Jeff Harp Harper

Jeff Harper, Instructor

Jeff "Harp" Harper came from a law enforcement family, and started shooting and hunting at an early age. Jeff's father was a police instructor, and Jeff grew up helping with instruction for various departments and police academies in Illinois and Wisconsin. Jeff's background there is primarily in defensive tactics, and retention / disarming.

Like many of us, Jeff grew up shooting handguns, but "did not know, what he did not know" until exposed to formal progressive defensive pistol instruction. Jeff took to course work quickly, and took every course in 2006, and began instructor development late that year, culminating in a teaching start during 2007.

Jeff is also an avid high-power cross course shooter, having competed at Camp Perry several times. Jeff also enjoys physical fitness, and long range shooting besides the weekly pistol work.