SC , most courses are $125, and runs pretty similar to the NRA course, with SC laws taught, of course. Then you send in papers with 450, and wait 2-5 months. Last couple of years it's been running about 4 months, simply due to the number of applications they get. Thank the Lord, lotsa good folks are getting permits- let's just hope they know what they're doing, cause the CC course is surely not enough. The lady beside me when we shot that part of the course- was about 70, using a revolver she couldn't load. Instructor helped her with every shot, but she still managed to hit my target once.