Rogers Shooting School Information

We have been in the shooting instruction business for 25 years. The chief instructor, Bill Rogers, is a former FBI Agent, police instructor, successful inventor, and is well known in the shooting industry. Rogers has been a world ranked IPSC shooter, a state trap champion, and has over 40 years of shooting competition experience. Rogers has invented many of the holsters and equipment used by police and military worldwide. Some of the holsters and products Rogers has invented are available for purchase here: click here to buy Holsters. He also invented the target system and the method of instruction used at the school. The School's Instructors, Ronnie Dodd, Adam Smith, David Campbell, Kyle Armstrong and Billy Lumpkin bring many years of instruction and real world experience to the school. Ronnie has been a Chief of Police, provided training for numerous foreign allied countries, and is an IDPA Master Class shooter. Adam is a SWAT commander and firearms instructor for the local Sheriff's office. David is a firearms instructor and a technical range expert. Kyle is a Law Enforcement Officer with diverse experience and capabilities in Police Special Operations. He is an active SWAT Team Member, certified SWAT Master Instructor, Police Sniper Instructor, and Tactical Rappel Master. Billy Lumpkin is a retired Navy SEAL Officer with almost 24 years Active Duty service as an operator and instructor with numerous worldwide deployments, currently trains SWAT/SRT teams in the U.S. and consultant for a Global Security Firm. During his career he attained almost all special individual qualifications offered in the SPECOPs community including, SEAL Scout/Sniper, Free Fall Jumpmaster, Close Quarters Combat Range Officer-In-Charge and trained over 50 SEAL Task Units preparing them for their combat deployments teaching them the same shooting techniques he learned at Roger's Shooting School. The Rogers Shooting School is located in the beautiful mountains of north Georgia near the town of Ellijay. It is about a 1.5 hour drive from the Atlanta Airport. Please see the page on Directions. Nearby there are numerous rivers, lakes, hiking, and biking trails for the outdoor enthusiast. The school offers its own food and lodging program which is optional. Please see the page on Philosophy to understand more about how we teach, the Pricing page for costs and available services, and the Dates/Signup page for available classes scheduled. We list our open individual classes around December 15 as well as price changes for the entire year. If we have a group cancel during the year, we may add an "individual" class to the schedule during the year. There is no need to call us before December 15 for an individual class schedule because it is usually not finalized before that date. If you are a Group and want to organize a class, by all means contact us any time for scheduling. Please read the page Frequently Asked Questions. Our school normally operates from March through November. Our main business is teaching special military units that contract with us through the Group program. We also offer 6 to 8 open or "Individual" classes during the year, usually associated with the best time of year, weather wise. We offer three day rifle classes and five day handgun classes for groups as well as individuals. The rifle classes start on Wednesday evening and end on Saturday. The handgun classes start with a mandatory lecture and safety briefing on a Sunday evening and end around noon on the following Friday. They include a night shoot. The minimum group size is ten students or the equivalent in tuition if a smaller group wants a custom class. We are capable of teaching handgun, submachine gun, Rifle-carbine, and shotgun. For groups we can offer a shotgun or M-4 9MM program taught concurrently with the handgun program.