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Kevvy

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Hi All

Ive been lurking for a little while, trying to absorb all of the knowledge that I can from this forum. Im registered with Silvercore to take my tests in a couple of weeks, then the rush for RPAL. Im looking through the course material and am wondering if its necessary to know a lot about 15th - 17th century firearms. Seems silly to memorize a lot of matchlock and wheel lock details and Id rather keep room in my head for the important stuff. Is there usually any of the evolution stuff on these tests?
Love the site, everyone seems pretty cool. Looking forward to discussing more interesting things than this down the road

Cheers
 
digital-audiophile said:
As far as I recall there were not any questions about antique firearms on my tests. (took them a little over a month ago). I only recall one question in regards to black powder.
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I just did my restricted last night, mostly questions about safe handling. The question about black powder in a smokeless was on mine.
A question about if .38 special and .38 being interchangeable. (No)

Other questions about what caliber is bigger than other caliber.
 
Hi Keevy
I took my tests with Silvercore a couple of weeks ago. Just follow carefully what they cover in the course. They do a review before taking the actual exam, take special note of this - it is very helpful with the exam. For the practical it is very important to follow instructions, especially what constitutes an automatic fail.
 
I just completed a weekend at Silvercore. There was one asking which action was NOT part of a traditional musket (wheel, percussion etc). Another asked about black powder vs smokeless powder being interchanged and so forth. There are16 versions of the exam. Each has a tweeked set of Q's, and if you are really serious about the course then invest that little extra and know it.
I did both Restricted and Non-R, and got 98% on both writtens, 100% on both practicals. They are designed to be passed.
Make the effort and you'll do fine. I read the non-restricted CFSC manual cover to cover, and did some extra studies regarding ACTS, PROVE and distinguished the difference between SA and DA actions (because of my limited experience and initial difficulty in understanding these two principals) before the course. My marks show that the effort was worth it.
Like Nike says: Just do it .... you'll be better off for it anyways.
good luck!
 
The Silvercore guys were awesome (I was probably in the same class as Rogwp), they really drive home what you need to know to pass the tests.
 
Yeah I heard good things about Silvercore which is why I signed up there. What is the class size like? Hopefully its a bit of fun and not a long boring weekend.
 
I think there were 18 in my class.
They break up the class time quite regularly to practice handling the guns. I didn't find it boring at all.
 
Last weekend when I was there we had a class of twenty students and 2 instructors.
There was probably 15-17 revolvers, rifles and pistols to handle and try.
The Instructor who did the main classroom teachings had a teaching degree so he knew how to teach, but knows his guns. It was light hearted, humourous at times and never dry.

Everyone in the first few breaks grabs the hand guns for the 'coolness' factor I would suppose. I always went for the rifles because they were free, but also I'd realized that the minor differences needed to propperly conduct the ACTS and PROVES on each different action type needed a little more practise. The handguns were a far shorter learning curve for applying those safety steps (IMO).
 
I think you can safely put your books away. Everything you need to know about the test is in the course.

I remember the instructor telling us, "three rules to follow and you'll pass, stay awake, don't touch a trigger, and don't point a gun at anyone" and it was that easy. :D

Good luck, but you won't need it.
 
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