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Of the courses we are offering, NRA Credentialing fees apply to RI, PI, RSO, CRSO PPOHI, PPIHI, CCWI, RC, PC, HPRC (see below for acronyms) and any other NRA Instructor certification. NRA members will pay $40.00 to the NRA for the first rating and then $20.00 to the NRA for each additional rating. Non-NRA members will pay $175.00 to the NRA for the first rating and then $40.00 to the NRA for each additional rating. These fees are paid by each candidate directly to the NRA. These fees are not included in the fees paid to HPCC to attend these courses. Call us at least one week prior to registering for any classes if you are wanting to join the NRA to take advantage of the lower fees. It takes a few days for the NRA to generate your membership number that you MUST use when registering for any courses. Click on the HOME link and see the page about our training team to know what movies you need to watch to understand the HPCC instructor's movie quotes and references! Please read the rest of this page for more info.
HIGH PLAINS CONCEALED CARRY (HPCC) IS PRESENTING A SERIES OF NRA COURSES IN JUNE 2026 IN CLOVIS, NM!
Feel free to contact us to discuss scheduling a custom series of classes with custom pricing at your location!
Click on the HOME link and see the page about our training team to know what movies you need to watch to understand the HPCC instructor's movie quotes and references!
NOTE 1: Successfully completing a Basic class with a qualifying live fire score (see below for live fire requirements) is a prerequisite for attending any corresponding Instructor class! For example, completing Basic Pistol at Level 4 is a prerequisite for attending Pistol Instructor. Rifle instructor is similar. Call us 575-985-5555 or see below for more information. NOTE 2: Successfully completing RSO and Basic Instructor Training (BIT) are prerequisites for attending Chief RSO (CRSO). Remember, a CRSO can offer the RSO course and train RSOs!
The fee paid to HPCC will not cover any fees due to NRA to complete each candidate’s credentialling registration as an instructor, RSO, CRSO, or Coach. These fees are paid to NRA. These fees are usually payable to the NRA every two years.
NOTE 3: Of the classes we are offering in these two series, NRA Credentialing fees apply to RI, PI, CRSO, and any Coach certification. NRA Members for the first rating: $40, Non-Members: $175. Additional Rating Activation fee: NRA Members: $20, Non-Members: $40.00.
NOTE 4: HPCC has a minimum number of candidates required to put on any class. Also, NRA requires a minimum of four candidates to conduct any Instructor class or CRSO class.
The deposit for each series will be due once a series has the minimum number of registered candidates. Please do not make any payments, or deposits until we call you. However, registration for each series will close no later than 2 weeks prior to the series start date. If by the registration close date, the series does not have enough candidates, the series will be cancelled, or rescheduled to a later timeframe, and no deposits will be collected.
HPCC will always refund any fees collected on the rare occasion where we are forced to cancel a class. Refunds are not offered for no-show candidates. Reschedules can sometimes be offered if requested far enough in advance. However, we cannot guarantee they will be offered in the same location without being rescheduled to several months later.
NRA student materials are included with the fee for each class, or series of classes and will be provided to each candidate. The fee for each basic class includes one session lasting two hours of live fire range time and coaching; this is when the NRA live fire qualification for each series will be attempted. Any candidate requiring additional range time, or range days to shoot the NRA required qualification will be responsible for paying any additional range fees.
Candidates should bring a .22 rifle with open, or iron sights and sufficient ammunition to fire the required qualification for the rifle series of classes. Center fire rifles with open, or iron sights are allowed, but rimfire is suggested.
Candidates should bring a .22 caliber pistol with open, or iron sights and sufficient ammunition to fire the required qualification for the pistol series of classes. Center fire pistols with open, or iron sights are allowed, but rimfire is suggested.
NRA allows optics, but we do not allow optics. Call us to discuss why we only allow iron, or open sights and why that could be a significant advantage to you.
All firearms and ammunition must meet the approval of the HPCC training team.
HPCC will bring loaner 22. rifles and .22 pistols that are conducive to this type of live fire qualification. You provide your ammo.
NRA has live fire prequalification requirements for each Instructor course. The live fire might be conducted in the evening after classroom training, so those days could be a little longer than the scheduled 9:00 am to 5:00 pm class days; please plan accordingly.
NOTE 5: This is not exact, but in general the prequals look like this:
Pistol Instructor candidates, among other requirements, will need to be able to shoot a twenty shot, slow fire, six-inch group at fifteen yards, standing, unsupported, with open or iron sights, no optics, using as many hands as you would like.
