10-Ring Handgun Academy

01/31/2026

Marc Fulgham-Instructor 573-225-4589
Welcome to the 10-Ring Handgun Academy FB Page. If you're looking for handgun training you've come to the right place. At some point you have made a conscious decision to do something about your personal safety. As with any object, (car, knife, glass bottle, etc.) if misused, a gun can be a danger to everyone. The secret to gun safety is training, so welcome to the gun community and let's get busy with your training and making you safer.

If you don't see a date that works for you, contact Marc and we'll find a date that fits your schedule. (* by the date means students are enrolled.)

Basics of Pistol Shooting: February 28*; March 7, 14, 2026

Concealed Carry: March 7,14, 2026

Refuse To Be A Victim: February 27*; March 6, 2026

Metallic Cartridge Reloading Course: March 1, 2026

Basics of Pistol Shooting: $125.00:
This course is designed to develop the basic skills of safely handling, shooting, performing maintenance and selecting a firearm. The NRA rules for safe gun handling and fundamentals of pistol shooting will be referenced throughout the course. Another portion of the class will be dedicated to the “LASERLYTE” gun and target system to assist the student in sight alignment, sight picture and trigger control. The course fee ($125.00) includes all targets, class materials, and the “Basics of Pistol Shooting” guide published by the NRA. First time fi****ms owners, people who haven’t shot a firearm in a long time and those who want a refresher course in safe gun handling are the people for which this course was designed to assist.

Concealed Carry Course: $125.00:
This eight-hour fi****ms safety and training course is required by the State of Missouri to be eligible to apply for a concealed carry fi****ms permit. This course covers the lethal force laws of Missouri, what to do when involved in a shooting (dealing with dispatch and arrival of officers at the scene), what to do when stopped by law enforcement while carrying a concealed firearm, your rights as a fi****ms owner and much more. Cost is $125.00 per person with husband/wife or family discounts available. If you don’t see a workable date on my FB page, contact me and we will set a date that works with your schedule.

Advanced Handgun Course-Level 1: $85.00:
This course is designed to improve your overall shooting and gun handling skills. Most of the drills are timed so you can chart your improvement. This course is divided into sub-levels (Level 1-A, Level 1-B etc.) so you will not do the same drill twice. These drills can be practiced on your own and will make you safer, faster and more accurate. The length of the course is two hours (usually longer) and the cost ($85.00) includes all targets and class materials.

REFUSE TO BE A VICTIM: $60.00 A four-hour course.
Millions Of People Are Victims of Crime Annually- Don’t Be
One Of Them!
Safety experts agree that the single most important step toward ensuring your personal safety is making the conscious decision to Refuse To Be A Victim®. You stand a much better chance of preventing criminal confrontations if you develop a safety plan before you need it. That is why the Refuse To Be A Victim®, a crime prevention seminar, was developed by the National Rifle Association. The seminar teaches easy to understand methods you can use to increase awareness and prevent criminal confrontation. In just four hours, you will learn the tools you need to develop your own personal safety strategies, including information about:
The Psychology of Criminal Predators
Home & Cyber Security
Automobile & Travel Security
Personal & Technological Security
Self Defense Devices and Training Options

METALLIC CARTRIDGE RE-LOADING COURSE (HANDGUN ONLY): $130.00

01/24/2026

Here's the laser target from a beginner shooter from five yards away. Not bad at all!

