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Plain Sight offers Colorado Concealed Handgun Permit (CHP) training, renewal training, and foundational pistol instruction for all experience levels.

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Colorado Initial CHP training tracks.

Colorado CHP Foundations and Colorado CHP Experienced Shooter are two alternatives for the same Colorado Initial CHP training requirement. Both are complete courses with the same minimum hours, required instruction, written exam, live-fire exercise, and passing standards.

FOUNDATIONS TRACK

Colorado CHP Foundations

Complete Colorado Initial CHP Course — beginner-friendly

Designed for students with limited handgun experience or anyone who wants a more deliberate, hands-on approach. This complete Colorado initial CHP course covers all required safety, firearm, legal, defensive-decision and live-fire subjects, with additional coaching in handgun operation, safe handling, loading and unloading, grip, sights, trigger control, range procedures and shooting fundamentals.

Best for: New shooters • New handgun owners • Occasional shooters • Anyone wanting additional hands-on coaching
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EXPERIENCED SHOOTER TRACK

Colorado CHP Experienced Shooter

Complete Colorado Initial CHP Course — for experienced handgun owners

Designed for experienced recreational shooters and handgun owners who can safely load, unload, clear, operate, and fire their handgun without instructor assistance. This course satisfies the same Colorado initial CHP requirements as the Foundations track. Required firearm safety, handling, shooting, storage, and legal subjects are fully covered, while the experienced audience allows greater instructional depth in practical carry, judgment, de-escalation, Colorado law, defensive decision-making, and real-world concealed-carry scenarios.

Best for: Experienced handgun owners • Regular range shooters • Long-time recreational shooters

Recommended prerequisite: You should already be comfortable safely loading, unloading, clearing, operating and firing your handgun without instructor assistance.

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Same Colorado Initial CHP standards.

Colorado CHP Foundations and Colorado CHP Experienced Shooter are both complete Colorado Initial CHP courses. Neither track is a shortcut, a reduced-hour option, or a prerequisite for the other.

8 HOURSMinimum in-person instruction
50+ ROUNDSMinimum live-fire exercise
80%Open-book written exam passing score
70%Minimum live-fire accuracy

Both tracks include required classroom instruction, firearm safety, handgun handling, ammunition, storage and child safety, shooting fundamentals, Colorado firearm and carry law, Colorado deadly-force/self-defense law, avoidance, de-escalation, conflict resolution, judgmental use of lethal force, defensive decision-making, interaction with responding law enforcement, an open-book written competency exam, and live fire. Course completion documents training; permit eligibility and issuance are determined by the appropriate Colorado sheriff.

Colorado CHP Renewal

Qualifying in-person renewal/refresher training focused on legal updates, safe handling, judgment, and live-fire competence.

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NRA Pistol Foundations

The NRA Basics of Pistol Shooting course for new or returning handgun students who want structured safety, operation, fundamentals, range procedures, and live-fire coaching.

This course does not by itself substitute for the required Colorado Initial CHP course.

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