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Hilltop Gun Club offers concealed carry certification, and array of firearms training, sales & service, in Athens County, Ohio. Call (740)592-6205 or email
HillTop Gun Club 2012 Training ScheduleJanuary 2nd, 2012We will be posting our 2012 Firerarm training schedule within a matter of days. Our CCW course for January will be towards the end of the month or we might skip January and go into Feburary. Stay in touch. RIFLE CLASS: HOME DEFENSE – COMBATIVE & TACTICAL DEC. 2011November 9th, 2011The instructors are jump starting the holidays, sort of. Halloween has come and gone and now Thanksgiving is upon us. Those of you that follow us, know we like to hunt and the season is here. I love nothing more than to cook a fresh killed wild turkey and serve it to the family and friends. Deer are so easy to harvest around here you just hit them with your car or truck and then just throw it in the trunk and you got your winter meat. Anyway we are excited about the end of the year and and going to offer a HOLIDAY RIFLE CLASS with a buy 1 get 1 free! Bring your buddy, cousin, sister, dad priest it doesnt matter. Just bring a someone with you and we will give you a buy 1 get 1 deal. The rifle class is $150 for a full days training. Including a free HillTop Gun Club tee shirt. Students will need a 22 caliber rifle with 50 rounds of ammo, their rifle they want to train with, 200 rounds of ammo for the training rifle. ear and sight protection, lunch and snack, fluids, shooting mat or-rug-tarp-blanket scope-target scope or bicnocolars a book and pencil, camp-utility knife, proper clothes and boots for the weather, 1 20ish by 24ish inch card board box, gun maintenance kit and cleaning items and camera or recorder if you desire. The class is being taught by our NRA certified adjunct instructor Ben Riley. Riley is former U. S. Army infantry who was attached with various Special Operations Force and Quick Reaction Teams in Kirkuk Iraq. Riley served battle notice in well excess of 600 combative raids and patrols during his tour overseas. For the ending of the class students recieve a certificate & tee shirt. Contact phone is 740 517 2774. Class date somewhere between 16-22 of December 2011 Stay involved for more details Recent customer/student commentsNovember 6th, 2011I was scared to death and was according to Kevin, “shaking like a dog shitting razor blades” I thought my handgun would blow up in my hands and face. I have never shot a gun before. Kevin came over to where I was about to shoot and told me in a very calming and soothing manner that I was going to be alright and it was absolutely normal to be frightened, but that the gun was not going to blow up. The 3 hours of shooting wore me out but I came away with confidence. My daughters friend took his course and she recommend HillTop to me. Flower Power. Center Body Mass – Shoot the Hole – Breath – Stop squeezing so damn hard – Open both of your eyes – lean into the gun-bend over – tuck your elbows in. It was non stop all the time we trained and shot. Ive never shot that many bullets before at one time. The instructors are safety fanatics and I dont want to be the one who screws up around those people. Ben calms people, Mikey is a gently giant and Kevin tests and teases for 12 hours non stop. I would not recommend this training for the concealed carry if you are not willing to train and drill for the entire day. And they test us all day. Kevin says he asks over 150 questions supplied by the National Rifle Association. Im glad I made it through. R.T. Never a dull moment, and I love Larry’s Dawg House. (We stop to eat at larrys at every class K.E.M.) Tom Thank you very much for the kind words and the one on one training. My brother in law said he took a CCW course down in Shade or Meigs County and it was boring and dull and unsafe. I had nothing to compare when I went to HillTops gun class. I would recommend it to anyone. Sherry Sorry this took me so long to get back to you, but I did get my license. Meigs county can be a pain in the ass at times when applying for the license. They act like it was a crime for me to go to Athens county to get my training. It looks like I will be coming back to you for other classes. Norma B. I’m afraid that I might not get my license. HillTop instructors scared the bee-jesus out of me with all the stories and liability issues and that I might have to fist fight along with using my handgun. Ben said we must train at least 1 time per month to keep fresh. Whew. I did learn more about guns and the law than I knew existed. I had a great time. John S. I recently took a private class with Kevin. I have medical issues I wont discuss. I can not hold still for very long and have real problems with stability and control. Kevin took me to a gun range and pushed me futher than I was willing and he kept saying, “suck it up man, you are a Vietnam veteran, I dont want excuses I want action only.” I think he thinks he is a drill instructor at times. I have not trained like that since 1969 when I went to the military. After 150 shots I was on target, I could hit center on the target 9 out of 10 times and I qualifed for my license. I am now a licensed concealed carry weapons holder and I feel much safer knowing I can protect myself with a handgun if the issue is warrented. Thank you. R. Hi Kevin, Mickey and Ben. Please accept my sincere gratitude for the recent training I took with the three of you. I have so much to remember and to train. Do you know of a gun range where I can practice? Will you be holding another class again in the near future? Dave Could you confirm reciept of the new 2012 tenative schedule and whether you would be interested in doing a private training and would it be possible to it in our county? I can get you 10 students. C. Park You guys did a fantastic job and Ive learned so much. I am more confident