Cougar Mountain Solutions - Erick Gelhaus - Low Light Application Carbine
2026-11-06 13:00 - 22:00 (America/Chicago) | MeadHall Range, 2181 S Blackberry Dr, Mcloud, OK, 74851, United States
Take your existing skills with a carbine and apply them to working in low light – regardless of your job. We will work with handheld and weapon-mounted lights.

TOPICS COVERED

Safety and Human Factors relating to Low Light

Selection and mounting of Weapon-Mounted Lights;

Ready positions and searching;

Switchology: How to manipulate and activate your lights.

Employing those lights in a variety of positions, around cover. Integrating the handgun from the holster;

Judgment and decision-making will also be addressed.

EXPECTATIONS AND OUTCOMES
By the session’s end, you will be able to utilize your carbine more effectively in low-light environments for identification, communication, and engagement, with an emphasis on informed decision-making.

ABILITY REQUIREMENTS
You should be an intermediate shooter with experience applying the 4 Safety Rules practically while working with your firearm, ensuring you do not endanger those around you. Be comfortable manipulating your firearm’s safeties as well as loading, unloading, and clearing stoppages while working from a variety of ready positions.

EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS

Note-taking material

Clear eye/safety glasses and electronic ear protection;

Carbine (rifle caliber or PCC) with a Weapon-Mounted Light and a sling, plus three reliable magazines;

Hand-held defensive/duty light;

Mid or Full-size handgun with two magazines, a pistol-mounted light is optional;

Appropriate belt, holster, and mag pouches;

Extra batteries for all lights, optics;

Please bring your snacks, caffeine, and water. We will break for dinner.

Appropriate range attire for the environment, weather.

Ammunition: 250 rounds of reliable carbine ammunition and 25 rounds for your pistol;

COST

$250 plus range fee of $30 due at signin

SCHEDULE

1 pm – 10 pm

Cougar Mountain Solutions - Erick Gelhaus - Low Light Application Pistol
2026-11-07 13:00 - 22:00
This class focuses on applying your existing handgun skills in a low-light environment, utilizing both handheld and weapon-mounted lights.

TOPICS COVERED

Selection of handheld and weapon-mounted lights;

How to manipulate and activate your lights;

Integrating lights with your handgun from ready positions and your holster;

Transitioning from a hand-held to a weapon-mounted light;

Working with lights around cover;

Judgment and decision-making will also be addressed.

EXPECTATIONS AND OUTCOMES
By the session’s end, you will be able to utilize your handheld and weapon-mounted lights more effectively for navigation, identification, communication, and engagement, with an emphasis on informed decision-making.

ABILITY REQUIREMENTS
Experience applying the Four Safety Rules practically while working with your firearm, ensuring you do not endanger your neighbor. You must be able to draw your handgun from the holster as well as loading, unload, and clear any common stoppages. Be comfortable working from multiple ready positions.

EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS

Note-taking material

Clear eye/safety glasses and electronic ear protection

A reliable mid to full-size pistol

Appropriate belt, holster, and mag pouches

Minimum of a handheld defensive/duty light and a weapon-mounted light is also suggested;

3 magazines

Extra batteries for all lights and optics

Please bring your snacks, caffeine, and, of course, water. We will break for dinner

Appropriate range of attire for the environment and weather.

Ammunition: 250 rounds of reliable pistol ammunition

SCHEDULE

1 pm – 10 pm

COST

$250 plus range fee of $30 due at signin

Cougar Mountain Solutions - Erick Gelhaus - Problem Solving Pistol
2026-11-08 09:00 - 18:00
This one-day class takes your existing handgun skills and combines them with visual processing and decision making to solve a variety of Don’t Shoot/Shoot problems. You will be exposed to a variety of targets and stimulus.

ABILITY REQUIREMENTS
Experience with your pistol-mounted optic, including acquiring your sights, delivering an accurate hit under time constraints, and accuracy sufficient to shoot Dyal’s 5 Yard Round-Up clean with a 4-second par time for each stage.
Additionally, the completion of a defensive handgun class that includes holster work/reloads/stoppages, as well as an understanding of how to practically apply the 4 Safety Rules, specifically Rule #3, without endangering a neighboring shooter.

TOPICS COVERED
After a classroom discussion on human factors and a warm-up, the class will begin working through a variety of drills to cover the subject matter. These will include:

increasing breadth and depth of vision;

visual attention;

response to stimulus;

cognitive load;

EXPECTATIONS AND OUTCOMES
By the day’s end, you will have applied your decision-making and shooting skills to solving Don’t Shoot/Shoot problems while managing the impact of perception and visual processing. Your skills in accuracy, manipulation, and mechanics will be incorporated into each iteration.

EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS

Note-taking material

Eye and ear protection

A reliable mid- or full-size pistol with or w/out optics (loaners MAY be available with enough notice)

Appropriate holster, mag pouches, and belt;

3 plus magazines

Ten (10) quality dummy rounds for your handgun, caliber appropriate

If using optics, an extra battery and the tool to adjust, change it

Please bring your lunch, Scooby snacks, caffeine, and—of course—water. We will break, but the less time we devote to lunch, the more time we can spend with your mind and pistol.

Appropriate range attire for the environment, weather conditions

Ammunition: 250 rounds of reliable pistol ammunition

COST

$250 plus range fees of $30 due at signin

SCHEDULE

9am – 6pm
