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Drill

Helluva Little Drill

Seven rounds from the holster at 3 to 5 yards, through every grip: freestyle, each hand alone, and mirrored.

Pistol
Live or dry
7 rds

Setup

Any target, with the hit zone chosen before you start: a 5-inch square, a 2-inch circle, a B-8, or a playing card. 3 to 5 yards. From the holster. 7 rounds.

Steps

1 step · 7 rds
  1. 1

    Draw and fire 1 round in each grip, in this order: freestyle, strong hand only, weak hand only, mirrored freestyle with the gun in the weak hand, weak hand only, strong hand only, and freestyle.

    7 shots

Scoring

Pass or fail: every round inside the zone you chose. It has no par; time it to see progress. On a B-8's 10-ring at 5 yards, Uncle Zo's benchmarks from an open holster are 4.6 seconds for a Grandmaster, 6.2 for Expert, 7.7 hard, and 11.5 normal; from concealment, 4.9, 6.6, 8.2, and 12.3. Dry, the trigger is dead after the first press.

Scored on

Nothing scored

Written for

Fire
Live or dry
Platforms
Pistol

Where it came from

Jim Shanahan, Advanced Performance Shooting · Source