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ABOUT ME
My name is Grant Baverstock. Born and raised in the GTA, my shooting journey began in 2006 when I joined the Canadian Defensive Pistol (CDP) shooting discipline. This included assisting and later establishing and running matches at my club, as well as teaching holster courses for new shooters. In 2010, I transitioned the club from CDP to International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA) based on its international credibility and high degree of organization.
I am qualified as a Club Level Range Safety Officer, CSSA Range Safety Officer, CDP Range Safety Officer, and CDP Instructor; I am also certified as an IDPA Safety Officer (SO) and IDPA Chief Safety Officer (CSO). I’ve completed numerous other shooting courses in both the USA and Canada on topics such as precision rifle, carbine, low light pistol and close retention shooting. Over the years I have officiated over 800 matches and firearms training courses. Competitively, I’ve been ranked highly in both club and provincial level matches shooting pistol and in the past 3-gun. I’m also sponsored by some of the best companies in the shooting sports industry. I’m particularly proud to have mentored others to take an active role in shooting sports, resulting in IDPA programs opening at eight other shooting clubs in southern Ontario.
When I’m not at the range, I work for the government in the Parks, Forestry and Environment sector. I enjoy hunting, fishing, backcountry camping, ATVing and snowmobiling on Ontario’s many trails as well as learning about mechanics on trucks and other small engines.
Mission statement
Patriot 613 Training Inc. brings knowledge and a principled approach to firearms education through providing civilian and Law Enforcement with premier firearms training.
Vision statement
We envision reaching every person in our community with varying skill sets and helping them excel beyond their expectations while maintaining our core values. By 2030 we will:
- Be a leader in firearms education
- Be an ally for lawful firearms owners
- Become brand recognizable
VALUE STATEMENT
Our core values at Patriot 613 Training Inc. are deeply ingrained principles that guide all of our company’s actions. Our values serve as our cultural cornerstones which have roots in the word ACMIC meaning the highest point; summit/peak. They are:
- Accountability: We are accountable to each other, and our customers and to society as a whole as we have a responsibility to serve our community.
- Competency: We have a duty learn and train while providing sufficient knowledge, instilling good judgment, and skills.
- Method: We strive to use a principled approach, custom tailored to each person to establish and/or build on their fundamentals.
- Integrity: We have the practice of being honest and instilling a consistent and uncompromising adherence to strong moral and ethical principles and values.
- Confidence: We promise to build on your abilities, your skill set, help to foster a ‘can-do’ attitude and create a sense of accomplishment. A major component of confidence is the faith you have in yourself.
Events in February 2025
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COURSES
PISTOL I / IDPA NSO
PISTOL II
PISTOL III
INTRO TO RETENTION
RETENTION II
PRIVATE SHOOTING LESSONS
APPENDIX CARRY FUNDAMENTALS
LOW LIGHT FUNDAMENTALS
CARRY STANDARDS
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Coming Soon
CHARITIES
Patriot 613 Training Inc. believes in strong local community partnerships. Every year we give back to local non profit organizations such as food banks, veteran groups, and environmental restoration organizations.
This ensures we help look after the less fortunate that live in our community, look after the people who served our country, and ensure we are good stewards of the environment we rely on for recreation or the many hunting and fishing activities southern Ontario has to offer.
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FAQ's
The majority of our courses are hosted at Target Sports Canada in Gormley, Ont. We have hosted courses at Sharon Gun Club and we would be willing to travel to a range near you. If you have any questions about hosting a course at your range please email us.
No, I am not law enforcement or military. Being former law enforcement or military doesn’t make or break an instructor or his or her credibility. To me it is a prospective and many instructors have different prospectives or ‘tools’ they can offer and pass on to people who want to become better shooters. You should take courses from different instructors and build on your tool kit to draw from. Every instructor has something to add, and no one instructor has everything. I have been fortunate enough to run a shooting league weekly since 2007. This has helped improve my skill level over the years to the point I have been consistently ranked Top 3 in club and sanctioned matches which has helped in obtaining sponsorship deals for myself and the league as a whole.
Yes. The foundational principles in all our courses we offer build on shooting elements of IDPA as a competitive shooting discipline. You can learn a lot from competitive shooters, and it does help there is an element of ‘practicality’ to this specific shooting discipline. This not only benefits the recreational and competitive shooter, but the ‘practicality’ translates over to skill sets neglected by basic level LE and military training. Over the years we have worked with and hosted private courses for members of LE agencies and military units wanting to build on their training and fill in gaps where they feel there is a lack of training.
My go to is a Gen 3 Glock 19 with night sights, Apex Trigger and S3F solutions barrel (IDPA division ESP). I also occasionally use a Gen 3 Glock 26, completely stock (IDPA division CCP).
In all honesty, get a firearm you are comfortable with. That’s first and foremost. Personally, I am partial to the more modern safe action pistols like Glock and S&W. They are chosen for a reason in police and military contracts all over the world, and that is their ease of use, simplistic action, and reliability. I suggest keeping it simple when you are starting out.
Woah, woah, woah, you just got your firearm!
Get to know your firearm, break it in, and get a feel for it in its ‘stock’ form. When you have become proficient with it, you can start looking at things like a crisper trigger or upgraded barrel. I’m being honest when I say, I can shoot my stock Glock 26 just as fast and consistently as my Glock 19 with upgraded barrel and trigger. There is NO modification that will make you as an individual a better shooter. That takes time on the range. If you want to upgrade something we would suggest upgrading your stock sights to a night sight; and for that we would recommend Ameriglo night sights.
If forced to pick, it would be Bravo Concealment Holsters. There are cheaper ones, and YES there are more pricey ones. I feel Bravo Concealment makes a quality holster at a reasonable price. They are an innovative company always improving on design and functionality and best of all they always have a sale or promotion on. They are located in Texas but don’t let the exchange rate discourage you. For the price of a ‘Fobus’ holster you can obtain a custom kydex holster for the same cost.
We have multiple methods of sign up. For the Pistol I / IDPA NSO (holster) Course you can sign up at Target Sports Canada at the front desk or you can send us an email on the contact us page and we will email you information for registration for the next available course. For all other courses that are not run as often I can put your name on a wait list for early enrollment before I send out an email blast to subscribers and post courses online.
We can refund course fees up to 10 days before the course date. If you miss your course date, or do not cancel within the 10 days you forfeit your course fee.