World-Class Firearms Training & CHP Certification in Colorado
At DCF Guns, we pride ourselves on providing the finest firearms education and training in Colorado. Our team brings over 100 combined years of experience, featuring nationally ranked instructors and an advanced TI Simulator.
If you are looking to get a CHP in Colorado, our team provides the definitive standard for education. Our comprehensive 8-hour classes are designed to provide you with the essential knowledge and skills to carry a concealed pistol for personal defense.
From improving your skills with a handgun or rifle to self-defense classes to marksmanship to emergency preparedness, we have everything you need to ensure your knowledge of personal safety is rock solid.
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Specified Semi-Automatic Training Classes (SB-003)
Not sure which class applies to you, whether the CHP add-on makes sense given your timing, or how the full purchase process works — background check, eligibility card, and training? Our step-by-step guide covers pricing, eligibility, the CHP add-on discount window, and the free eligibility course offer for qualifying firearm purchases.
Read the full SB-003 eligibility guide for pricing, requirements, background checks, and CHP add-on timing.
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Colorado Concealed Handgun Permit (CHP)
This comprehensive 8-hour class is designed to provide you with the essential knowledge and skills to carry a concealed pistol in Colorado for personal defense. Students will cover the latest Colorado concealed carry laws, how to interact with law enforcement during a potential confrontation, and the critical steps to take after using lethal force to protect yourself or others.
What You'll Learn: Colorado Concealed Carry Laws, Law Enforcement Contact, Aftermath of Self-Defense
Introduction to Firearms
Our Introduction to Firearms course is a 1-hour training session designed for new shooters looking to build a solid foundation in firearm safety, handling, and marksmanship. This hands-on class provides expert instruction in a safe and structured environment, ensuring you develop confidence and responsible firearm habits from the start.
What You'll Learn: Firearm safety and handling fundamentals, proper grip/stance/sight alignment, safe loading, unloading, and basic shooting techniques
Pistol 100 Series Classes
Designed to build confidence, accuracy, and proficiency with your handgun, whether you're a new shooter or looking to refine your skills. Each 2-hour course provides expert instruction in a safe and structured environment.
Pistol 101 – Fundamentals of firearm handling, maintenance, and marksmanship. Perfect for beginners.
Pistol 102 – Hands-on training in loading, malfunction clearing, and accuracy improvement. Ideal for new gun owners and concealed carry holders.
Pistol 103 – Advanced techniques in recoil management, rapid-fire cadence, and target transitions. Great for experienced shooters.
Pistol 200 Series Classes
Designed to enhance your firearm handling, defensive shooting, and real-world application of marksmanship skills. Each 2-hour course builds on foundational techniques, integrating holster work, movement, and tactical positioning.
Pistol 201 – Holster draw, presentation, and reloading. Ideal for concealed carry holders.
Pistol 202 – Defensive shooting from cover, engaging multiple threats, and refining reloads under pressure.
Pistol 203 – Movement-based shooting, target transitions on the move, and live-fire scenario drills.
Advanced Scenario 300 Series
Refine your advanced shooting skills with this dynamic 2-hour workshop designed to challenge and enhance your tactical proficiency. Each session rotates through a variety of real-world defensive shooting techniques.
What You'll Learn:
Navigating Doorways & Hallways – Safe and effective movement in confined spaces.
Use of Cover & Concealment – Maximize protection while maintaining shooting effectiveness.
Low Light / No Light Shooting – Engage targets in reduced visibility conditions.
Engaging Moving & Dynamic Targets – Improve accuracy on unpredictable threats.
Multiple Threat Engagement – Assess and neutralize multiple targets efficiently.
Carbine 100 Series Classes
Designed to help new and intermediate shooters develop confidence, accuracy, and proficiency with their rifle. Each 2-hour course provides hands-on instruction in essential skills, from marksmanship fundamentals to firearm maintenance.
Carbine 101 – Basics of carbine handling, marksmanship, and range safety.
Carbine 102 – Firearm maintenance: disassembly, cleaning, lubrication, and function checks.
Carbine 103 – Malfunction clearance, reload techniques, and sling manipulation.
Carbine 200 Series Classes
Designed for shooters ready to refine their skills in dynamic and fast-paced scenarios. Each 2-hour course builds on foundational carbine handling, incorporating speed, accuracy, movement, and firearm transitions.
Carbine 201 – Recoil control, shooting cadence, and multi-target transitions.
Carbine 202 – Defensive shooting skills: reloading under pressure, malfunction clearance, cover and concealment.
Carbine 203 – Carbine-to-pistol transitions, shooting while moving, and engaging multiple threats.
Stop the Bleed Classes
This intensive course is designed for civilians who need the skills to address life-threatening injuries in dynamic and high-risk situations. Following the American Red Cross model, this program prioritizes saving lives while sustaining the mission.
Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) Principles – Life-saving techniques in real-world tactical environments.
Hemorrhage Control – Tourniquets, wound packing, and pressure dressings to stop severe bleeding.
Airway & Respiratory Management – Assess and treat airway obstructions, chest injuries, and breathing difficulties.
AR Builder Course
The CMMG AR-15 Builder Course is designed for both new and experienced firearm enthusiasts who want a deeper, hands-on understanding of the AR-15 platform. This comprehensive 8-hour course guides you through assembling your own rifle from the ground up. Class includes CMMG stripped lower, upper, and all parts necessary for function.
Component Function & Assembly – Learn the purpose of every major part using professional build tools.
Safety & Function Testing – Firearm safety protocols and comprehensive function checks.
Maintenance & Customization – Clean, maintain, and troubleshoot your firearm, plus future upgrades.
TI Simulator
The Training Room at DCF Guns Castle Rock is an interactive classroom system featuring a keypad interface that enables real-time interaction and feedback from students. Instructors can poll the class, test on topics, and facilitate discussions during verbal or video presentations — leveraging documented benefits of student response systems to enhance retention, keep students engaged, and efficiently gauge understanding.
Meet Our Trainers
Get to Know Tyler
Meet Tyler, DCF's Training Director and a Master Class IDPA shooter whose results on the clock speak for themselves. As a sponsored member of the Nighthawk Custom competitive team, Tyler trains and competes at a level most shooters only read about, and he brings that same standard to every class he runs at DCF.
As Training Director, Tyler oversees the curriculum and quality behind DCF's entire training program, ensuring every student, from first-time shooters to seasoned concealed carriers, gets instruction built on real competition-tested fundamentals.
Get to Know Patch
Meet Jeff “Patch” Adams, a retired Special Forces Team Sergeant (18D/18Z) and Green Beret whose career has spanned elite military medicine and leadership, wildland firefighting as a crew boss, and community service as a former Colorado Outreach Mentor for the PTSD Foundation of America.
Patch's approach to training is rooted in a single guiding principle: purpose is prevention. He brings that same discipline, preparation, and care for others into every class he teaches at DCF.
Get to Know Mike
Meet Mike Foster, a competitive shooter whose credentials back up everything he teaches. Mike serves as the Colorado State Coordinator for the International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA) and holds Expert Class ranking in every IDPA pistol division, a level of consistency few shooters in the state can match.
That competition background carries straight into the classroom. Mike brings a sharp eye for fundamentals, efficient movement, and match-proven technique to every course he teaches, helping students build skills that hold up under real pressure, not just on a static range.