and feel I can shoot my handgun if I have to. You opened my eyes to a totally different world. I would have never known a handgun bullett will shoot through 3 to 4 walls in a house! Wow. And oh by the way, I now pay much more attention to everywhere I go and everything I do now that you scared me into paying attention! Thanks guys,, Marla Watching other students for 12 hours go from total gun virgins to agressive knowledgable handlers of loaded dangerous handguns was a life learning experience. I have only touched a gun once when my father who was a WWII veteran showed my his handgun he brought home from the military. I for the life of me would like to have his gun now. I learned more in 12 hours in Kevins class than I have in an entire quarter in college. It was a fun but safe and serious time with you guys. David Retaeht November’s 5th Shotgun Class was a winner in everyones mind!November 6th, 2011HillTop Gun Club hosted a grueling 8 hour course using the shotgun. All students came with pump action 12 gauge guns. We had one simi auto gun for demostration. Next class hopefully there will be more automatic shotguns in the class. There were 21 drills covered during the course of the including tactical loading, various ways to carry the gun, malfunction drills, ways to shoot and move, cover and concealment and shooting different shot and slug and buck at various distances. In addition to the training course an Ohio University graduate class hired the instructors of HillTop to shoot pistols, rifles and shotguns so that the sound or “reports” of the guns being fired could be recorded. We have no idea for what but it was indeed a very fun time. There were 11 students and their instructor. One of the two highlights of their day was that one of our instuctors shot a Barrett 50 caliber rifle!! My Gawd do those guns give off a huge shock wave and sound and one kid nearly jumped out of his skin. Another highlight was that we invited each of the college students to shoot a gun for their first time. Out of the 11 people only 3 had ever touched or fired a gun. We gave each student private one on one training and had them each shoot 4 times.. It was fun for us and the students. Perhaps they will now become the next and future wave of gun owners and users. NOVEMBER 5 SHOTGUN COURSE – LEVEL 1October 20th, 2011HillTop Gun Club is honoring and paying respect to two former founding members of Hilltop, Jack Neal and Carl Fultz. Both have passed. Jack Neal was an Olympic Gold Medal Winner in shotgun. Hilltop produced impecable results worldwide with their shooting skills especally with Fultz guideance. This shooting system will included safety with the weapon – safety to self – safety to others. Sighting, carrying, mounting and stances. In addition the course covers how to find and hit the target, staying on target with substained fire, loading and unloading and various tactical shooting drills. This is the only class like this in the entire Southeastern Ohio and the U.S. Come train with professionial – high speed low drag veterans who have served in combat, who hunt on a regular basis, trained by the military and NRA and other renowned instructors around the world. This is an action packed day of combative and tactical training utilizing a shotgun. Our First Level Shotgun class is being held November 5 $50.00 per student. 25 rds of slugs, 100 rds of shot and one maintenance kit including gun tools and chemicals. This is a very fun and exciting and helpfull class for anyone who enjoys shooting a “scatter gun.” October 23rds Concealed Carry Weapon ClassOctober 19th, 2011We are on schedule for the end of Octobers 23 rds CCW class. Currently there are still 3 opening for the class. Call for details and pricing. Class is 8 to 8. We made the local news!September 19th, 2011Today September 19, 2011 The Athens News a local free newspaper in Athens Ohio ran an article about the State of Ohio Department of Parks / Natural Resources closing the open to the public gun range. HillTop Gun Club website was used as a reference for the article. Its a glorious day for the club officers and members to be looked upon somewhat favorably in the article. The gist of the article was about the gun range being closed by the park rangers due to over-usage, trashed facilities and without admitting it, dangerous conditions and people shooting at the range. Our officers have over the last 3 years made complaints to the Athens County Sheriffs office, the Ohio Department of Wildlife and Natural Resources and just about anyone who would listen concerning the range. Right before the range was shut down a student or ours told us a story about what he actually saw at the range. Our student is a man of 62 years, a Vietnam War combat veteran, gun collector, competition shooter and all around good guy. The sort of person that you would want to have your 6 o’clock. His son comes into town for the week and they decided to go sight in a couple of rifles. He had not been to the range for a few months and didn’t know of the conditions or antics of some who use the range. So, they start to leave the parking lot and walk up towards the range when they felt, saw and heard a huge fireball explosion go off. He nearly hits the deck when it went off but didn’t. They stopped and adjusted their bearings and walked up to the shelter house when Wham Bam Thank you Mam another huge explosion goes off when he see’s these two dumb asses squeeze off a trigger on a AR-type rifle. Dude tells me they thought they were going to get fried and the sounds of the explosion sent him right back to Vietnam. (Trust me-we have been there done that) Our student freaks out as did his son and asks the punks what in the world they were shooting at. The kid which told him (our student) they were Ohio University college students that they were shooting charged propane tanks. Yee Ha! My friends watch as they the