Owner/Lead Instructor:

Tim Elmer

I am a competitive shooter, an experienced teacher, but most importantly, a life-long student who has an absolute passion for the skill of shooting. I have had the opportunity to attend and successfully complete over 1,000 hours of professional firearms training in a multitude of subjects to include: covert/concealed carry, open-hand combatives, force on force scenarios, carbine techniques, low-light skills, micro red dot handgun, competitive strategies, and emergency trauma medicine. More importantly, I have had the honor and responsibility of taking that knowledge and helping to share it among the hundreds of students I’ve had the honor to teach for over a decade.

I am not a member of Law Enforcement or Military veteran. I’m just a guy that is a proud husband, father, brother, and son. I am a respiratory therapist at a local hospital system in the Orangeburg, SC area. My knowledge about shooting comes from an almost 20 year journey of listening, reading, and putting in hard, hands-on work that any field of mastery requires of us. My purpose in founding Sightline Strategies is to pass along these lessons to my existing students and all those who wish to learn to ensure a safer and more skilled community.

My teaching and accomplishments include but not limited to:

12 years of teaching to include former lead instructor at Shootlogic.

  • Pat McNamara TAPS Instructor

  • Glock Instructor

  • Stop the Bleed Instructor

  • USPSA A Class: Production (A104354)

  • IDPA Master Class: SSP (A704286)

  • GSSF Master Class

  • Glock Armorer

  • S&W M&P Armorer

  • AR-15 Armorer

  • Current Certifications for BLS, ACLS, PALS, and NRP (Healthcare related critical care certifications)