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Sounds about right for Ontari-owe. IIRC it was 160-ish for my PAL, had to pass that before I could reserve a spot in the RPAL course, another 100-odd for my RPAL, plus another 100-ish for ammo, then the hunter's course I had to wait for one to come up, and it was somewhere in the mid/high 100's and it involved a 2 hours drive each way on a February day that ended up being a blizzard... add my range key and holster course, we're in the 800 ballpark. plus 350 a year
edit - they did feed us though, all of them
oh yeah I forgot the turkey course. Well at least that's gone nowLast edited by LB303; 03-14-2018, 12:55 AM.”A man must judge for himself whether circumstances warrant obedience or resistance to the commands of the civil magistrate; We are all qualified, entitled, and morally obliged to evaluate the conduct of our rulers. ” (John Locke)Comment
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My courses costed whatever it was to send the paperwork in. $80?
Ammo cost? They had you actually shoot?the wild still lingered in him and the wolf in him merely slept
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Yes! That was the 2nd day of the restricted course. Instructor had soooo many different guns, I just had to buy some different calibers”A man must judge for himself whether circumstances warrant obedience or resistance to the commands of the civil magistrate; We are all qualified, entitled, and morally obliged to evaluate the conduct of our rulers. ” (John Locke)Comment
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My PAL/RPAL course was $100 each. $200 total. This was Ontario just over a decade ago.
Class had about 20 students, with primary instructor and assistant, and two testers (practical and written) who came in for three hours the last day.
All ammo was fake {plastic, snap caps, bullet&brass but no powder no primer and sometimes with an extra hole in the side of the brass in addition to the primer hole}. Firearms without firing pins where that was easy to do. No shooting.Comment
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Everyone has their own teaching style I guess. An assistant is good when the class is large. My restricted class, there were 12 of us with one instructor.
Demand is always high, and instructors are few and far between it seems. An artificial scarcity brought about by government meddling? At any rate, those of us that were functioning at a higher level allowed the others to have more face time in the shooting lanes, and it all worked out.”A man must judge for himself whether circumstances warrant obedience or resistance to the commands of the civil magistrate; We are all qualified, entitled, and morally obliged to evaluate the conduct of our rulers. ” (John Locke)Comment
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I did my course when I was 14. There was only one firearms course, so you could get it and the hunter safety course in one weekend. The instructor charged the lowest fee he was legally allowed to. All firearms were the same ones he used, probably with the firing pins removed.Comment
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These numbers include tax. I believe PAL and RPAL are $260 together (or $150 each on their own). My original numbers ($450 & $600) are a little rounded, but close enough for the point.
And yeah. Expensive.
My husband did his PAL/RPAL in Saskatchewan. It was a one day course and about $150, four years ago. The course I will be doing is one day for PAL, one day for RPAL and one day for OHEP.
They didn't say anything about food.
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Rather than going on memory I just dug up the information from their website.
The CFSC is $190.50. The CRFSC is $190.50 or $110.00 if having completed the CFSC within 30 days with same instructor. The OHEP course is $190.50 and does not list a discount if all three are signed up for at once, but the person I spoke with in person at the range said there is a package deal (which is where I got my original rough numbers).
Anyway ... I think I know what I'm going to do regarding the courses.
The consensus I'm getting is that it would be worthwhile for me to do the OHEP as well as PAL/RPAL.
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You said there may be a chance of you hunting. Do all three, you will be glad you did.Member of CCFR/CSSA/NRAComment
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Good choice. We did it the other way, out of ignorance. Never foresaw the need for an RPAL so just did the PAL. Needless to say a couple years later we were back doing the RPAL. Then a couple years later the OHEP. Glad you won't be repeating our mistake.Rather than going on memory I just dug up the information from their website.
The CFSC is $190.50. The CRFSC is $190.50 or $110.00 if having completed the CFSC within 30 days with same instructor. The OHEP course is $190.50 and does not list a discount if all three are signed up for at once, but the person I spoke with in person at the range said there is a package deal (which is where I got my original rough numbers).
Anyway ... I think I know what I'm going to do regarding the courses. The consensus I'm getting is that it would be worthwhile for me to do the OHEP as well as PAL/RPAL.Comment
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My wife and I did them both with no failures in the class but the instructor has in the past, during the RPAL, automatically failed someone, who inadvertently, pointed the handgun at or in the direction of a student, automatic fail, especially for someone who has not ever handled a handgun and tried to look for a safety and rolled it to the side to look, not noticing the barrel was pointed at the student next to them, automatic fail. It happens, I guess.Comment
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