The retail store has great lighting and products. However, their shooting range is dark and gloomy…read more If you want to feel like you are shooting in a cave this is the place. Terry Pohlmann

Great place, super clean but man they run through managers like it's going out of style. Also set…read moreaside some time to get your background check done. Last time I bought a pistol there they had to have 3 people look over the paperwork... took 10 min for the proceed and another 30 to have the entire staff make sure everything was ok. Super excessive, like to shoot there every so often though.

Kevin Cummins is an outstanding instructor. He doesn't just provide the basics of concealed carry…read moretraining to keep you and your family safe from deadly threatening situations he shows real world examples of how quickly things change and prepares you to make the right legal and ethical decisions. His class goes above and beyond legal requirements to allow you to conceal carry but adds the real life examples of how to do your upmost to avoid using a concealed carry except where your or your families life is threatened.

I took Kevin's course a few months ago and given a lot of useful information. It was worth every…read moredollar. He made sure we covered information to be successful for the CCW but also covered alot on being safe and secure in the every day journey.

I can't express my gratitude enough. I completed the CCW Permit course with them, and I'm so glad I…read moredid. They are very knowledgeable and made sure that everyone in the class understood their rights and the laws behind Conceal and Carry. When we got to the Range, they took their time to make sure your were comfortable with the gun, and were patient with you and corrected you when you needed it. They really make you feel like you are apart of their family. I will forever be a customer (family member) of theirs and will recommend all of my friends and family to them!

CCW class. GREAT instructors! Would absolutely recommend to anyone considering getting theirs.read more

I took my CCW class here and it was amazing and would recommend this class for any person would…read morelike to get their CCW license in MO. The CCW class was so good that I decided to take the Handgun Boot Camp 1 here. The Boot Camp was great as well. The instructors are knowledgeable in what they do and what they are teaching. I personally feel more comfortable in having a CCW license. They put you in real life situations making sure you follow proper procedures at all times. I will definitely take the Hangun Boot Camp 2. I really trust these men and women in what they do.

I took the 8-hour CCW course as well as the 4-week handgun bootcamp. I really can't say enough good…read morethings about Xtreme Tactical Defense. The instruction is top-notch and the atmosphere is very welcoming. I do not have much background or experience, and I found the material appropriately challenging, but not at all overwhelming or too technical. I"m six months pregnant, too, and that wasn't an issue either, even with the physical training that is part of the bootcamp--- it's scalable so I just sat a few things out and observed. I highly recommend this place for others who want to become more comfortable and proficient. It's extremely valuable, and at the same time, very, very fun.

I have to give a shout out to Kate. I believe her actual capacity at Piasa Armory is Gun Range…read moreManager, but she honestly can do anything that is requested of her. I have been there several times and when Firearm Ranges and Federal Firearm Licensed locations are dropping left and right, we as a community, are extremely fortunate to have what I believe is the most educated, well stocked and staffed armory, located right in our backyard! Dan is another employee that I have worked with on questions concerning firearms. Like any other highly skilled professional, he and Kate both will first ask a few fact finding questions, to determine your existing knowledge of firearms. As all great professionals will take the necessary time to diagnose your current situation. For example, 2020 has been a record setting year, month after month for the most first time gun buyer's ever in history. A lot of individuals received their stimulus checks and decided they wanted to buy a firearm, without ever doing any research or know the first thing about firearms. That is where Piasa Armory separates itself from a Department store, who happens to also sell firearms. At Piasa Armory they do nothing but deal with every type of firearm ever made. They have always kept abreast of the manufacturers and what is going on in the firearm industry. Because, everyone that works there, are also shooters, collectors, historians, experts at doing their own gunsmithing. You could say they are the Phyicians of the firearms industry and they are going to help find what is perfect for you, through expert analysis! So, you could be a complete novice to the firearms industry or an expert yourself, and it is staff like Kate and Dan that are going to be able to guide you through the process of finding the absolute most accurate item, the purchasing process, all at a very reasonable price, and be there for you, if you think of a question later, decide to reserve some range time, or you might want to sign up for one of Piasa Armory's numerous instructor taught classes; to start your own personal love of our phenomenal Second Amendment!

The staff is friendly and it's a laid-back place. Their FFL transfer fees are reasonable. I wish…read morethey had a larger range...

