fast. But if you’re not proficient, you’re going to miss – especially under the pressure of a life threatening situation. YOU CAN’T MISS FAST ENOUGH TO WIN A GUNFIGHT!
In this workshop, we’ll balance our time between training for accuracy and training for speed. Which is what you should be doing every practice session. We all want to shoot impressively tight groups and admire our targets, but if you’re shooting super tight groups all the time, you’re just not shooting fast enough.
Even if you’re still trying to crack the code on placing your shots where you want them, adding drills to help increase speed (as well as accuracy) might be just what your practice is missing.
We’ll start with a timed exercise to establish your baseline and then will go into focused practices, including:
• Precision shooting from a bench rest • Close range target engagement • Mid-range target engagement • Engaging multiple targets • Reloads and malfunction drills • Shooting on the move
Join us and have some fun while dialing in your shooting skills. The class is set up to fire 300 rounds but adjustments can be made if you’d like to keep the round count down.
This class is held at the range (George Nourse Range in Nampa) and there will be no classroom time. For more information or to schedule a custom or private lesson, contact us at (208) 504-8007 today.
You'll be receiving an email with all the necessary details the week before the class, but feel free to call with any questions you have in the meantime.