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Speaking from my own experience. I went to class on March 5, 2011 and had some of the same concerns as expressed in
this thread.

I was a little nervous at first but settled in quite comfortably. We had a good instructor. He taught the things we needed to know and then
some. He made the class enjoyable by breaking up the "serious" stuff with some jokes and stories from his own experience.

The class time went very well because we had the range time the first thing in the morning. We fired for qualification before the class
began. I think that eased some of the nervousness because we did not have to sit in class thinking about what was to come,
the range part.

As far as the shooting goes, I scored 248 out of 250. It was very easy, I thought. If you have been around guns for a while, have been
to the range a few times then you will not have any problem at all. In fact, I think a score of 175/250 qualifies you.

It helped that the range was an indoor range. I had the class at the Bass Pro shop in San Antonio.

The advice above about knowing your gun is very important. I did not take one of my less familiar guns. I took my Ruger P-89
to that range. I put Hogue grips on it a long time back, and recently had fiber optic sights put on it. With the red front sight and the green back sights
target acquisition is quite rapid and I think I shot better than I would have with the plain sights that came with the gun.

So, knowing your gun is probably the best advice for the range part.

Don't worry about the class, if I got through then anyone can.

Chuck