Rifle Instructor candidates, among other requirements, will need to be able to shoot a ten shot, slow fire, four and a half-inch group at twenty-five yards, in bench rest, in prone and in standing unsupported, with open or iron sights, no optics, using as many hands as you would like, for a total of 30 rounds.
Other requirements are things like demonstrating impeccable firearm safety standards while handling firearms and simulators. Each course also has a written evaluation.
We will bring loaner .22 pistols and loaner .22 rifles that are very conducive to this style of qualification. You provide the ammo.
NOTE 6: If for any reason you currently have any trouble shooting these qualifications, do not worry! You are hiring us to train you to be able to shoot these qualifications if you attend any of our basic classes. You are hiring us to train you to be able to teach others to be able to shoot these qualifications if you attend any of our instructor classes! While we cannot guarantee you will be able to shoot the mandatory prequalification courses of fire after our instruction, nor do we offer any money back if we are unable to teach you how to shoot these qualifications, we are highly successful at teaching candidates to be able to shoot these qualifications! If you do it the way we will train you, the way the NRA wants us to train you, you should be fine! Remember this, how crappy of a shot does someone need to be before we say maybe that someone should not be teaching others how to shoot? Without meaning to offend anyone, the requirements listed in NOTE 5 are not competitive requirements. I have teenage male and female marksmen in our shooting club (see High Plains Marksmanship Academy) who shoot far above these qualifications. They do this using the same methods and fundamentals we will be talking about.
Go to the range and see if you can currently shoot at the level of these quals, or better. If you are having any difficulty at all, come to class with an open mind and we will do our best to help you make it happen! We are very proud of our track record of getting people able to shoot these qualifications. We are also very proud of our track record of taking shooters who are highly accomplished marksmen and decreasing their group sizes too!
Remember, we will bring loaner .22 pistols and loaner .22 rifles that are very conducive to this style of qualification. You provide the ammo.
Contact us at O 575-985-5555, or C 413-626-7778, or training@highplainsconcealedcarry.com to discuss preparing for each shooting qualification, and to answer any questions regarding allowed firearms.
NOTE 7: Candidates are urged to bring lunch, drinks, snacks and a cooler each day. Lunchtime each day will be a working lunch to maximize class time productivity. Here is a question for you. If we have ten candidates in a class, and we give everyone from noon till 1:00 pm for lunch, how many of the ten will not make it back until sometime after 1:00? Besides that, we would have to start an hour earlier to make up for the lunch hour. Each candidate will be responsible for cleaning up after themselves. Any candidate who wishes to bring a smoker, and who can properly smoke a moist brisket for all of us in the class to enjoy, oh who am I kidding, as long as they can provide this for the instructors, will receive extra points on all evaluations!
As more candidates register for and pay for an individual class, or classes, or series of classes, the total fee for that class, the classes, or the series of classes may be reduced incrementally for each candidate.
Unfortunately, the NRA website does not allow one registration to enroll a candidate in multiple classes. Candidates will need to register for each individual class.
Note 8: If you are an NRA member, your class registration information must match your NRA membership information exactly, such as name, address, phone number and NRA membership number. Do not register for a class without using your NRA membership number unless you are OK paying the much higher credential registration fees to the NRA. Call us to join the NRA if you are not a member. Please call us at least one week before registering for any classes, as it takes a few days for the NRA to issue an actual membership number.
NOTE 9: Successfully completing a Basic class with a qualifying live fire score (see NOTE 5 for live fire requirements) is a prerequisite for attending any corresponding Instructor class! For instance, completing Basic Pistol at Level 4 is a prerequisite for Pistol Instructor. Rifle instructor is similar. Call us 575-985-5555.
NOTE 10: When you register for the Rifle Instructor class, you must print Appendix 3 found on the registration page for that class. You must bring this appendix with you to class to be completed by you and by us during the class. We suggest you put it in a ring binder with room for additional materials. NOTE 11: When you register for the Pistol Instructor class, you must print Appendix 5 found on the registration page for that class. You must bring this appendix with you to class to be completed by you and by us during the class. We suggest you put it in a ring binder with room for additional materials. NOTE 12: Before registering for any classes, click on the HOME link at the top and see the page about our instructors to know what movies you need to watch before attending any of our classes; that is if you want to get any of the HPCC instructor's movie quotes and references!
Here are the registration links.
