Firearms Instructors

Meet Your Firearms Instructors

Our team of firearms instructors comprises of seasoned professionals with extensive experience in various disciplines of firearm handling and safety. Whether you’re a novice looking to learn the basics or an experienced shooter honing your skills, our instructors offer a variety of unique training programs to suit your needs.

Instructor Bio Loren is a Colorado Native. He has been competitive shooting since the age of 7, and by age 11 he took first overall in the NASSA State Championship. He has now followed up that passion from the competitive world, to instructing. Specializing in the Rifle and Shotgun weapon systems. He cannot wait to share this amazing industry and sport with his future students.

Certifications:

• NRA Range Safety Officer

John was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii and moved to Colorado with his wife and three children in 1991. He was the lead trainer and supervisor for the Outrigger Hotels reservation center in Denver. After retiring from Arapahoe County Human Services, he decided to return to the workforce as a fulltime firearms instructor. John has been very involved in the Boy Scouts Shooting Sports Programs, including 33 years of training experience and teaching over nine thousand students in the last 12 years.

Certifications:

• NRA Instructor and Training Counselor in multiple disciplines
• NRA CCW Instructor and Training Counselor
• NRA Regional Training Counselor Refuse To Be A Victim
• Colorado State TC Liaison
• USCCA Instructor
• Insight Instructor

Kayla started her shooting career in Evansville, Indiana working at Uncle Rudy’s Shooting Range. She moved to Colorado three years ago and has been working at The Gallery since it opened 2 years ago. She has taught over 2500 students during the last 5 years. Kayla enjoys working with a variety of different shooters on gaining accuracy and building defensive pistol skills. Her passion is collaborating with women and helping them overcome shooting challenges.

Certifications:

• NRA Range Safety Officer
• NRA Chief Range Safety Officer
• NRA Pistol Instructor
• CPR/First Aid, Stop the Bleed, NSI Emergency Management
• QPR, Mental Health First Aid
• OSHA Hazardous Waste Management

Steve is a nationally certified pistol instructor since 1993 (that’s 30+ years!). Over those years Steve has adapted to the teaching methods it has changed. He knows so much more about physics and biomechanics today than in years passed. Guns and ammunition have changed, too, and Steve takes pride in keeping up with the latest teaching techniques, and in making his teaching relevant to the students.

He believes that a student will learn better if they understand the “why” behind what they are being taught. When teaching, he explains everything using understandable language, and makes sure each piece builds on what came before it.

Steve volunteers with a Venture Crews (part of Scouts) and enjoys teaching shooting and firearms safety to youth.

He teaches all levels of shooters, but he especially enjoys working with beginners and intermediate shooters because he can make a more significant improvement in their performance in a shorter amount of time. He teaches both group classes and 1–2-person private lessons.

Certifications:

• NRA Training Counselor and NRA Instructor in the following disciplines: pistol, rifle, shotgun, personal protection in the home, and concealed carry.
• NRA Chief Range Safety Officer
• American Small Arms Academy, Tactical Handgun Seminar, 2-day course
• American Small Arms Academy, Basic Defensive Handgun, Distinguished Graduate, 3-day course
• Lethal Force Institute, LFI-1, 5-day, 40-hour course
• Former Chief Pistol Instructor, Andover Sportsmen’s Club
• Former Security Officer, Allied-Barton Security Services
• Former Reserve Deputy Sheriff, Worcester County, MA

Adam was born in San Diego, California and raised in Denver, Colorado. He is a lifelong shooter, big game hunter, and avid competitor. His main focus is two-gun competitions, rifle and pistol, and rifle only matches. He enjoys teaching new shooters and helping them “click” with new concepts. He has been teaching for the last 3 years with a total of 50+ students.

Certifications: 

• NRA Range Safety Officer
• NRA Conservation/Hunter Safety Instructor

Allen was born and raised in Albuquerque, NM and has been shooting for 30 plus years. He likes to teach anyone with an open mind and a positive can-do attitude. Allen worked for 5 years as an adaptive skiing instructor with the Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center at Breckenridge and Keystone where he honed his skills helping people with their first experience skiing. He has brought that same can-do attitude and training technics to the adaptive shooting world.

Certifications:

• NRA Range Safety Officer
• NRA Basic Pistol Instructor

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