Forge Shooting Symposium

Description

Welcome to The Complete Combatant's annual FORGE Shooting Symposium's LANDING PAGE. This everchanging Fall event will have different "focuses" each year. It could be all about the different competitions (with a pistol) and the rules, scoring, and how to shoot your best. It could be all about shooting at different distances like 0-3 yards, 3-15 yards and 25-75 yards. It could be all about lethal, non lethal and less lethal decisions and techniques. It could be all about cover, concealment, and draw to first shot. It could be all about 3-Gun (rifle, shotgun and pistol). The world is our oyster!

FORGE 2027 is all about competition! Come learn the sports, understand the skills, and discover how competition can make your training more purposeful, measurable, and rewarding. 

CLICK HERE FOR FORGE 2027 DETAILS, GEAR LIST & COACH BIOs.

• Brian Hill: IDPA: Brian will focus on developing the 5x5 classifier, recognizing patterns in stages, scoring, IDPA rules, gear considerations, and understanding risk versus reward in performance mode. Competitive shooting is rewarding and fun, allowing the shooter to consistently improve their skills through pressure testing.
• Derek Giddings: USPSA:  Derek will take students through the entire process of things to consider in order to advance in USPSA including gear considerations for the different USPSA divisions, scoring, understanding hit factor vs time plus scoring, movement, strategy, stage breakdown, and live fire instruction tailored to the individual students shooting ability.
• Tim Reedy: Steel Challenge? Kilt It!" Tim will cover Steel Challenge equipment and game rules, the benefits of Steel Challenge and some of the terminology and process of shooting the match. He will touch base on the commonalities with other types of competition, the mental aspects of competing and pre-competition routines. That's not all! Much more!
• You will train with each coach for an entire day! ?
• FORGE Shooting Symposium 2027: Competition: September 17, 18, and 19, 2027
• $729 Per Person
• Each year a portion of the proceeds will be donated to Blue Line Ponies Retirement Range. The gift from FORGE to BLP will be a minimum of $1000. 
• We WILL have an alumni program. FORGE 2027 alumni can register for Forge 2028 for $679 ($50 discount)
• Forge Shooting Symposium is located at Pickens County Sportsman's Club in Talking Rock (Jasper), Georgia
• Annual 3 day event with SPONSORS, DOOR PRIZES, MATCH PRIZES, RAFFLE OFF FIREARMS, and MORE!?
• We will split our guest list into 3 groups. Expect around 20 clients per group. We will have 2 "lines" so there will only be around 10 people on the line at a time. GREAT student/coach ratio. You will get your group information, your schedule, etc. on Friday morning.
• Each "Forge" will be different so never assume it will be the curriculum, drills, sponsors, prizes, etc. each year. 
• Want to borrow an HK with a Holosun optic to train with while you are here? We got cha covered at NO CHARGE! We will also supply an appendix holster. Please specify if you are right of left handed when you reserve this.
• Please make note that the refund policy is simple. There are no refunds, BUT BUT BUT if there is an emergency and you are unable to attend you CAN transfer your spot to the next person in line on Forge's official waiting list. Contact Shelley immediately. You handle the $, I handle the transfer. If that offer gets turned down then you CAN offer it to a friend but the people on our waiting list come first. ?
• Addressing the SIG Sauer P320
• NO RESELLING tickets WITHOUT my approval. If you see this posted then it is a SCAM! Please let me know so I can report and block. THANK YOU!

Topics Covered

FULL 2027 event details: https://www.thecompletecombatant.com/forge-27-training-days.html

Expectations and Outcomes

Sch NOT confirmed but this should be pretty close:

Friday, September 17th, 2027

• Arrive 8:00am
• In person REGISTRATION IS FROM 8am-9am on RANGE B
• There will be a $20 per day, per person range fee. Please bring $60 CASH on Friday morning. We will collect this at registration. 
• 9:00am ?Opening statements on Range E. MUST ATTEND 9am
• 10:00am-1:15pm training
• 1:15pm-2:15pm LUNCH
• 2:15pm - 5:30pm training

• Arrive 8:30am and report directly to your range
• 9:00am-12:15pm training 
• 12:15pm-1:15pm LUNCH
• 1:15pm - 4:30pm training 
• 4:45-6:00pm Door prizes, firearms giveaway, photos on RANGE B

• Arrive 9:00am? and report directly to your range
• 9:30am-12:45pm training 
• 12:45pm-1:45pm LUNCH
• 1:45pm - 5:00pm training
• ?Safe travels and thanks for coming!

Types

Basic, Intermediate, IDPA /USPSA / Multi Gun, Specialty Other, Steel / Rimfire Challenge