My son and I visited this range for the first time today. I cannot recommend this place enough…read more The staff was inviting, polite, patient and professional. I was not badgered by "Tactical Tommy" range officers. Furthermore, my son and I rented a fully automatic and suppressed H&K MP5. This was my son's first time shooting a fully automatic firearm and we are both still smiling 4 hours later. Thank you guys for making this experience memorable and one to look back on. You guys were great!

As a female (who knows nothing about guns) I am so glad I was recommended to try this place to…read morelearn about guns and gun safety in a non-threatening, cool, inclusive environment! Highly recommend checking this place out! Excellent classes (and women only classes!). I was so nervous the first time in the shooting bay but our awesome female instructor calmed the nerves and gave great pointers. I've now been to one class and one girls and guns event and in the shooting bays and I can't wait to go back and learn and practice more.

Honestly, I regret that I took my CCW class somewhere else just because I didn't know this place…read morebefore! Very friendly environment and the Owner "Chad" is very knowledgeable about firearms and self-defense equipment. Thank you for greeting me and my wife warmly and we will do business here again :)

From the owner: Missouri and Illinois Concealed Carry Classes (CCW), Emergency Preparedness, Self-Defense, Firearms…read moresafety, Advanced CCW, and Women's Personal Safety.

Without getting into the long spiel, I - a 24 year-old ridiculously urban female - have decided to…read morebegin the journey toward obtaining a concealed carry weapons permit. I have never touched a gun in my life. In fact, up until now, they kind of freaked me out. I just never had that exposure. I knew going from nothing to a certified gun-toter might be a bit of a challenge. Enter St. Louis CCW. I found them online and it didn't take long from navigating the website to realize this would be the perfect place to start. I signed up for an Intro to Handguns class. This business is a husband-and-wife-run operation out of their own home in Prairie, MO. As down-to-earth as a business could possibly get. They have converted their large garage into a classroom, and have a shooting range in their backyard they built themselves. Greg and Leilani Pugh were incredibly friendly. From the moment Leilani offered me a beverage when I arrived to when she offered me one of her chicken salad sandwiches she'd just made before I left, I felt very welcomed. For $50, I received a two-hour semi-private class - one hour of classroom instruction and one hour of range shooting. It was only me and one other guy, so we got very personalized instruction. Greg and Leilani are constantly doing classes, which enables the class sizes to be small, and for them to be flexible with class times, which is a great benefit to the student. Greg started out by asking me where I'm coming from and where I want to go, and I appreciated how he wanted that insight so he can better serve me in the class. Greg was a fantastic teacher. He's personable and entertaining, and clearly knows his stuff - and I know that it's one thing to know what you're talking about, but quite another to be able to convey it to others in a way that they can learn. His classroom instruction, which was a combination of lecture with a Power Point presentation, demonstration, and hands-on dry fire practicing, was engaging and easy to understand. I was then able to shoot some live ammunition out on the range with both a revolver and a semi-automatic (I got through 20 rounds of the revolver and 40 on the semi-automatic). They provided the guns and ammunition. It was great exposure and practice for me. I went from being a little nervous to even touch the damn thing in the beginning, to hitting a bullseye on the target before I left. Success! The Pughs don't list the place's address or phone number on their website - understandably they want to be pretty private because it's their home. When you fill out the form to request a time for your class, Greg sends you back an email pretty promptly, which includes his phone number, and a map to his place. One thing to note - this place is FAR. I did a dumb thing and glanced at the map, said, "Oh, it's right off of 44, that will take me 20, 30 minutes tops." WRONG. I should have appreciated the fact that the map was there to tell me how to get there and was NOT to scale. Duh. This place is about an hour away. So, Stupid Me was late. Luckily they were cool about it, and didn't cut my time short or start without me, which is what I feared. So if you live the in City, expect about an hour commute each way. TL;DR version: Even though this place is a bit of a drive, it's worth every minute and every penny. If you are like me and want a wonderfully thorough, individualized introduction to handguns, look no further. It's not a big fancy range by any means, but it is the perfect environment for learning. They also offer a CCW class that is 8 hours long, and includes lunch. I'm sure he's got a wealth of information to share, and I'm greatly looking forward to it.