That's exactly how I did a big part of my training. I "treated" myself to classes using vacation time. After the first one I was hooked. Previously all of my knowledge was self-taught & I thought I was pretty dialed in but during that first class I realized that the majority of my knowledge was "theoretical" and I was doing a lot of things incorrectly which slowed my progress as I had to unlearn the things I was doing wrong.
We do carbine classes but don't offer Precision rifle (.308/ .338 Lapua/ .50 BMG) as all of our classes other than women's, kid's, young adult's & senior specialty classes are primarily civilian self-defense classes.
Just about impossible to justify to a jury why you had to use lethal force with a rifle at 200-500 yds.
He might. There are a good range of reasonably priced hotels nearby as an option if the class is 2 days back to back although many times we'll do concurrent weekend days ( one day one weekend & one day on the next) as an option.
My first "serious, well-taught" class was an epiphany.
The skies opened up.... angels sang..... stars & planets lined up.... and a light came down from above.... ( at least it felt like it.)
I still remember that class.
We are so fortunate to still have a country where we have the rights to own & use firearms like we do.
If you look at many countries around the world, America has such freedom compared to so many of the others.
As bad as things are we still have it pretty good in that respect.
A nice carbine class is what I had in mind. No sniper rifles here, well one or two but I dont really enjoy shooting them. I would either bring an Ak or the FN FS.