01/08/2026

QUICK SHOT: Body Language
There are two types of attacks, overt and covert.
Overt attacks are the easiest to see coming because they are full-on, in-your-face situations with plenty of tell-tale signs if you know what to look for. This involves the "monkey-side" of the human brain, meaning there is a lot of yelling, finger-pointing, jumping and pacing around, wild hand gestures and posturing. All the while you are trying to figure out what your next move might need to be or at least try to de-escalate the situation to a non-violent end.
Covert attacks are the worst because they are intended to be a surprise to the victim. First and most important: you must always be able to see your adversaries' hands. If they shift their position from a full-frontal stance to a bladed (boxers’ stance) position, then begin to put distance between you and them and start looking for a weapon or get ready to block a punch. Approaching you with their head or upper torso bobbing up and down or their head lowered (protecting the neck and throat area), clenched fist(s) or hands held near the mid-section (instead of hanging down to the side) and shoulders hunched up or "coiled", eyes shifting from side to side as if checking to see if anyone is watching; these are just a few of the signs you need to be aware of. For more good stuff like this, take my classes!!! I can't give you all of this stuff for free!!!!
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12/29/2025

Quick Shot:
Be careful this time of year. Some people are stretched to their last nerve, depressed, or simply mad at the world. Keep your carry gun close because you just may walk into a situation where someone needs a serious attitude adjustment. We tend to make quick trips to different places this time of year and it's easy to leave the house w/o your gun because you're only going to be gone for a "minute". I made that mistake once and went to a convenience store and walked right into the middle of an employee/manager fight that spilled out on to the parking lot and ended with the manager almost getting run down by the employee. That's when I said, "Never again"!!
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11/29/2025

Quick Shot: Shooting; A Couple's Affair
Try to make shooting a couple's affair. Guys, take the Basic shooting class with your wife. I will be glad to give you a BIG discount if you accompany your "better half" to a class. And for goodness' sake----don't hand her your hand cannon for her first shots. She will not think it is funny or that shooting is any fun and when she is done, SHE IS DONE! Buy her something that has some heft to it to manage recoil, maybe a nice .22, .32 or .380 and let her work at her own pace. I have had great luck raising women's interest in shooting and to enjoy the shooting experience.
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11/22/2025

I went to the range by myself yesterday because the last few classes I had I shot horribly. I injured my right shoulder (again) and it's taken a bit longer to recover. Anyway, I went and it felt so good to shoot w/o any pain. I did mainly .22 work with a short session on my 9mm. For those of you that haven't shot for a loooong time, please get out there and keep your skills sharp. I offer short classes that review all the things necessary to shoot safely and maybe protect yourself and your family.
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11/05/2025

Quick Shots: Carrying a Spare Reload
When it comes to carrying a concealed firearm, I’m just glad people do it, much less carry a spare reload. Some folks tell me that they don’t need extra ammo because their semi-auto carries ten to fifteen rounds in one mag. Well, that’s all fine and dandy until you have a mag problem. You get off one or two shots and then your firearm quits! That’s a terrible sound when a firearm goes “click” when you need it to go “bang”. If you carry and train with a semi-auto, be sure to train with different magazines than you carry. Training mags get bounced off of concrete, gravel, doused in dirt and mud and those tabs on the top can take a beating. You should always keep two or three mags specifically for carrying so you know there is no hidden damage that can cause a failure when you’re fighting for your life. If you carry a revolver (five or six shot), you may want to remember that bad guys tend to travel in packs, and six rounds just might not get the job done. I recommend speed loaders as opposed to speed strips or loose ammo. Your fine motor skills are going to be lost if you are in a self-defense situation and a quick reload is essential. I carry two 6-round speed loaders with me when I carry my revolver. Practice reloading your firearm. Time yourself and find that rhythm for a safe and quick reload.
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11/02/2025

Quick Shot:
Thank the Lord for the No Kings Rally last weekend. I didn't know we had a "King" problem in this country but boy that rally and all those people sure took care of the problem. I haven't heard of or found a single person claiming to be a King since that Rally took place. Those people really know how to get things done and I'm sure they all had jobs to get back to on Monday.