NRA Basic Rifle (BR), June 20, 2026, $199.00https://www.nrainstructors.org/CourseDetails.aspx?Courseid=897811
RSO, June 21, 2026, $199.00https://www.nrainstructors.org/CourseDetails.aspx?Courseid=897812
Rifle Instructor (RI) with Basic Instructor Training (BIT), June 22-23, 2026, $399.00 BR is a prereq for RI. BIT is a prereq for RI unless you have completed BIT after June 24, 2024.https://www.nrainstructors.org/CourseDetails.aspx?Courseid=897814
NRA/USAS/CMP Level 1 Small Bore and Air Rifle Coach (RC), June 24-25, 2026, $399.00https://www.nrainstructors.org/CourseDetails.aspx?Courseid=897815
Basic Pistol (BP), June 26, 2026, $199.00https://www.nrainstructors.org/CourseDetails.aspx?Courseid=897816
Pistol Instructor (PI) Hune 27, 2026 with Basic Instructor Training (BIT), June 22, 2026, $399.00 BIT Is a prereq for PI. If you have not completed BIT since June 28, 2024, you may attend BIT on June 23, call for details 575-985-5555. BP is a prereq for PI.https://www.nrainstructors.org/CourseDetails.aspx?Courseid=897817
Chief Range Safety Officer June 28, 2026 with BIT June 22, 2026, with RSO June 21, 2026, $399.00 RSO is a prereq for CRSO and is offered on June 21. BIT is a prereq for CRSO and is offered on June 22, 2026. Call 575-985-5555 for details on how to attend RSO or BIT. https://www.nrainstructors.org/CourseDetails.aspx?Courseid=900893
NRA/USAS/CMP Level 1 Pistol Coach, July 29-30 may be offered for $399.00Call for details 575-985-5555. Before registering for any courses, click on the HOME link at the top and see the page about OUR TRAINING TEAM to know what movies you need to watch before attending any of our courses; that is if you want to get any of the HPCC instructor's movie quotes and references! YOU WILL BE GIVEN A QUIZ ON THESE MOVIES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST COURSE! This quiz will be pass/fail. Candidates who fail this quiz will be expelled from all courses without receiving any refunds! That's right, we said it!
Fee free to contact us at O 575-985-5555, C 413-626-7778, or training@highplainsconcealedcarry.com to discuss any of the above.
Of the courses we are offering, NRA Credentialing fees apply to RI, PI, RSO, CRSO PPOHI, PPIHI, CCWI, RC, PC, HPRC (see below for acronyms) and any other NRA Instructor certification. NRA members will pay $40.00 to the NRA for the first rating and then $20.00 to the NRA for each additional rating. Non-NRA members will pay $175.00 to the NRA for the first rating and then $40.00 to the NRA for each additional rating. These fees are paid by each candidate directly to the NRA. These fees are not included in the fees paid to HPCC to attend these courses. Call us at least one week prior to registering for any classes if you are wanting to join the NRA to take advantage of the lower fees. It takes a few days for the NRA to generate your membership number that you MUST use when registering for any courses. Click on the HOME link and see the page about our training team to know what movies you need to watch to understand the HPCC instructor's movie quotes and references! Please read the rest of this page for more info.
HIGH PLAINS CONCEALED CARRY (HPCC) IS PRESENTING A SERIES OF NRA COURSES IN JUNE 2026 IN CLOVIS, NM!
Feel free to contact us to discuss scheduling a custom series of classes with custom pricing at your location!
Click on the HOME link and see the page about our training team to know what movies you need to watch to understand the HPCC instructor's movie quotes and references!
NOTE 1: Successfully completing a Basic class with a qualifying live fire score (see below for live fire requirements) is a prerequisite for attending any corresponding Instructor class! For example, completing Basic Pistol at Level 4 is a prerequisite for attending Pistol Instructor. Rifle instructor is similar. Call us 575-985-5555 or see below for more information. NOTE 2: Successfully completing RSO and Basic Instructor Training (BIT) are prerequisites for attending Chief RSO (CRSO). Remember, a CRSO can offer the RSO course and train RSOs!
The fee paid to HPCC will not cover any fees due to NRA to complete each candidate’s credentialling registration as an instructor, RSO, CRSO, or Coach. These fees are paid to NRA. These fees are usually payable to the NRA every two years.
NOTE 3: Of the classes we are offering in these two series, NRA Credentialing fees apply to RI, PI, CRSO, and any Coach certification. NRA Members for the first rating: $40, Non-Members: $175. Additional Rating Activation fee: NRA Members: $20, Non-Members: $40.00.
