Essential Revolver is where disciplined shooters learn to run the wheel gun with confidence, mechanical understanding, and fight-ready skill.

This class is right for you if:

✅ You carry a revolver and want to run it with real defensive competence.
✅ You’ve discovered that double-action shooting is harder than it looks.
✅ You want to master reloads, trigger control, and recoil management specific to revolvers.
✅ You are transitioning from semi-autos and want to understand the mechanical differences.
✅ You value precision, discipline, and measurable performance standards.
✅ You are a civilian, military, or law enforcement professional seeking high-quality, purposeful training.

NO PREREQUISITES

📅 Sunday, June 7, 2026
📅 Sunday, November 8, 2026

🕗 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
📍 Mountain Top Gun & Archery Range, 11564 Harrison Ferry Rd, McMinnville, TN

👉 Seats are limited — lock in your spot today!

Essential Revolver is a structured program designed to build practical, fight-ready revolver skills.

Students will learn proper grip for double-action control, sight discipline with shorter sight radius guns, and recoil management for lightweight defensive revolvers. From there, we apply those fundamentals to realistic drills that stress accuracy, efficiency, and decision-making.

This course addresses the realities of running a revolver defensively:

• Long, consistent double-action trigger presses
• Efficient ejection and reloading under time pressure
• Managing five or six or seven rounds intelligently
• Diagnosing mechanical issues unique to revolvers

The revolver is mechanically simple. It is not easy to master.

By the end of this course, students walk away with increased confidence, deeper mechanical understanding, and measurable performance improvements with their defensive revolver.

 TOPICS COVERED

• All Patriot Training live fire classes have a thorough safety briefing and medical plan. 
• Proper sight picture
• Sight alignment
• Proper grip on the gun
• Good fighting stance
• Recoil control
• Legalities of defensive force 
• Handgun marksmanship
• Safety
• Drawing & presenting the revolver
• Shooting positions and variations,
• Muzzle positions and applications
• Stoppages
• Reloading
• Multiple shots
• Multiple targets

FAQ

• CURRENT / FORMER MILITARY:  This class complements service training with performance standards and mechanical insights rarely emphasized in institutional environments. 
• CURRENT / FORMER LAW ENFORCEMENT:  This course focuses on revolver-specific performance and diagnostic skill development beyond typical qualification courses. 
• All PATRIOT TRAINING Class pricing includes any applicable range access      charges - no surprise "gotcha" fees! 

GUNS & GEAR

• Your safe, functional revolver. All calibers accepted.
  • Single action is OK 
  • Hammerless is OK. 
  • Snubnose is OK. 
  • The ideal revolver would be a .38 / .357 with a 4" barrel. 
• Quality holster (kydex, stiff nylon OWB, or stiff leather - stays open for reholstering)
  • OWB (outside waistband) is PREFERRED!
  • IWB (Inside the Waistband) is OK! 
  • AIWB (appendix inside the waistband) is OK.
• No SERPA Holsters. 
• Speed loaders suggested, but not required. (2x or more)
• Moon Clips if your revolver requires them. 5x or more
• Sturdy Carry belt
• 250 rounds of factory loaded brass cased ammo. If your gun accepts .357 magnum & .38 Special, bring .38 special ammo (save some money). 
• Notepad & pen 
• Eye protection & ear protection. 
• Range appropriate clothing
• Food & Water
• Notepad and Pen
• Sunscreen & bug spray
• Hand warmers in cold weather months
• Medical kit / IFAK (optional)
• Lawn Chairs (optional)
• Shemagh (optional) 
• If you wear prescription lenses / glasses - BRING THEM!  

Patriot Training suggests holsters from:

Vedder Holsters

Blade Tech

We The People

DO NOT  BRING TO CLASS:

• Novelty Revolvers
• Hand loaded or remanufactured ammunition. Bring factory ammo only. 
• Mixed brands/types of ammo - bring a single brand and type
• Serpa Holsters forbidden 

WHY OFFER A DEDICATED REVOLVER CLASS?

💥Because revolvers demand different skills than semi-autos.

💥They require stronger trigger discipline.
💥More deliberate ammunition management.
💥More efficient reload mechanics.

💥In Essential Pistol, revolvers are not allowed because they require a different instructional focus and round count structure.

💥If you want to run your wheel gun correctly — this is the class designed for it.

Why does Patriot Training not allow Serpa Holsters?

Because they fail, and they get people shot. Please see our FAQ page for details and links!

LOCATION

This class will be held at Mountain Top Gun & Archery.

11564 Harrison Ferry Rd., McMinnville, TN 37110

Most Patriot Training classes sell out quickly. If this class fills, email us to be placed on the standby list at no charge.

Spots frequently open the week prior to class due to scheduling conflicts.

If a seat becomes available, you will need to act quickly to secure it.