January 9th – 10th / Red Dot Pistol: Fundamentals and Performance 2-Day Course / BTO Range, TX
Red Dot Pistol: Fundamentals and Performance 2-Day Course
Conroe, TX | January 9–10, 2027 | BTO Range
Course Overview
Take your red dot pistol skills beyond simply finding the dot.
The Modern Samurai Project Red Dot Pistol Fundamentals & Performance Course is a two-day, performance-focused handgun course designed for shooters who already have safe pistol handling skills and want to become more efficient, consistent, and capable with a pistol-mounted red dot.
Hosted at BTO Range and Training Center in Conroe, Texas, this course takes a practical look at how grip, body mechanics, recoil management, visual processing, trigger control, and presentation work together. Students will build skills progressively over two days, beginning with proper red dot zeroing and core shooting mechanics before moving into speed, distance, target transitions, and performance-based drills.
This is not an introductory handgun class. You do not need to be an advanced red dot shooter, but you should already be comfortable safely operating and shooting a handgun.
Instruction is led by Scott “Jedi” Jedlinski, owner and lead instructor of Modern Samurai Project and a nationally recognized instructor specializing in red dot pistol performance.
What You Will Learn
Over two days of professional firearms instruction, students will work through:
- Properly zeroing a pistol-mounted red dot
- Body mechanics and shooting posture
- Grip and recoil management
- Reading and tracking the movement of the red dot
- Draw and presentation techniques
- The Modern Samurai Project “Wave” Grip
- Fitts Law principles and their application to target acquisition
- The 3 & 2 Drill
- Trigger control and understanding the different “walls” of the trigger
- Accuracy, Speed, and Real modes of practice
- Shooting at distance
- Target transitions
- Shape-based shooting drills
- Black Belt Standards assessment
- Performance review and course debrief
Students will receive a certificate and token of appreciation upon completion of the course.
Who This Course Is For
This course is designed for shooters who already understand safe handgun operation and want to improve their performance with a slide-mounted red dot pistol.
It is well suited for:
- Responsible armed citizens
- Concealed carriers
- Law enforcement and armed professionals
- Firearms instructors
- Competitive shooters
- Experienced handgun owners transitioning to a red dot
- Red dot shooters looking to refine and pressure-test existing skills
You do not need to be an expert red dot shooter to attend. However, this is not a beginner handgun course. Students should arrive with established safe gun-handling skills and previous experience operating and shooting a pistol.
Whether your interest is concealed carry training, defensive handgun training, competition, or simply becoming a more capable shooter, the curriculum is designed around measurable skills that can be applied across multiple shooting disciplines.
Instructor Bio
Scott “Jedi” Jedlinski is the owner and lead instructor of Modern Samurai Project, specializing in Red Dot Sight pistol training and instructor development.
A lifelong martial artist and experienced shooter, Scott has completed hundreds of hours of professional firearms training spanning the self-defense and competitive shooting communities. He is a USPSA Master Class shooter and has earned both the F.A.S.T. Drill Coin and Point 1 Elite Standards Coin.
Through Modern Samurai Project, Scott has taught armed citizens, firearms instructors, competitive shooters, law enforcement officers, and members of numerous specialized law enforcement units and agencies. His teaching focuses on efficiency, movement, body mechanics, visual processing, and measurable shooting performance.
Course Details
Course: Red Dot Pistol Fundamentals & Performance 2-Day Course
Instructor: Scott “Jedi” Jedlinski | Modern Samurai Project
Dates: January 9–10, 2027
Time: 8:30 AM–5:00 PM each day
Location: BTO Range and Training Center
13748 Hwy 105 W
Conroe, TX 77304
Course Tuition: $600
BTO Range Fee: $25 per student, per day | $50 total for both days
Range Fee Payment: Cash payment to the host at the beginning of Training Day 1
Required Equipment
Students should arrive prepared with:
- Slide-mounted red dot pistol
- Three magazines with the ability to carry all three
- Quality holster
- No SERPA holsters or old leather holsters
- 700 rounds of reliable ammunition
- Eye protection
- Ear protection
- Sharpie marker
Why Train at BTO Range and Training Center
BTO Range and Training Center is committed to giving Texas shooters access to high-quality firearms training and respected instructors from across the country.
Located in Conroe and convenient to shooters looking for gun training near Houston, BTO provides a professional, hometown indoor range environment for courses ranging from foundational skills to advanced performance training.
Hosting instructors such as Modern Samurai Project allows local shooters to experience specialized firearms training in Texas without having to travel across the country to find it.
If you are ready to improve your understanding of the red dot pistol and put your existing handgun skills to work in a focused two-day training environment, reserve your place in the Modern Samurai Project Red Dot Pistol Fundamentals & Performance Course at BTO Range and Training Center.