O.U. students slither up the the remains of a white steel tank, however his son starts to lean up against one of the shelters posts and notices a real nice piece of white Ninja looking star stuck in the post about 3 inches from where his head would have been located. Son and dad immediately recognize that it is a piece of shrapnel from the propane tank. Our friend asks the two dumbasses when they come back off the range if they know what it is that he has in his hands. Both look dumb founded and answer no, they have no idea. You ready for the end of the story> HillTop Gun Club student tells them that it is a piece of the exploded tank and that it was shrapnel.. Get this. The O.U. student supper shooter stands there like a doe caught in the headlights of a car when he was told it was the tank piece. The students answer it couldn’t be because the tanks ONLY BLOW UP WHEN THEY EXPLODE!!!!!!!!!!!! Yep that’s correct they thought the tank only blew up into the sky not blow apart! That folks is what some of our local college students are being sent to college for, to have expensive firearms that their rich daddys buy for them so they can go catch a buzz, go to the State gun range and blow up charged propane tanks. We continue to support the range closure until the State of Ohio comes up with a fair and practical way to monitor the range. Back in the old days you had to go to a class, have a card signed by the forest ranger and then you had to call him to get permission to get to use the range. No problems, no trash, no drunk or high college students, no local hillbillies doing anything wrong. Nothing. Just a safe fun enjoyable range for responsible families and guests. SEPTEMBER 11 2011September 11th, 2011Today is the 10th year for all of us to remember how the spineless Islamist coward terrorists attacked the United States in a very cunning and bold manner using flying 15,000 gallon flying bombs right smack dab in the middle of our two tallest symbols of freedom. You got to give them credit to waking up the U.S. to what could have continued to happen. Because of their insight and abilities to deliver a one – two punch to the soft underbelly of our county the awoke a lumbering sleeping giant that has gone back to sleep as usual. But what I want to concentrate on is to give a big hug and thank you to all the men and women in the country especally from Ohio and Athens County. Our own senior military instructor Ben Riley served with distinction in combat helping to waste as many of the worthless pieces of shit as possible in combat in Iraq – especaly in Kirkuk. I and the entire staff say thank you from the bottom of our hearts for going forth to defend our liberites, our consitution and our flag. It shouldnt have to be recited again but all military, current or retired, law enforcement and fire department personal recieve an automatic $25.00 off from any of our courses. Take the day and reflect where you were 10 years ago today and what are you going to do to serve the country? Up and Coming September 17th CCW classSeptember 11th, 2011HillTop Gun Club NRA certified instructors will be hosting our last of the Summer’s NRA Qualified Ohio Concealed Carry Weapon course. As usual this course is a 12 hour required course not a 9.5 hour course like a local church recently had. And for your information we DO NOT go shoot into a cornfield to qualify you in the shooting part of our program. Some of the silly stuff that goes on in Southeastern Ohio and Parkersburg W.Va with the Ohio CCW instructors make you wonder how these instructors got their certification from the NRA in the first place. Well to answer that question we will try to explain. Anyone in the United States can go to a NRA course, fill in the blanks on the paperwork, watch a movie, watch a power point presenation, go shoot some firearm on the range and then get bored to death listening to the instructors go on and on about being an instructor. Thats it! Although we are not downplaying the NRA because we all went through the same course, yet our instructors have gone the extra distance for our own training and for the better of the good for our students. Currently HillTop Gun Club employees three ex military men whom all are combat veterans. Not desk jockeys or some arm chair wanna be but real men who have put their lives on the line so that you the reader of this post can be safe and enjoy your liberties. One of the instructors has an associated degree in law enforcement and the other has traveled extensively around the United States training and being trained in many combative arts. If you are shopping around for a “Deal” or a better price, first ask yourself if those other instructors have “been there – done that” as our instructors have. We bring in a complete system to our training which incorporates self defense, home defense, various weapons training and of course the handgun usage. Classes as usual are filling up quickly so you better hurry if you want to be one of our students this month. All Womens Gun ClassJuly 26th, 2011HillTop Gun Club is proud to present our annual Women’s Concealed Carry Class being help July 30th 2011. This course covers all of Ohio’s concealed weapon carry requirements plus some women specific self defense moves. We will host and teach the class at 8156 Salem Road Athens Ohio from 8 am to 8 pm. Although this is a rather quick notice, we still have opening and seating availability. Our quest female instructor is Marcilyn Bryent and, as usual, we always have two combat tested ex military NRA certified instructors to teach this course as all of the others. |
Chief instructor Kevin Martin
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"I find him interesting and fascinatingly dangerous"
-Quote from a female from the concealed carry weapon course about chief instructor Kevin Martin. |
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