$650.00 – $850.00
California Concealed Firearms Renewal Permit Qualifying Course
This is a private “In-person Classroom” CCW for those needing to fulfill the 8-hour state training requirement for a California Concealed Firearm Renewal Permit. You must already have a current California CCW (or if it’s expired it must be within your sheriff’s grace period to still take the renewal class). The option on this page is for a Private range qualification, instead of a Public group qualification day. Currently, Los Angeles and San Diego County Sheriff’s Departments require their approved courses be taught in-person and this course offers that training in a private setting. Applicants for Orange and Ventura Counties can also take this course in a “blended learning” version if they prefer to do it online as opposed to all in-person. This course meets and exceeds the DOJ 8-hour renewal training requirement and is approved by Ventura, Orange, San Diego, and Los Angles County Sheriff’s Departments. The rates you see listed in the registration are based on a private class for one person. If you have someone else that would like to take the class with you, please contact us for group discounting.
Scheduling Your Training Day
For the classroom portion of your course, we meet at your home or office or you can come to our office in Huntington Beach. After going over the classroom curriculum, we relocate to the range for the live fire qualification. We use several ranges in Orange County (Orange and Stanton currently) and one or two in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. Consequently, where we go just depends on their availability and closeness to where we meet for the classroom instruction. There’s an extra surcharge of $200 for travel time and fuel if you’d like us to travel to you in Los Angeles, Ventura, or San Diego Counties. Scheduling is generally flexible on weekdays. California state law requires that every 2 years the applicant must complete a live fire qualification with every firearm that is being listed on the permit. This means that even though you may have qualified the same gun 2 years prior, you are still required to requalify that gun and any new gun to be added.
Other Sign-up Options
The basic details are found by clicking on the “Class Details” tab to the side of this box. Please read ALL of the tabs regarding what to expect from class, what to bring, and the terms for cancellation or rescheduling.
If you’re interested in a private “blended-learning” renewal class instead of an all in-person class, the cost for one person (within Orange County) is $310, but the rates go down with each additional person added. You will find that option on the course page, but please remember, this option is not currently available to San Diego or Los Angeles County applicants.
Also, if you’re interested in adding the optional “multi-state CCW” qualification and for the optional fingerprinting, we can still arrange the required one-hour of training privately, but the cost is $100 for the additional time. The options for fingerprinting for those states are also available below in the checkout. We will also need to arrange the location where we will meet to accomplish the multi-state optional one-hour course because the ranges do not always have a classroom available. You are also always welcome to join our public classes at the rate of $30 for that optional training.
This course material has been approved by the sheriff’s departments listed as acceptable in meeting the training requirements for Renewal CCW applicants. Otherwise, there is no affiliation with their respective agencies. We’re not employed by them, nor do they endorse any specific training provider.
The course price includes everything you’ll need in class (targets, range fee, handouts, etc.) for qualifying up to 3 guns. You must provide your own ammunition.
Classroom and Range
In California, you must have at least one handgun listed on your CCW license and you may only carry the guns listed on your license. That means it must be registered to you (or your spouse or domestic partner in some counties) and that firearm must be brought to class to be qualified at the range so it can be listed on your CCW permit. If you do not yet have a handgun, you cannot complete the CCW course or be granted a permit so please make sure you have that arranged before attending class.
For Orange, Ventura, and San Diego County applicants who want to qualify more than 3 guns, you can add up to 2 additional guns for $25. In other words, $25 will cover a 4th and 5th gun, $50 will cover up to 6 or 7 guns, etc. Adding more guns to your license can currently be done at any time in Orange and San Diego Counties. Los Angeles and Ventura will only allow it to be done at the time of your license renewal. When you register, you will see the “gun-add on” option suggestion at the bottom of the page. If you’ll be qualifying more than 3 guns, please also place the “add-on” in your shopping cart. Due to the way the shopping cart is set-up with the online course, this option has to be added this way.
