Firearms in Canada fall into one of three categories, they are non restricted (most modern hunting firearms including rifles and shotguns), restricted (primarily handguns), and prohibited. In order to aquire non restricted firearms in Ontario you must be the holder of a valid “PAL” or firearms possession and aquisition license. The CFSC or Canadian Firearms Safety Course is designed to teach you everything you need to know to be successful in both the written and hands on portion of this course. The CFSC includes 8+ hours of classroom instruction which is a combination of multimedia presentation, discussion, and hands on training with a variety of firearms. At Buckeye firearms training we provide you with the most comprehensive training available, which is why we have over 35 rifles and shotguns in our inventory. (You need this class as well as the CRFSC for employment such as border services. You need this class as well as OHEP to hunt with a gun).
Cost for the CFSC class is $237 (HST incl.)
Cost for the CFSC and CRFSC classes back to back is $407 (HST incl.)
Each student will be loaned the official CFSC student manual which is an excellent resource and will act as the guideline for our training session (available for purchase),the manual is broken into the following sections:
- Introduction, including the Vital Four ACTS
- Introduction to firearms
- Basic firearms safety, including PROVE
- Ammunition
- Operating firearms actions
- Safe handling and carrying of non-restricted firearms
- Firing techniques and procedures for non-restricted firearms
- Care of non-restricted firearms
- Social responsibilities of the firearms owner/user
- Safe storage, display, transportation & handling of non-restricted firearms
When the classroom instruction and hands on instruction is completed you will be given a “quiz” (we hate the word test) consisting of 50 questions. In order to pass the course you must achieve an 80% score on this written test (40 out of 50 correct). Students will also be taken aside by their firearms instructor (all of whom are licensed, registered, and insured to conduct firearms training and testing in Ontario) and asked to demonstrate a number of firearm handling and safety procedures, during this portion of the test students can earn marks or have them deducted based on their performance. Once again a score of 80% is required to pass this test. At Buckeye Firearms Training we are very thorough in our teaching and boast a very high success rate.