NOTE 4: HPCC has a minimum number of candidates required to put on any class. Also, NRA requires a minimum of four candidates to conduct any Instructor class or CRSO class.
The deposit for each series will be due once a series has the minimum number of registered candidates. Please do not make any payments, or deposits until we call you. However, registration for each series will close no later than 2 weeks prior to the series start date. If by the registration close date, the series does not have enough candidates, the series will be cancelled, or rescheduled to a later timeframe, and no deposits will be collected.
HPCC will always refund any fees collected on the rare occasion where we are forced to cancel a class. Refunds are not offered for no-show candidates. Reschedules can sometimes be offered if requested far enough in advance. However, we cannot guarantee they will be offered in the same location without being rescheduled to several months later.
NRA student materials are included with the fee for each class, or series of classes and will be provided to each candidate. The fee for each basic class includes one session lasting two hours of live fire range time and coaching; this is when the NRA live fire qualification for each series will be attempted. Any candidate requiring additional range time, or range days to shoot the NRA required qualification will be responsible for paying any additional range fees.
Candidates should bring a .22 rifle with open, or iron sights and sufficient ammunition to fire the required qualification for the rifle series of classes. Center fire rifles with open, or iron sights are allowed, but rimfire is suggested.
Candidates should bring a .22 caliber pistol with open, or iron sights and sufficient ammunition to fire the required qualification for the pistol series of classes. Center fire pistols with open, or iron sights are allowed, but rimfire is suggested.
NRA allows optics, but we do not allow optics. Call us to discuss why we only allow iron, or open sights and why that could be a significant advantage to you.
All firearms and ammunition must meet the approval of the HPCC training team.
HPCC will bring loaner 22. rifles and .22 pistols that are conducive to this type of live fire qualification. You provide your ammo.
NRA has live fire prequalification requirements for each Instructor course. The live fire might be conducted in the evening after classroom training, so those days could be a little longer than the scheduled 9:00 am to 5:00 pm class days; please plan accordingly.
NOTE 5: This is not exact, but in general the prequals look like this:
Pistol Instructor candidates, among other requirements, will need to be able to shoot a twenty shot, slow fire, six-inch group at fifteen yards, standing, unsupported, with open or iron sights, no optics, using as many hands as you would like.
Rifle Instructor candidates, among other requirements, will need to be able to shoot a ten shot, slow fire, four and a half-inch group at twenty-five yards, in bench rest, in prone and in standing unsupported, with open or iron sights, no optics, using as many hands as you would like, for a total of 30 rounds.
Other requirements are things like demonstrating impeccable firearm safety standards while handling firearms and simulators. Each course also has a written evaluation.
We will bring loaner .22 pistols and loaner .22 rifles that are very conducive to this style of qualification. You provide the ammo.
NOTE 6: If for any reason you currently have any trouble shooting these qualifications, do not worry! You are hiring us to train you to be able to shoot these qualifications if you attend any of our basic classes. You are hiring us to train you to be able to teach others to be able to shoot these qualifications if you attend any of our instructor classes! While we cannot guarantee you will be able to shoot the mandatory prequalification courses of fire after our instruction, nor do we offer any money back if we are unable to teach you how to shoot these qualifications, we are highly successful at teaching candidates to be able to shoot these qualifications! If you do it the way we will train you, the way the NRA wants us to train you, you should be fine! Remember this, how crappy of a shot does someone need to be before we say maybe that someone should not be teaching others how to shoot? Without meaning to offend anyone, the requirements listed in NOTE 5 are not competitive requirements. I have teenage male and female marksmen in our shooting club (see High Plains Marksmanship Academy) who shoot far above these qualifications. They do this using the same methods and fundamentals we will be talking about.
Go to the range and see if you can currently shoot at the level of these quals, or better. If you are having any difficulty at all, come to class with an open mind and we will do our best to help you make it happen! We are very proud of our track record of getting people able to shoot these qualifications. We are also very proud of our track record of taking shooters who are highly accomplished marksmen and decreasing their group sizes too!
Remember, we will bring loaner .22 pistols and loaner .22 rifles that are very conducive to this style of qualification. You provide the ammo.
Contact us at O 575-985-5555, or C 413-626-7778, or training@highplainsconcealedcarry.com to discuss preparing for each shooting qualification, and to answer any questions regarding allowed firearms.
