The instructor
Ben Courtemarche
Owner of Leading Edge Shotgun Academy and one of Southern California's most experienced shotgun coaches — a former All American in sporting clays who has spent more than a decade turning first-timers into confident shooters and club shooters into class champions.
Credentials
- Owner of Leading Edge Shotgun Academy
- NSCA certified instructor
- Carlisle Shotgun Instruction Academy certified
- Instructor for Grand Prairie of Texas Educational Shooting Clinics
- Over 15 years of competitive shooting experience
- Over 200 recorded wins
- Over 10,000 hours of instruction
- Former All American shooter in sporting clays
- Coaching students toward their shooting goals for over 10 years
- Bass Pro Shops seminar speaker on safety, handling, gear and skill development
Ben's equipment
- Gun
- Beretta DT11, 32 inch barrels with adjustable comb and ISIS recoiling system. Work done by Bill Skinner
- Chokes
- Extreme Chokes
- Ammunition
- Gamebore 1-1/8 oz Rose Gold, 1200 FPS, #8 shot
- Eye Protection
- Oakley Tombstone
- Ear Protection
- In-ear custom ear protection
- Vest
- Barepelt