If you're looking to do an intro to handgun course on a budget, this is an option. The instructors are friendly, it's half the price of GFH, easy to sign up on short notice, and they give you a few free range sessions to use afterwards. Minuses: it isn't exactly the most luxurious range and you'll only shoot .22lr caliber. 

 

http://www.dealchicken.com/north-jersey-nj/35205

 

If you're looking to do an intro to handgun course on a budget, this is an option. The instructors are friendly, it's half the price of GFH, easy to sign up on short notice, and they give you a few free range sessions to use afterwards. Minuses: it isn't exactly the most luxurious range and you'll only shoot .22lr caliber. 

 

http://www.dealchicken.com/north-jersey-nj/35205

 

How would this course compare to NRA "1st steps Pistol?" (Done that already).

It's an equivalent course, geared towards someone that's never fired a gun before. As an FYI, the pictures are somewhat misleading. While I believe they hold their long gun courses at an outdoor range (somewhere in upstate NY I think), this class is held in a basement-like indoor range. 

I am trying to put together a $99 NRA Basic Pistol course for this Sunday 3/9.. Details are in the Training forum or PM me