by UnaStamus on Thu Sep 16, 2021 11:07 pm
Off the top of my head I can’t list anything for the rest of this year that are open enrollment. Everything I’m aware of is LE/MIL only. Firearms training up here is generally seasonal and we’re at the tail end of what would normally be the training season. That said, national level instructors have cut way back on their training due to a myriad of reasons, primarily related to COVID and the current ammo shortage. Even if this were normal times, by now you’d likely not be able to find anything as the final courses tend to be in Sept/Oct and much of it would be booked full by now. You may find someone pop up here and there in the winter at an indoor range, but it’s rare that it will be open enrollment.
Minnesota has historically been a problematic state for hosting national level firearms instructors for open enrollment courses. We don’t have a major firearms training facility here that routinely hosts a myriad of training. Instead, you have a select number of people sporadically hosting someone at local ranges around the state. In most cases it was the same instructor, so you don’t get a lot of variety.
The best thing to do is to start planning for 2022. Do your research on instructors and see which ones interest you, and then periodically check their websites throughout the winter to see if they have something popping up around the area for 2022. There is a good chance that the ammo supply will continue to stabilize and prices will drop, and if that happens, you’ll probably see more training pop up late winter/early spring.