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Mr_White
10-16-2015, 11:56 AM
Week 134: Misdirection Draws Dry

Results may be posted until November 16th, 2015.

This is going be a dry practice drill that almost everyone can participate in regardless of range restrictions. You will need your pistol, holster, concealment, a wallet or similar object, target, and a safe direction.

At bare minimum, verify gun is unloaded, have no live ammo anywhere in the dry practice area, and keep muzzle in a safe direction. But there is more you can do to ensure safety in dry practice. Please also read Robust Dry Practice Safety Principles and Procedure following the drill description.

Designed by Gabe White
Target: Any silhouette target
Range: Shooter's choice
Rounds: 0

We are going to practice creating opportunity when facing a time deficit, then rapidly transitioning into moving, drawing, and shooting.

Complete as many cycles of the following drill as you want, until you get physically or mentally tired of it. It is fine to break the drill up over multiple sessions. Instead of doing a certain number of repetitions, just keep track of how much time you spend doing the drill.

One cycle of the drill is:

A. Start with your hands either hanging naturally at sides or in a surrender-type position. Simultaneously take one or two lateral steps and draw. Press a dry shot to either the COM or CNS of your dry fire target. No misdirection, just explosively move-draw-shoot.

B. Start with your hands in a surrender-type position. Beg and plead for your life. After a few seconds of pleading, and at a moment of your choice, explosively take one or two lateral steps and draw. Press a dry shot to either the COM or CNS of your dry fire target.

C. Start with your hands in a surrender-type position. Feign compliance by slowly reaching for your wallet (or other object you have put where you keep your wallet, if you want to use something else.) Once the wallet is in your hand and you have your hand in front of you, simultaneously throw the wallet at the target's face while taking one or two lateral steps and draw. Press a dry shot to either the COM or CNS of your dry fire target. When you throw the wallet, don't telegraph it by winding up or cocking your hand back. Throw it non-telegraphically, a lot like throwing a shot put.

D. Think of a phrase that might cause mental friction in the adversary. This can be a question, it can be something that doesn't make sense - anything to grab part of their mind for a moment. Questions and statements that are plausibly specific to the adversary can work well. A few examples: "I have $2000 in my pocket, is that enough?" "Do you want my car keys too?" "Hey I was at the game with your brother!" "How many times does the shoulder thing go up?" Once you have decided what you are going to say (canned phrases need to be figured out and practiced ahead of time, and improvisation must be practiced in FOF/scenarios with real people), start with your hands either hanging naturally at sides or in a surrender-type position, and make your statement or ask your question. Give just a very brief moment for their mind to start attaching to your words. Explosively step to the side, draw, and press a dry shot to either the COM or CNS of your dry fire target.

E. Start with your hands in a surrender-type position and acting nervous. Feign compliance by reaching for your wallet (or other object you have put where you keep your wallet, if you want to use something else.) Once the wallet is in your hand and you have your hand in front of you, fumble (drop) the wallet onto the ground, and immediately take one or two lateral steps and draw. Press a dry shot to either the COM or CNS of your dry fire target.

F. Start with your hands either hanging naturally at sides or in a surrender-type position. Look past the threat target as if there were someone behind them. Say something to that invisible person. A few examples: "Not now!" "No, don't do it!" "Officer, no!" You might also have wide eyes or shake your head. Convey that you are alarmed about something that is behind the adversary. Give just a very brief moment for their mind to begin attaching to your words or for them to look away from you. Explosively move, draw, and press a dry shot to either the COM or CNS of your dry fire target.

G. Start with an object in one of your hands (practice with both strong and support hands.) Your hands can be hanging at sides (as if car keys), in front of your torso (as if holding a drink), or at some surface (wall, table, wherever - as if manipulating some object.) Simultaneously throw the object at the target's face while taking one or two lateral steps and draw. Press a dry shot to either the COM or CNS of your dry fire target. When you throw the object, don't telegraph it by winding up or cocking your hand back. Throw it non-telegraphically from wherever your hand happens to be.


Considerations:

Be careful with the verbalization if you are practicing in a place where there may be people unaware of what you are doing who might hear the verbalization and call 911 or otherwise intervene. You can probably mitigate this simply by verbalizing fairly quietly, which goes along with the verbalization in this drill.

