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Sorry to revive an older thread, but I'm surprised to see so few student failures for other instructors. Maybe just a difference in volume of students? I work in a decently sized gun range in a large city and my classes range from 15-30 students once or twice a week. I have at least one failed shooting proficiency per class it seems.

I start off the class by asking if anyone has never fired a handgun before, or if they feel they need more instruction before taking the proficiency. Very few have said yes. I let all students know that the course is designed for experienced shooters and that my signature on their chl-100 is to certify that they know how to operate their handgun and be safe with it. I also tell them that they could be disqualified for unsafe handling or lack of understanding on how to operate their gun. Such as a lady I disqualified because she couldn't rack the slide of her gun so she turned it around and tried to push the slide forward (loaded gun, pointed at her abdomen). I tell them that if they get disqualified for safety violations, I will require them to take some sort of safety lesson. They don't have to take it with me, or even at my range, but I won't trust that somehow magically overnight they've learned how safely handle their gun. I tell them that if they are safe and just didn't get the points they need, I'll do a reshoot with them at their convenience. I usually have between 5-10 students on the line at a time and keep an eye on anything they can improve upon such as grip and stance and trigger pull.

As far as the written section, I've had maybe 3 out of approximately 750 students fail the first time around. I believe they were both due to language barriers when reading the test. I give students 3 tries for both shooting qualification and written test.

I do find that students often miss the same questions, and have done what I can to further explain those questions during the presentation. I think it boils down to students not reading the entire question and all answers carefully.