This document provides an orientation for beginning pistol shooters. It outlines safety rules that prohibit live ammunition in the classroom and require keeping guns pointed in a safe direction and unloaded until ready to fire. The document reviews pistol parts for revolvers and semi-automatics, demonstrates proper shooting fundamentals like grip, stance, sight alignment, breath control, and follow through. It describes the firing range layout and safety rules, and outlines the process shooters will follow with an instructor at the firing point, starting with dry firing and then live firing with supervision.