HICKORY WORKSHOP FIELD GUIDE
Taming the Home Shotgun: A 4‑Hour Defensive Basics Workshop in Hickory
A focused ATR Training Workshop at Springs Road Gun Club that teaches safety, loading/unloading, storage, and buckshot patterning to prepare your shotgun for home-defense readiness.
Taming the Home Shotgun: A 4‑Hour Defensive Basics Workshop in Hickory.
Join a dynamic 4-hour ATR Training Workshop in Hickory that walks you through essential safety practices, myth-busting, and practical handling so your home shotgun is both safe and closet-ready; the course includes instruction on loading, unloading, clearing, storage and hands-on patterning with buckshot.
Highlights
Outing Highlights
Safety, Myths, and Closet-Ready Preparedness
The workshop emphasizes special safety considerations and debunks common myths while teaching you how to safely load, unload, clear and store a home shotgun so it can be both secure and ready when needed.
Hands‑On Patterning with Buckshot
Participants gain practical experience with patterning using buckshot to understand how their shotgun performs at realistic distances and to inform ammunition and point-of-aim decisions.
Bring Your Gear—or Rent at the Range
The course lists required gear (reliable shotgun, cap, hearing and eye protection and specified rounds); gun rentals and ammunition are available through the range if needed.
What the day feels like
What the Workshop Feels Like
Over four hours the ATR Training Workshop moves from condensed classroom briefings—safety, legal and practical considerations and myth-busting—into hands-on familiarization: safe handling drills, loading and unloading exercises, clearing faults, storage best practices, and dedicated patterning time with buckshot to confirm real-world performance.
Suitability
Who it's for
Who this workshop suits best — and who should reconsider.
Practical planner
Details to review before reserving
This ATR Training Workshop runs four hours.
Bring a reliable shotgun, ball cap, hearing and eye protection, 50 rounds of birdshot and 10 rounds of buckshot. Gun rentals and ammunition will be available through the range—contact the range for current stock.
Gun rentals are offered; ammunition is available but participants should confirm current stock with the range.
Review cancellation policies before reserving.
Frequently asked questions
Planning Your Outing
How long is the workshop?
The ATR Training Workshop is four hours long.
Where does the course meet?
The workshop meets at Springs Road Gun Club in Hickory, North Carolina.
Do I need to bring my own shotgun?
Participants should bring a reliable shotgun, though gun rentals will be available at the range.
Is live ammunition used during class?
NO LIVE AMMO IN CLASS.
Are magazine‑fed shotguns allowed?
NO MAGAZINE FED SHOTGUNS are permitted in this workshop.
How much ammunition should I bring?
Bring 50 rounds of birdshot and 10 rounds of buckshot; ammunition will also be available from the range—contact them for current stock.