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Thunder Ranch The Official Thunder Ranch page member and precision rifleman. In 1993, Thunder Ranch®, Inc. In 2004 TR was successfully moved to Oregon.
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Clint Smith, President and Director of Thunder Ranch®, is a Marine Corps veteran of two infantry and Combined Action Platoon tours in Vietnam. His experience includes seven years as a police officer during which he served as head of the Firearms Training Division as well as being a S.W.A.T. He left law enforcement to serve as Operations Officer for the American Pistol Institute where he was Dean o

f instruction and was instrumental in range and curriculum development for A.P.I. In 1983, Clint founded International Training Consultants, Inc., an active mobile training program which is nationally recognized for innovative programs in Urban Rifle, Shotgun, Precision Rifle, and various handgun formats. In 1986, he served as Director of Training for Heckler & Koch, Inc., where he developed and taught progressive courses in fully automatic weapons as well as conventional weapons systems. opened to show not only innovative training, but numerous range designs and functions of a type not seen before in one facility. Clint is a contributor to American Handgunner, American Cop, GUNS and SWAT magazines and has published articles in many other national and international publications.

Catch us for Tac Med- Pistol on September 17th ⛑️ This is a course that has undergone constant revision and improvement,...
06/03/2026

Catch us for Tac Med- Pistol on September 17th ⛑️

This is a course that has undergone constant revision and improvement, and we believe this is the best iteration of it to date.

This class focuses on security and providing immediate medical aid in the event of an emergency- including considerations on team tactics, emergency response and mass causality events.

Upon successful completion of the course, students will leave with training in, and certification in Tactical Emergency Casualty Care (TECC).

Students will be provided with all training equipment, as well as our TR x NAR IFAK and an M2 Inc Ratcheting Medical Tourniquet.

Full course description at TrainTR.com

It’s been a fun week at the ranch and on the road ⚡️We finished up UR at the ranch on Saturday, and today we wrapped up ...
06/03/2026

It’s been a fun week at the ranch and on the road ⚡️

We finished up UR at the ranch on Saturday, and today we wrapped up a run of courses in Idaho with

Upcoming rifle courses:
Urban Precision Rifle 7/16
Urban Rifle 8/13 *Sold out*
Urban Rifle 9/10
Long Range Scoped AR 9/13

Full schedule at TrainTR.com

05/26/2026

Remember 🇺🇸

Today is for those who gave everything. We do not take that for granted, and we do not take their sacrifice for granted.

Be safe, be smart, check on that friend or family member- and give thanks to those who gave all.

- TR⚡️

We just wrapped up a solid block of training ⚡️ LRAR, UR, UPR and DH2 back to back 😎Thank you to the students and staff ...
05/21/2026

We just wrapped up a solid block of training ⚡️ LRAR, UR, UPR and DH2 back to back 😎

Thank you to the students and staff for the hard work and great shooting.

Next week we start another UR and kick off our courses in Idaho with , then begin High Intensity Tactics Handgun the following week.

Classes have been filling fast, make sure your signed up for our newsletter 🗞️ for the latest on course additions + more.

It’s a beautiful day to be on the range 🇺🇸 We kicked off DH2 today ⚡️ The students are cookin’ with gas 😎
05/15/2026

It’s a beautiful day to be on the range 🇺🇸 We kicked off DH2 today ⚡️ The students are cookin’ with gas 😎

We are just a few months out from FuddStock 2026 with ⚡️Battle RiflesGod’s GunLeather HolstersRhoadie Short ShortsSpace...
05/14/2026

We are just a few months out from FuddStock 2026 with ⚡️

Battle Rifles
God’s Gun
Leather Holsters
Rhoadie Short Shorts

Space guns need not apply, sonny.

Full course description at TrainTR.com

July 27th- Defensive Shotgun is on the books and live now ⚡️
05/12/2026

July 27th- Defensive Shotgun is on the books and live now ⚡️

Training season is in full swing up at the ranch ⚡️We wrapped Urban Rifle yesterday, started UPR today and jump straight...
05/11/2026

Training season is in full swing up at the ranch ⚡️We wrapped Urban Rifle yesterday, started UPR today and jump straight into DH2 on Thursday 😎

Thank you to the students and the staff for setting it off all week long 💥

Happy Sunday and Happy Mother’s Day to all the rad Moms out there!

Just wrapped LRAR, today we started Urban Rifle and Sunday we begin Urban Precision Rifle ⚡️ it’s a beautiful week to be...
05/07/2026

Just wrapped LRAR, today we started Urban Rifle and Sunday we begin Urban Precision Rifle ⚡️ it’s a beautiful week to be on the range 😎☀️

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96747 Highway 140 East
Lakeview, OR
97630

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