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First-Time Shooter Class in Doral

Never fired a gun? · $175 · No experience or firearm required

360 Tactical teaches first-time shooter class for Doral, Florida. Our Introductory Course, built for people who have never fired a gun. Four hours at our outdoor Homestead range, $175 per person. It starts with safety and how a firearm works — with no live ammunition present — then fundamentals, then supervised live fire with an instructor beside you. Training runs at our outdoor Homestead range, roughly a 50-minute drive south from Doral. Call 786-314-0471 to get on the next session.

Price
$175
Length
4 hours
Serving
Doral
Language
EN & ES

Why Doral Students Take This Course

A lot of our Doral beginners are professionals who have decided to stop putting this off — often after something happened near their office or on their street. You do not need to own a firearm to take this class, and we would rather you shoot several under instruction before you buy anything.

Doral is a business district first — office parks, warehousing, logistics, and a large Venezuelan and Colombian community. The questions we get from Doral students reflect that: people working late in a half-empty office park, business owners carrying deposits, and families who want a plan at home.

It is also the closest major city to our Hialeah facility, which makes the Monday night session genuinely practical on a weeknight.

What the Course Covers

  • The four universal safety rules, enforced from minute one
  • How a firearm actually works, and how to load and unload it
  • Clearing a malfunction
  • Grip, stance, sight alignment, sight picture
  • Trigger control — the skill that separates good shooters from the rest
  • Dry practice until the motions stop requiring thought
  • Live fire, close and slow, accuracy before speed

Where and When

Our outdoor Homestead range · 4 hours (1 PM – 5 PM).

From Doral it is roughly a 50-minute drive south. Give yourself margin: classes start on time and the safety briefing is not something you can join halfway through.

We train outdoors deliberately. An outdoor range lets us teach drawing from a holster, moving between positions, shooting from behind cover, and working after dark — almost no indoor range in Miami-Dade permits any of it. More about the range.

What to Bring

  • Eye and ear protection (mandatory)
  • Pants or shorts with a real belt (mandatory)
  • Closed-toe shoes or boots — no sandals or crocs
  • A firearm and ammunition if you own one; tell us if you do not
  • Water, hat, sunscreen, and mosquito repellent
  • A shirt with a high neckline — hot brass is unforgiving
CourseFirst-Time Shooter Class
Price$175 — per person
Duration4 hours (1 PM – 5 PM)
ServingDoral and Fontainebleau, Sweetwater, Miami Springs, Virginia Gardens
InstructorRolando Echeverria, NRA Certified Firearms Instructor
LanguagesEnglish and Spanish

Who Trains With Us From Doral

  • Professionals and business owners in the office parks
  • Corporate teams and security staff — we build group programs
  • Students who would rather train in Spanish
  • Families wanting a real home defense plan
  • New CWL holders with a license and no practice

Read First

Worth reading before you book: what your first lesson actually looks like. It is free, it requires no email address, and it will save you a question or three in class.

First-Time Shooter Class in Doral

Call or WhatsApp and we'll get you a date. Most students are training within a week.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where do Doral students take first-time shooter class?
Training runs at our outdoor Homestead range, roughly a 50-minute drive south from Doral.
How much is first-time shooter class near Doral?
$175 per person. Call 786-314-0471 for the next available date.
I have never touched a gun. Is this really for me?
Yes. The course assumes zero prior knowledge and no live ammunition is present until the second half of the class.
Does shooting a gun hurt?
No. Recoil from a standard handgun is a firm push rather than pain. Most first-time shooters are surprised by how manageable it is.
What if I panic and want to stop?
You set the firearm down on the bench pointed downrange and step back. That is a completely acceptable outcome and nobody makes an issue of it.
Do I need to buy a gun first?
No — and we recommend the opposite. Take the class, shoot under instruction, then buy based on what actually fits your hand.
360 Tactical, LLC
Rolando Echeverria
NRA Certified Instructor · Lead Instructor, 360 Tactical
Rolando "Deputy Roly" Echeverria is a law enforcement veteran and NRA Certified Firearms Instructor who has trained hundreds of shooters across South Florida — from students who had never held a firearm to experienced carriers refining low-light and force-on-force skills. Read his full background.