Description
Be an AGI Certified Red Dot Sight Installer
Become safe and competent with this AGI Certified Red Dot Sight Installation Course that will attract more customers and business.
With the massive adoption of Red Dot Sights by competitive shooters, hunters, Law Enforcement, Military and CCW Holders, there has become a need to ensure that these sights are installed properly to avoid damage to the sight or injury to the Shooter.
Unfortunately many are Not installed properly resulting in damage and injury.
Some agencies are requiring that Gunsmiths and Red Dot Installers be Certified so that they can install sights on Concealed Carry Pistols, otherwise the Departments are not approving the guns on CCW Licenses. Also Law Enforcement Agencies need these sights installed properly to avoid injury and reduce department liability.
AGI has created this extensive course to fill this need. Become an AGI Certified Red Dot Sight Installer. Your certification will provide you with more credibility with your customers and confidence that you are doing it right! After all, you don’t know what you don’t know, and that can cost you dearly!
Your Instructor is Your instructor is Master Gunsmith, Retired Sergeant, and Chief District Attorney Investigator Mark Foster.
He has over 40+ years of gunsmithing experience and is a 30+ year veteran of the Sheriffs Department, where he was the Chief Armorer and Training Officer.
In typical AGI Style, over 200 hours of research and hundreds of hours of testing and application went into the development of this course. It covers:
- History of Red Dot Sights
- Grades of Red Dot Sights
- Competition Shooting considerations vs CCW
- Red Dot Colors and effects
- Tools for proper installation
- Torque Specifications & why it is important
- Thread Locking Compounds, Do’s & Don’ts!
- Mounting – Lever Action Rifles
- Mounting – Semi Auto Carbines
- Mounting – Shotguns
- Applications for AR15 / Modern Sporting Rifles – L.E. Considerations
- Pistol red dot mounting, variations and adapters
- Pistol Optic Footprints and Unique Mounting Systems
- Demonstration of Polymer and Aluminum Red Dot Sights – Micro Pistols
- Demonstration of open emitter Trijicon RMR on full size pistol
- Demonstration of closed emitter red dot sight and the unique Aimpoint Acro P2 footprint
- Demonstration of closed emitter red dot sight and the unique Trijicon RCR capstan screw system
- Unique torque methods; two methods recommended by Manufacturers
- Discussion of Red Dot Sights on Revolvers & Installation Considerations.
- Troubleshooting and Suggested Spares Inventory
- MORE! ….
Over 5 1/2 Hours of Online Streaming Video Training with Testing, Certification, and Patch. Online Course Delivery.