NOTE 7: Candidates are urged to bring lunch, drinks, snacks and a cooler each day. Lunchtime each day will be a working lunch to maximize class time productivity. Here is a question for you. If we have ten candidates in a class, and we give everyone from noon till 1:00 pm for lunch, how many of the ten will not make it back until sometime after 1:00? Besides that, we would have to start an hour earlier to make up for the lunch hour. Each candidate will be responsible for cleaning up after themselves. Any candidate who wishes to bring a smoker, and who can properly smoke a moist brisket for all of us in the class to enjoy, oh who am I kidding, as long as they can provide this for the instructors, will receive extra points on all evaluations!
As more candidates register for and pay for an individual class, or classes, or series of classes, the total fee for that class, the classes, or the series of classes may be reduced incrementally for each candidate.
Unfortunately, the NRA website does not allow one registration to enroll a candidate in multiple classes. Candidates will need to register for each individual class.
Note 8: If you are an NRA member, your class registration information must match your NRA membership information exactly, such as name, address, phone number and NRA membership number. Do not register for a class without using your NRA membership number unless you are OK paying the much higher credential registration fees to the NRA. Call us to join the NRA if you are not a member. Please call us at least one week before registering for any classes, as it takes a few days for the NRA to issue an actual membership number.
NOTE 9: Successfully completing a Basic class with a qualifying live fire score (see NOTE 5 for live fire requirements) is a prerequisite for attending any corresponding Instructor class! For instance, completing Basic Pistol at Level 4 is a prerequisite for Pistol Instructor. Rifle instructor is similar. Call us 575-985-5555.
NOTE 10: When you register for the Rifle Instructor class, you must print Appendix 3 found on the registration page for that class. You must bring this appendix with you to class to be completed by you and by us during the class. We suggest you put it in a ring binder with room for additional materials. NOTE 11: When you register for the Pistol Instructor class, you must print Appendix 5 found on the registration page for that class. You must bring this appendix with you to class to be completed by you and by us during the class. We suggest you put it in a ring binder with room for additional materials. NOTE 12: Before registering for any classes, click on the HOME link at the top and see the page about our instructors to know what movies you need to watch before attending any of our classes; that is if you want to get any of the HPCC instructor's movie quotes and references!
Here are the registration links.
NRA Basic Rifle (BR), June 20, 2026, $199.00https://www.nrainstructors.org/CourseDetails.aspx?Courseid=897811
RSO, June 21, 2026, $199.00https://www.nrainstructors.org/CourseDetails.aspx?Courseid=897812
Rifle Instructor (RI) with Basic Instructor Training (BIT), June 22-23, 2026, $399.00 BR is a prereq for RI. BIT is a prereq for RI unless you have completed BIT after June 24, 2024.https://www.nrainstructors.org/CourseDetails.aspx?Courseid=897814
NRA/USAS/CMP Level 1 Small Bore and Air Rifle Coach (RC), June 24-25, 2026, $399.00https://www.nrainstructors.org/CourseDetails.aspx?Courseid=897815
Basic Pistol (BP), June 26, 2026, $199.00https://www.nrainstructors.org/CourseDetails.aspx?Courseid=897816
Pistol Instructor (PI) Hune 27, 2026 with Basic Instructor Training (BIT), June 22, 2026, $399.00 BIT Is a prereq for PI. If you have not completed BIT since June 28, 2024, you may attend BIT on June 23, call for details 575-985-5555. BP is a prereq for PI.https://www.nrainstructors.org/CourseDetails.aspx?Courseid=897817
Chief Range Safety Officer June 28, 2026 with BIT June 22, 2026, with RSO June 21, 2026, $399.00 RSO is a prereq for CRSO and is offered on June 21. BIT is a prereq for CRSO and is offered on June 22, 2026. Call 575-985-5555 for details on how to attend RSO or BIT. https://www.nrainstructors.org/CourseDetails.aspx?Courseid=900893
NRA/USAS/CMP Level 1 Pistol Coach, July 29-30 may be offered for $399.00Call for details 575-985-5555. Before registering for any courses, click on the HOME link at the top and see the page about OUR TRAINING TEAM to know what movies you need to watch before attending any of our courses; that is if you want to get any of the HPCC instructor's movie quotes and references! YOU WILL BE GIVEN A QUIZ ON THESE MOVIES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST COURSE! This quiz will be pass/fail. Candidates who fail this quiz will be expelled from all courses without receiving any refunds! That's right, we said it!
Fee free to contact us at O 575-985-5555, C 413-626-7778, or training@highplainsconcealedcarry.com to discuss any of the above.