About Samuel DeSimone

Samuel comes from a Law Enforcement and competitive shooting background with over a decade of experience instructing Police Officers and civilians and while doing so has provided both end-user and instructor level training to over 175 Local, State, and Federal Law Enforcement Agencies located throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the east coast. Samuel is a member of USPSA, IDPA, and GPA where he is ranked Master Class in Carry Optics Division, as well as regularly competes in long range gas gun. Along with teaching, Samuel also regularly attends training from some of the most reputable instructors across the nation, and while doing so, has documented an excess of 4900 documented training hours since 2010. Samuel is also a certified Gunsmith with an additional certification as a 1911 Pistolsmith and AR15/M16 Riflesmith, along with various Armorer level certifications for multiple weapon platforms.

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May 13, 2026
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★★★★★ · Highly recommended

Sam is extremely knowledgeable and the class is very informative. I would highly recommend this course to anyone interested in attending a red dot instructor course. Definitely worth the money.

Jan 21, 2026
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★★★★★ · Highly recommended

Amazing course . Instructor had exceptional knowledge of RDS. Highly recommend !!!

Jan 21, 2026
Student Review
★★★★★ · Highly recommended

Overall, this was a great class and a lot of fun. I got to shoot with fellow LE from many different agencies. Sam and Bob were the instructors. Their passion and professionalism showed through in everything they did. I picked up two new wa…

Jan 21, 2026
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★★★★★ · Highly recommended

Instructors were extremely knowledgeable and have years of training. Class was great and informative. Highly recommend attending the Red Dot Instructor class. Myself and my agency with be attending more ETS training courses.

Jan 21, 2026
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★★★★★ · Highly recommended

I recommend if you are searching for solid instruction from top notch instructors you pay ETS a visit. We had a blast, as well as learning some things about ourselves. The need to push ourselves and fix mistakes we didn’t realize we were m…

Jan 21, 2026
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★★★★★ · Highly recommended

this course was absolutely one of the best courses i have ever attended, Sams knowledge on the RDS is second to none. All tranining materrials were presnted in a professional manner, Sam demoed every drill gave a detailed explination of ev…