I super appreciate Steve and Denise for traveling across the country and braving the blizzard to bring this shoot to us. The Pistol Clinic is definitely an Appleseed event, with all the same safety, history, patriotism, and marksmanship borrowed from the Rifle event we all love, but modified to teach an entirely different sort of firearm.
Steve was definitely at a disadvantage coming in cold and teaching all the instructors how to teach the class from scratch. When we learned to teach the Rifle class, we'd all had at least a couple events to look back on, but not this time. Especially given the newness of the program, he did a great job. There was a ton of new material, but not only did we get to practice teaching the parts that differed from the Rifle program, we all got plenty of trigger time in.
You won't leave this class a master pistol shooter, but you'll gain a solid foundation in safety and technique that will leave you shooting with confidence. More importantly, you'll be inspired by stories of how handguns helped shape our Nation. If you're lucky enough to have an Appleseed Pistol Clinic near you, you should definitely get to it!