Posted on 06/27/2016 8:04:30 AM PDT by w1n1
This handgun shooting drill was created by Special Forces veteran Mike Pannone of CTT Solutions. This drill is designed to test and enhance your shooting accuracy while on the move.
Here's the Drill
The target is placed 10 yards away from the shooter. There are three shooting points. The first one is directly in front of the target. The second and third points are at five yards away from the center at opposite ends. At the signal, the shooter has 30 seconds to fire the first round from the holster, quickly move to one of the outside positions, come to a stop and fire a round. The shooter then moves back to the center, stops and fires one round before moving to the other outside position. The drill ends when the shooter hears the signal to stop after 30 seconds has expired. See the half minute drill video here. What other handgun drills have you tried?
***to test and enhance your shooting accuracy ***
As we say down here, “Close only counts in Horseshoes and hand grenades!”
Get good at shooting then moving. THEN, try shooting WHILE moving and really find out how bad of a shot you are.
I do something similar, only standing, crouching, prone.
Up, down, down, up, up, down, down, etc.
Until my mag is empty. Then I reload from that position (Reload from prone, reload from crouch, etc)
Since I live on 90 acres I also setup small targets throughout the woods in mangles of trees. Then I have to stalk around on the forest floor to get the correct angle on them. That exercises my “What’s going on behind the target” acuity.
Unless you are in a SOG, this is ammo wasting.
maybe fun to do it with a co2 pellet gun.
I train with my .45 for real world civilian use.
I can hit targets with ease at 10,20 and 50 yards, one and two handed but that’s not really a skill.That was learned by using thousands of rounds of ammo.
The real skill is point shooting at 20 feet and under, when you can’t use your gun sights,or even bring it up to your eyes. Most defensive shootings are at less than 10 feet to contact.
Mogadishu. Great drill. Much safer.
Another great drill. Place target at arms reach. Practice drawing and shooting two quick shots. Start SLOW. Gradually increase. When VERY GOOD put left hand out to keep target back. DO NOT SHOOT LEFT ARM.
You're trying to take all the fun out of this, aren't you?
I have read that some have lost digits. Some very experienced shooters. Hence, the advice to progress very slowly and carefully.
Next to good solid cover (not just concealment), movement and distance are your friends in a gunfight. Practicing movement while shooting is good. This looks like a good drill to start with. In a real confrontation you’ll likely only be 1/2 as good as you are in practice.
Emptying 7 mags in 35 seconds.
If you really want to see how good you can shoot while moving put a target 20 yards from a treadmill and start it on low speed
draw and fire when you get good enough speed up the treadmill
enjoy
It's not a drill per se, more of a skill maintenance routine.
If only ammo were tax-deductible.
Back in the day when I participated in IPSC/USPSA shooting, they were trying to come up with ways to “stress us” at the start of some of the courses of fire.
One guy came up with the idea of using an electric cattle prod as the “start signal.” It was generally believed to be a bad idea. :-)
Mark
That’s hard to do. Even Jerry Miculek couldn’t empty seven magazines in 35 seconds.
*** That’s hard to do. Even Jerry Miculek couldn’t empty seven magazines in 35 seconds. ***
He’s not a Walther Girl.
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