Please have the firearm(s) you will list on your permit ready for the in-person portion of class. We DO NOT allow LIVE AMMUNITION in class. For obvious reasons, safety is of extreme importance as we’re handling our guns and some students may have little experience, so please do not bring any ammunition with your guns or in your bags. We will verify this several times throughout the session. Leave the ammo in your vehicles, unless you are meeting us directly at the range for your qualification.
For the Orange County issued license, you’ll need at least 30 rounds for each handgun you’d like to list on the license. If you’re applying through L.A. County or most cities in their county, you’ll need at least 80 rounds for your first handgun. We say that you need at least 80 for your FIRST handgun, because if you’re shooting more than one handgun, your next guns only require 20 rounds each. The same goes for adding a gun to your existing permit for L.A., in which case you’ll only need 20 rounds. Ventura County applicants have a different qualification course and will need at least 30 rounds per gun. San Diego County applicants will need at least 100 rounds for your first gun and if you have subsequent guns, you’ll need at least 30 rounds per gun.
When do I take the class?
Different counties have different requirements as to when this course can be taken in the application process and how long it is deemed valid. Currently, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department no longer requires you to be pre-approved to take your training class. In fact, you may take the class up to 6 months before final issuance of your permit. Ventura County also allows you to take the class before your conditional approval, but they request that you at least have your application submitted and interview scheduled. San Diego will accept the class as valid for 90 days, but they would like you to at least wait until you’ve paid your initial fee and had your fingerprints taken. Although wait times in most counties are moving much faster and you should have time to complete the process in the window when the class is still valid, we still can’t guarantee the county sheriffs or DOJ background processing will be done by then.
We DO NOT offer a refund if you take the class and are later rejected for any reason in the application process. We cannot guarantee that any applicant will be granted a license. If you have a clean criminal background, Ventura and Orange Counties have a very high success rate of 98% or more for approvals, but nevertheless, they cannot compel you to take the class before a conditional approval. San Diego and Los Angeles Counties currently request that the applicant wait until after they receive their approval notification before taking the training course.
Cancellation policy
We understand that sometimes things come up and your schedule changes. We’re fairly flexible to allow you to make up portions of the day you missed or to reschedule all together, but please advise us within 24 hours of the class to be fair to those trying to get in on a waiting list.
If you’re taking an Online “Blended-Learning” class, it is your responsibility to have all of the online modules and quizzes showing as completed before attending your range date. If this has not been done yet, it will be counted the same as a “reschedule”. A $50 rescheduling fee will be assessed if any class or range date changes are made within a week of the class date and we’re unable to fill your spot. This is because we have to commit our dates to the range and we need the classes filled in order to make it economically feasible. We do allow full cancellation and refund (minus any processing fees that the credit card company will not return to us) within 24 hours of purchasing. Cancellations made beyond 24 hours of your purchase will be counted as credit toward a future class, except in rare emergency situations. Additionally, no cancellations will be refunded if the purchase is made within 72 hours of the start of any in-person portion of the course. Please understand that we rely on dependable attendance in order to offer the low rates we do. We cannot issue refunds for classes purchased beyond 5 months due to credit card processing fees and changing operating costs.
Finally, in regards to the Online “Blended-Learning” classes, these courses involve considerable overhead in time and production resources to host online and maintain. Just like any other e-learning course, students are participating in receiving useful knowledge and instruction, which is compiled from several professional training sources. When a student begins viewing the e-learning course, they’re being provided a service (training and expertise). The valid transaction of paying for and accepting this training is not contingent on whether the student chooses whether or not to apply for a CCW license, is ultimately granted a license, fails the course, or makes an error in taking the correct class. While we hope that students find the information useful (most are successful in obtaining a CCW), how a student uses or doesn’t use the course is outside of our control. Understand that e-learning instruction is viewed in the same manner as an “all in-person” course that imparts knowledge in a physical classroom. Consequently, refunds cannot be offered for online courses where the student has already begun viewing the content. Before starting, please ensure that you’re taking the correct course and that it serves your intended purpose.
