Patrick Teixeira

I joined the Army in August of 2001, and graduated Infantry OSUT in December of 2001. I was stationed at Fort Campbell from 2002-2009. In that time I deployed Three times for a total of 38 months over seas in Iraq. I have also been stationed at Fort Benning, GA, Fort Sill, OK.

While there I served as a rifleman, SAW Gunner, Sniper, Sniper Team Leader, Sniper Section Leader, Sniper Employment Officer, Sniper Instructor, Platoon Sergeant and Drill Sergeant. I have been awarded the Order of Saint Maurice, Distinguished member of the Regiment for the 502inf Regt.

I am a Graduate of the US Army Sniper School, US Army Long Range Marksman Course, Sniper Employment Leaders Course, Combat Tracking and Counter Tracking, Airborne School, Pathfinder School, Air Assault School, Primary Leadership Development Course, Basic Non-commissioned Officer Course, Drill Sergeant School.

I found early on in my career that I was really adept at shooting. I quickly found myself on a fast track to a sniper team. I developed a lot of my technique for shooting during these younger years. I used to want to shoot fast, shoot far and do it again. I helped rewrite several company and battalion Marksmanship Programs, I also helped to develop, implement and help oversee the implementation of the new Sniper Manual, which had not been changed since the 90's.

Now that I have retired from the military, I have decided to bring what I know to everyone else. I want to teach you how to be confident. Confident in your ability to protect yourself, your family and your property. I want to show you that you are capable of shooting out to 1000 yards, even if you have never done it before.

Most of my days are spent training, writing blogs and reviews within our Community. Our blogs are written as conversation. We encourage you to comment, to tell us how you do it. This is how we, as a community, get better! There's a 1,000 ways to shoot, I'm just showing you how I do it.

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Patrick Teixeira
Owner, Range Control Training

Who is Range Control

Weekly shooting articles.

Range Control is a fundamental approach to how we train with firearms. We incorporate the basics with an outcome based training format. We build confidence from the ground up.

I recently medically retired from the Army after 14 years. During my time I was a Sniper, Sniper Instructor and a Drill Sergeant. My time in the military has given me a very fundamental approach to training.

Once I had separated and started visiting my local ranges, I noticed two major problems: The individuals were being instructed on what to do, but not why. The other problem that I noticed was a major lack of the emphasis of the four basic marksmanship fundamentals.

As I was seeing this problem, I began to ask myself why everyone is ok with mediocre training. Why would someone deliver a product that no one understands?

I sat down with the intent of fixing these issues. The first problem that I ran across is the availability of “training videos” on the internet. The problem here was once again, no why or how to apply outside of the range.

I got together with some military buddies and we developed training courses structured around the basics, with advanced application, later that year we founded Range Control Training.

As part of our fundamental and practical application of our training, we deliver to the individual, the ability to apply military marksmanship to your everyday life.

Our training can be applied to big game hunting, home defense, understanding of your surroundings, and how to positively impact your communities’.

Our training covers: Basic marksmanship fundamentals, pistol and rifle. Advanced marksmanship fundamental, pistol and rifle. Target identification and application as a big game hunter. Home defense and use of force. Range cards and how they can improve your first round impact on your next hunt.

The key to success is built around our Ethos. Integrity, confidence and human spirit. These values are interchangeable within our model; however, you cannot have one without the other.

Integrity has a long standing place value within any business model or ethos. Integrity is the ability to, taking this straight out of the army values, do the right thing, even when no one is looking. What does that mean? That you must have the moral courage to set the standard for everyone to follow.

Confidence is the key to success. We ensure that the individual can see how confidence in their ability can change the outcome of any situation. More than self-preservation, confidence leads to other people looking to you for help in any situation.

The indomitable human spirit is the last point in our ethos. Why is it important to understand the human spirit? The human spirit is what has driven this country to success. It’s that ability to keep pushing even when the odds are stacked against you. The human spirit has ensured the survival of our way of life.

We will be publishing a series of articles that will facilitate our training methods. These short articles will cover some of the training that we offer. Be sure to like us on Facebook and Instagram. Facebook.com/Rangecontrolllc, Instagram: Range Operator.