Shooting for Actors

Are you about to take on a part where you have to use firearms but don’t know how? Come find out!

You have to look good. Not just to the average TV viewer, but to the professionals as well. You don’t just hold a gun, you HOLD a gun! You have to hold it right. When moving with firearms you have to be safe. OK, we aren’t in America, you won’t have live rounds you certainly won’t shoot a fellow actor, but if you don’t look cool, you won’t be playing a similar part in the future.

Do you know how to hold a rifle? Do you know the parts of a rifle? How about pistols? They all look similar from a distance but are quite different up close.

Whenever I see an actor pointing a pistol at someone with an uncocked hammer on a single action pistol it makes me cringe. It makes the actor and the whole production team look stupid. Don’t understand what I just said? Come and learn.

Cocking/charging are essential to any loading process, often missed out on the screen though. It doesn’t look good when an essential part is missed.

Remember, YOU have to look cool. If you look like a snowflake, it’s not the part for you.

Come and train at Oxford Shooting Academy. We will present a range of guns and will train you on rapid use of firearms, including moving then firing from different positions. We will have you shooting real firearms by the end of the day.

Keanu Reeves is actor who knows how to shoot. He doesn’t just act, he actually does real training. We don’t expect to get you up to his speed or stardard in one session, but we do intend to give you an idea of what shooting really is do do so safely.

Keanu enjoys shooting, he took it up after wanting to look good. It is a global sport with local, national international competitions. Although it is called “Tactical Shooting” in the USA it is often called “Practical Shooting” in other parts of the world. It’s the same thing, but wrapped up in a bit of cotton wool to make it sound less agressive.

Spend a day with us

Come spend a day with us at Oxford Shooting Academy, learn how firearms work & do some live shooting.  We will train you to use firearms in a tactical mannor, how to move with a loaded weapon.  Once signed off as safe you will get to do it all with a live gun.

How to insert a magazine, charge (cock) the firearm. Also, not quite as simple, how to remove a magazine.

It isn’t as simple as it sounds. If you want to look like you know what you are doing you need to hold it the right way. If you want to look professional, you have to get it right.

Different firearms shoot in different ways. Do some real shooting so you know what to expect.  
How to aim, how to fire.  How to quickly change a magazine.  How to move with a loaded firearm.