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11/02/2025

Quick Shots: Fixation
I was teaching a Metallic Cartridge Reloading class recently and right from the get-go, the primers were only being seated halfway in the primer hole. I first thought it must be the primer feeder that has come out of adjustment. I must have taken that feeder assembly apart at least five times. It was starting to get embarrassing, but I just knew that it had to be that primer feeder. It wound up being the shell-holder plate had come loose and there was too much gap between the turret plate and the shell-holder plate itself. A quick adjustment and I was back in business, but fixating on only one answer to that problem cost me a lot of valuable class time. The same holds true with self-defense; don't get fixated on a small part of a problem. See the bigger picture, give yourself options and that comes from training. Shooting is a perishable skill so if you're not getting better...................you're not getting better.
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09/11/2025

Charlie Kirk
I am breaking at least two rules I’ve made for myself; 1) Never sit down at a computer and start typing when you’re mad; 2) I’m so mad I can’t remember the second rule.
This cannot continue! This race baiting, name calling, everyone’s a victim, democracy-hanging-in-the-balance nonsense has gone far enough. The murder/assignation of Charlie Kirk is the last straw. When Democrats in Congress refused to pray for Charlie moments after he was shot; some shouting “No!!” when Rep. Lauren Boebert requested a moment of prayer tells you everything you need to know about the radical left. CK was a champion of debate and exchange of ideas never calling for nor suggesting violence of any kind. He spoke his “truth” and if you disagreed, he had a mic open for you to speak and tell him where he was wrong. He was an inspiration to many young people and a role model for all of us. On September 10th a coward who was not smart enough to defend his beliefs or was brainwashed into thinking CK was a danger to the shooter’s way of thinking, took CK’s life with a single rifle shot. This shot was a warning and a message to all that believe in conservative values; crawl back in your hole and shut up! Well, this sorry piece of humanity just awakened anyone that has ever held back their viewpoint to be polite. I will not be silent anymore. I will take on all comers. If you want to have a real discussion about what is going on with the radical left and the incendiary language coming from AOC, Maxine Waters and many more in congress and in the legacy media, let’s have a conversation because I’m your “huckleberry”. God decided not to perform the same miracle he performed for Trump, and I must accept that God needed CK in heaven more than we did here on earth. I can’t help but think that this was an act of pure evil and God was looking the other way, but my faith brings me back to the previous sentence. I intend to carry on and not cower to the crazy fringe element that took the life of an American Hero, and I hope I can do him justice.
Rest in Peace Charlie Kirk 1993-2025

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07/21/2025

Quick Shot: They Did What??
The Nineth Circuit Court of Appeals has handed down a unanimous decision striking down California's one-gun-a-month law as unconstitutional. It's also bad news for the other two Westcoast states that were working on introducing a similar law in their states. They just don't get the fact that the Bill of Rights (especially the second amendment) are rights, not privileges granted by the government. Even one of the judges, in her opinion for the court, quoted the use of the word "arms" in the second amendment. I'll take these victories when we can get them. Maybe the courts are waking up and smelling the gunpowder, plus the fact there's a new sheriff in Washinton D.C.
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07/08/2025

Quick Shot: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Whatever happened to the notion that a bad idea, no matter how well it is presented, no matter how many people sign on to the idea, and no matter how many polar bears It will save; is still a bad idea. We have a guy running for Mayor of New York City who wants to replace the police force with social workers…..WCPGW? He wants to make grocery stores non-profit and operated by the government…..WCPGW? He wants to take all the single housing in New York City and turn it into communal housing complexes such as you would see in most socialist countries….WCPGW? He won’t condemn the term “global intifada” and, if he wins, he will be presiding over the most concentrated population of Jewish people outside of Israel….WCPGW? Through taxation he wants to eliminate the rich for a better economical equity outcome and tax the business industry right out of business; and probably right out of New York state….WCPGW? I hope the people of New York City wake up in time to smell the exhaust of the people’s cars who will be leaving the city, before it is too late. I am reminded of the Kurt Russell movie “Escape from New York” and if this guy wins the election, I’m afraid we will see some form of that movie take shape, but on the other hand…..What Could Possibly Go Wrong??!!
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