Challenging the PAL test
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x2.
Just make sure you did read the books. It's pretty straight forward if you did. Not really and trick questions and the answers should mostly jump right out at you because the other 3 answers are usually pretty rediculus lol.
Nope.
Read the book and be sure to know ACTS & PROVE and you will be OK. There are sample test questions on the 'net if you search a bit
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- Southern Ontario
x2 which fortunately for me (with no experience at all except my course) is all printed on the barrel and on the end of the ammunition.
If you've read the manual you're good. There aren't any trick questions - but some of the wording threw me a little.
I just passed my RPAL and PAL. I aced both. They are ridiculously easy!
Written - very easy - 25 true/false and 25 multiple choice. T/F - all safety and common sense. Multies - I do not know who can get those wrong because three other options is a joke.
Practical however could make you or break you. We had two guys failed because one had finger on the trigger and one pointed muzzle to the instructor (duh!)
Very important to keep your trigger finger off the trigger and point muzzle in the safe direction when manipulating with firearms. If you did not get where the safe direction - ask again! Before practical test they give you practice as much time as you need and if you do not feel comfortable about particular firearm action or how to prove safe/load - ask again and again until you can do it yourself. Safety is what they are after!
If you want to see what kind of questions they ask, go to gunexams.com and take written test for free. It will give you an idea. For trial written you do not need to pay. If, however, you are completely paranoid
, you can buy 1000PAL and 1000RPAL - 25$ each package and practice your a$$ off till tuesday.Relax, breath, everything will be just fine! good luck
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- Kawartha Lakes
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I just passed my RPAL and PAL. I aced both. They are ridiculously easy!
Written - very easy - 25 true/false and 25 multiple choice. T/F - all safety and common sense. Multies - I do not know who can get those wrong because three other options is a joke.
Practical however could make you or break you. We had two guys failed because one had finger on the trigger and one pointed muzzle to the instructor (duh!)
Very important to keep your trigger finger off the trigger and point muzzle in the safe direction when manipulating with firearms. If you did not get where the safe direction - ask again! Before practical test they give you practice as much time as you need and if you do not feel comfortable about particular firearm action or how to prove safe/load - ask again and again until you can do it yourself. Safety is what they are after!
If you want to see what kind of questions they ask, go to gunexams.com and take written test for free. It will give you an idea. For trial written you do not need to pay. If, however, you are completely paranoid
Relax, breath, everything will be just fine! good luck
Pointing the gun at the instructor is a no brainer. Having my finger on the trigger is going to be hard not to do.
Thousand_Master
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Make sure you read the question. There was one question on there that prevented me from getting 100% on it. and it was a silly question something like "If a bullet hits the water, it does not bounce." I read it, in my nervousness, "If a bullet hits the water, it does bounce." (which it does, by the way) Do that, and it's mostly common sense. I just researched online and was able to pass the written Restricted exam with 90 something %. Unfortunately, because I'm underage, I can't get a restricted. I just wanted to try the test to see how I'd do.
The test is mostly common sense, with a little technicality thrown in there. To be honest, I coulda just gone and challenged both of them, after just studying the book for a few days. Make sure you know your ACTS, and the other one, of which I've already forgotten.
The test is mostly common sense, with a little technicality thrown in there. To be honest, I coulda just gone and challenged both of them, after just studying the book for a few days. Make sure you know your ACTS, and the other one, of which I've already forgotten.
I successfully challenged the PAL/RPAL last year. The instructor told me I was the first person to have successfully done so at their school; the rest had aced the written test but failed the practical.
Apart from safe handling, make sure you know how to load, unload and make safe all the various types of actions - semiauto and revolver pistols, break action and pump shotguns, lever, bolt and semiauto rifles, and so on. Know the fundamentals of range safety.
Good luck.
Apart from safe handling, make sure you know how to load, unload and make safe all the various types of actions - semiauto and revolver pistols, break action and pump shotguns, lever, bolt and semiauto rifles, and so on. Know the fundamentals of range safety.
Good luck.
ACTS and PROVE...know 'em well (at least until the test is over).
And keep your finger off the trigger (as was stated) for the practical part.
For my tests, the instructor showed us EXACTLY what he wanted us to do for the practical. So all we had to do was copy what he did. Soo easy. Almost a joke, really.
And keep your finger off the trigger (as was stated) for the practical part.
For my tests, the instructor showed us EXACTLY what he wanted us to do for the practical. So all we had to do was copy what he did. Soo easy. Almost a joke, really.
I challenged the PAL and RPAL not long ago and got 98% on each of the written tests. The fellow who tested me was good; it was obvious that he would as soon have failed me as passed me.
We did the practical test in a large building. I lost one point on the practical for pointing the handgun in what he called an unsafe direction. Instead of keeping it pointing "down range" all the time, I turned it to the side - directly away from him and at the wall - for the ACT and PROVE. He said that if we had been at a true range that would have been unsafe because someone else could have been on that side. It didn't really make sense to me since I could see that there definitely was no one on that side of me. But I didn't argue with him since losing one point was not a problem.
Keeping the finger off the trigger is difficult but essential. Letting the finger go to the trigger is a tough habit to break.
We did the practical test in a large building. I lost one point on the practical for pointing the handgun in what he called an unsafe direction. Instead of keeping it pointing "down range" all the time, I turned it to the side - directly away from him and at the wall - for the ACT and PROVE. He said that if we had been at a true range that would have been unsafe because someone else could have been on that side. It didn't really make sense to me since I could see that there definitely was no one on that side of me. But I didn't argue with him since losing one point was not a problem.
Keeping the finger off the trigger is difficult but essential. Letting the finger go to the trigger is a tough habit to break.
Where would one go about finding "the books" if one was looking to try and challenge the PAL and RPAL?
I'm reasonably confident in my ability to learn the necessary stuff from the literature without an instructor, but I am not sure on what literature is needed
Thanks in advance.
