What is the next drill to practice ?

[Pappabear]

We have been shooting the dickens drill each week and now thats old. So what is your favorite drill for handgun practice?

I was looking at the classic Bill Drill as maybe our next drill to work on, but I am open to great suggestions to get better. We just need something to keep the interest level up. Any suggestions welcomed.

PB

[WillieThom]

In my opinion, and if you’ve got Instagram, Matt Pranka (https://www.instagram.com/xray.alpha.llc/) and Ben Stoeger (https://www.instagram.com/benstoeger/) or (https://www.instagram.com/practicalshootingtraininggroup/) post up all kinds of good drills and explain the what and the why behind each drill.

[ViniVidivici]

F.A.S.T.

ETA: or the classic El Prez!

[Defaultmp3]

To practice or to shoot? Because those are very different things. For example, the FASTest is generally agreed upon to be a pretty mediocre drill to practice, because it wasn't designed as a practice drill, but as an audit of your overall handgun handling; TLG himself stated in my AFHF that if one was trying to get better at the FASTest, it would be far better to practice the individual components rather than run the entire drill over and over again.

[mark5pt56]

Around here it's called the North Port-Start standing with 2 gas cans, on signal drop both cans, draw and engage all targets until down. DQ if any smokes fall and hit gas cans.

North Port II-Start sitting in squated truck, flat brimmed hat on and white frame glasses worn. On signal, blow horn, yell whatever flows, remove stage supplied Taurus from glove box and engage all targets until down. DQ if your energy drink is spilled.

[MegademiC]

We have been shooting the dickens drill each week and now thats old. So what is your favorite drill for handgun practice?

I was looking at the classic Bill Drill as maybe our next drill to work on, but I am open to great suggestions to get better. We just need something to keep the interest level up. Any suggestions welcomed.

PB

Doubles drill. Rifle and pistol.
In my mind, any other drill is a test. Dry fire covers everything but recoil control. Doubles shows your flaws very well... i guess a bill drill would be similar.

[gaijin]

The Dot Torture Drill seems mindlessly simple.
If you can clean it, from 5 yds., every time, with irons and/or RD you've achieved a degree a mastery with the basics of handgun shooting.

[mark5pt56]

The Hackathorn 10/10/10 drill is pretty good in regards to sight management, trigger control and solid grip/body position.
10 rounds, 10 yards, 10 seconds, 100 max on B8 repair center-if you can't keep them on that-don't waste ammo.

Another option to the Bill drill with a target change-position 3" dots so you have 6 of them horizontally, shooting 1 round each on each dot. Variations such as starting with one round per second, running the line and incrementally lowering split until the wheels fall off. Also work it like a plate rack, L-R, R-L, Outside-In and Inside-Outside. Keep adding difficulty, do 3 then reload, etc or go man on man(don't get excited)

While I don't have the facility any longer, I used to run a mega plate rack, 8 sets of plates, run 25 yards out, 25 yards in, one plate and repeat until done. One round per plate, 10 push ups for any one left standing. I would dream all sorts of demented shit. Used to do the 1200 yard KD with one plate (12x12) per 100 yards. 400 yards and in where not prone.

[markm]

I still think the Dixie chick drill or whatever is valuable. I tried shooting it left hand supported and went 7/10 I think. Left hand unsupported has a way to go.

As a Non-LE individual who doesn't go in public a lot or carry very much, romantic super cool mag change/reload drills are a thing of the past.

[everready73]

I always include dot torture a few times a month. You can start at 3 yards until you can clear then move to 5

[Pappabear]

Thanks Fellas, next week should be fun.

PB

[LowSpeed_HighDrag]

I focus on a few drills pretty exclusively:
Bill Drill
No Fail Pistol Drill
Defoor Hat Drill
FAST Drill

Everything I do is timed, and from the holster. I will vary distance, movement, round count, starting position, etc, but not those are my staples. If I bring 200 rds to the range, I can work those and walk away a better shooter with a lot of quantifiable data to enter into my journal.

While I am a uniformed police officer, almost all of my personal firearms training is done from concealed with pistols in likely to carry off duty. Getting good with smaller carry guns and smaller dots translates really well to duty sized guns and dots.

[davidjinks]

We have been shooting the dickens drill each week and now thats old. So what is your favorite drill for handgun practice?

I was looking at the classic Bill Drill as maybe our next drill to work on, but I am open to great suggestions to get better. We just need something to keep the interest level up. Any suggestions welcomed.

PB

I like running the half & half drill.

10 yards-10 rounds-10 seconds all A zone on IPSC
5 yards-10 rounds-5 second all A zone on IPSC
2.5 yards-10 rounds-2.5 seconds all A zone on IPSC

Low ready is normal starting position.

I’ve recently transitioned into drawing from concealment. I can clear the 10 and 5 yards but that 2.5 is impossible for me to get. My fastest and most repeatable time from concealment to first shot is .98. Low ready and I can clear all of them.

[m1a_scoutguy]

I do many drills and rotate as I see fit. We have a decent range that I go to and there is steel outside to mess with. Depending on whether you have an RDS mounted, specific drills I like are tailored to that. No particular order but here is a list that is in the rotation.
https://www.sagedynamics.org/_files/ugd/7dc128_b601ff6b5ce345cf9889702af7f0f6dc.pdf?index=true
https://www.sagedynamics.org/_files/ugd/7dc128_945b1a21f0434eb68c3002f080609b06.pdf?index=true
https://www.trex-arms.com/training-targets/#flinch-target Lots of choices but I use the Cadence Target a lot & the THROTTLE CONTROL X one.
When I'm with my buddies we always do the FAST drill and the BAER drill, its called the"BAER" TARGET, https://baersolutionsllc.com/freetargets

[MegademiC]

Honestly. A couple competitions would probably take you much further than any static drill.

*only disclaimer is I dont know your experience*

[El Vaquero]

I like the CSAT drill/test if you have a shot timer.

Dot Torture always good. FAST is good if you have a lot of mags and can load your mags to do it over and over a few times before stopping to reload.

VTAC Chaos Drill and Triple threat are pretty fun. I think they’re VTAC drills.

[ViniVidivici]

10-8 Pistol Test is a great one too.