If you were going to train once per month, what would you do?

[Greg Bell]

Hey guys,

I have been training every weekend for the past few years. Baby and business is about to limit me to once per month. If you were going to drill with an ar and handgun once per month, what would you do?

I think I am going to shoot 200 rounds rifle, 200 rounds pistol. I think this is sort of the limit beyond which I start to get sloppy. What drills would you recommend guys? My purpose is purely defensive. I am not a gamer. My pistol if for EDC and my rifle is for TSHTF.

[Jay Cunningham]

Just thinking about it a bit...

You should be able to get in a lot of dry fire of your handgun at home. You should be able to get in dry one "shot" draws at home. You cannot really simulate shooting at speed or shooting on the move or dealing with grip vs. recoil at home... with that in mind:


◊ Hackathorn Three Target Test (round count: 18)
o NRA five-yard bullseye centers
o 10 yards, from the ready
o 6 rounds slow fire
o 6 rounds in 10 seconds
o 6 rounds in five seconds

◊ One – Reload – Two (round count: 15)
o round in chamber, empty mag in pistol, full spare magazine
o 5 yards, -0 body of IDPA target, from draw, 5 iterations
o individual par or par = 6.00 sec.

◊ Dot Torture (round count: 50)
o 3 / 5 yards (3 yards for par time stages, 5 for slow fire stages)
o #2 par time: 4 seconds
o #3 and #4 par time: 5 seconds
o #6 and #7 par time: 8 seconds
o #9 and #10 par time: 7 seconds

◊ Bill Drills (round count: 24)
o 5 yards, from draw, 4 iterations
o individual par or par = 3.5 sec.
o Six shots are fired as quickly as the shooter can achieve six hits on the target.

◊ Press Six = (round count: 62)

◊ Hackathorn Self Defense Practice Drill (round count: 30)
o IPSC target
o 5 yards, 1 ½ seconds, from the ready, one shot to head. (X3)
o 5 yards, 2 seconds, draw, one shot to head. (X3)
o 5 yards, 2 seconds, from the ready, SHO, two shots to body. (X2)
o 7 yards, 2 seconds, facing target, draw, two shots to body. (X1)
o 7 yards, 2 seconds, facing 90° to left of target, draw, two shots to body. (X1)
o 7 yards, 2 seconds, facing 90° to right of target, draw, two shots to body. (X1)
o 7 yards, 4 seconds, withdrawing to 10-12 yards, three shots to body. (X2)
o 10 yards, 3 seconds, start with gun on target and slide locked back, reload and fire one shot to body. (X3)
o 15 yards, 2 ½ seconds, draw and fire one shot to body (X5)
o Head shots only count if you hit the A zone. Body shots count if you hit the A, B, or C zones.


Total: 199 rounds pistol.

[Scoby]

I like this. I need improvement on defensive handgun and 200 rounds a month is about all I can stand as well.

Got a question though. What does the 62 round "Press Six" consist of? Everything else is pretty straight forward.

Scoby

[Jay Cunningham]

I like this. I need improvement on defensive handgun and 200 rounds a month is about all I can stand as well.

Got a question though. What does the 62 round "Press Six" consist of? Everything else is pretty straight forward.

Scoby

Click on it and find out...

[Scoby]

Sorry didn't realize it was a link.
Thanks

Scoby

[Oscar 319]

Damn The_Katar, it is almost as if you were waiting for someone to ask this exact question.

This is great menu for anyones trip to the range. For me, it beats the hell out of showing up then pondering what drill to shoot, for how long and what to do next.

Great info!

[rob_s]

Competition.

[Irish]

Nice work up! I think this'll be my new range session this coming weekend.

[subzero]

Just thinking about it a bit...

Nice drill setup Jay.

I'm not usually allowed to practice from the draw, so I have to practice drawing and pressing out at home. It's a real disconnect for me and probably one of the biggest reasons I've plateaued as a pistol shooter.

My range practice time consists of 2 magazines worth of bullseye, one mag of SHO, one mag of WHO, 2 mags worth of shot-reload-shot and a couple iterations of the FAST, albeit from the ready instead of from the draw.

I'd love to be able to do stuff incorporating the draw and movement but that's a no-go. The best I can get in that dept is heading out to Blackwater for a USPSA match.

[YVK]

I think it really depends how strong a shooter you are, more specifically, to what level your shooting degrades after one month break.
In my case, one month layoff would mean back to basics such as pressouts, ball and dummy, slow fire at 25, some reloads and maybe FAST or two, and then work directed on aspects I suck more at on that given day.