Two of the most important elements of this drill:

Misdirect/distract first, then move and engage. Make sure you do one, then the other, and not both at the same time.

Reduce the time and friction you have when transitioning from talking or whatever misdirection/distraction you were doing, into explosive action.


Please report: gun, holster, and concealment garment used, amount of time you devoted to the drill, and anything you noticed during the drill.


Training with firearms is an inherently dangerous activity. Be sure to follow all safety protocols when using firearms or practicing these drills. These drills are provided for information purposes only. Use at your own risk.


Robust Dry Practice Safety Principles and Procedure (the closer you follow this, the fewer opportunities you will have to ND)


Principles:

Allow no distractions – focus exclusively on the task at hand

Keep muzzle in a safe direction

Use correct trigger finger discipline

Verify no live ammo in gun, on person, or in the dry practice area

Use dedicated dry practice targets that are put away until you consciously choose to begin dry practice, and taken down when you consciously end dry practice

Use dedicated dry practice magazines and dummy rounds/inert training cartridges that stay in the dry practice area (if you use any magazine or cartridges)


Procedure:

Unload gun in a location other than the dry practice area

Leave live ammo, and magazines with live ammo, completely outside the dry practice area

Enter the dry practice area

Verify gun is unloaded, that any magazines do not contain live ammo, and that any cartridges present are inert/dummy cartridges

Consciously choose to begin dry practice

Put up dry practice targets

Do your dry practice

Take down dry practice targets and put them away

Consciously choose to end dry practice

Exit the dry practice area and do something unrelated for a few minutes

Return gun to location and condition of your choosing

cclaxton
10-16-2015, 01:14 PM
Week 134: Misdirection Draws Dry

Results may be posted until November 16th, 2015.

This is going be a dry practice drill that almost everyone can participate in regardless of range restrictions. You will need your pistol, holster, concealment, a wallet or similar object, target, and a safe direction.

At bare minimum, verify gun is unloaded, have no live ammo anywhere in the dry practice area, and keep muzzle in a safe direction. But there is more you can do to ensure safety in dry practice. Please also read Robust Dry Practice Safety Principles and Procedure following the drill description.

Designed by Gabe White
Target: Any silhouette target
Range: Shooter's choice
Rounds: 0

We are going to practice creating opportunity when facing a time deficit, then rapidly transitioning into moving, drawing, and shooting.

Complete as many cycles of the following drill as you want, until you get physically or mentally tired of it. It is fine to break the drill up over multiple sessions. Instead of doing a certain number of repetitions, just keep track of how much time you spend doing the drill.

One cycle of the drill is:

A. Start with your hands either hanging naturally at sides or in a surrender-type position. Simultaneously take one or two lateral steps and draw. Press a dry shot to either the COM or CNS of your dry fire target. No misdirection, just explosively move-draw-shoot.

B. Start with your hands in a surrender-type position. Beg and plead for your life. After a few seconds of pleading, and at a moment of your choice, explosively take one or two lateral steps and draw. Press a dry shot to either the COM or CNS of your dry fire target.

C. Start with your hands in a surrender-type position. Feign compliance by slowly reaching for your wallet (or other object you have put where you keep your wallet, if you want to use something else.) Once the wallet is in your hand and you have your hand in front of you, simultaneously throw the wallet at the target's face while taking one or two lateral steps and draw. Press a dry shot to either the COM or CNS of your dry fire target. When you throw the wallet, don't telegraph it by winding up or cocking your hand back. Throw it non-telegraphically, a lot like throwing a shot put.

D. Think of a phrase that might cause mental friction in the adversary. This can be a question, it can be something that doesn't make sense - anything to grab part of their mind for a moment. Questions and statements that are plausibly specific to the adversary can work well. A few examples: "I have $2000 in my pocket, is that enough?" "Do you want my car keys too?" "Hey I was at the game with your brother!" "How many times does the shoulder thing go up?" Once you have decided what you are going to say (canned phrases need to be figured out and practiced ahead of time, and improvisation must be practiced in FOF/scenarios with real people), start with your hands either hanging naturally at sides or in a surrender-type position, and make your statement or ask your question. Give just a very brief moment for their mind to start attaching to your words. Explosively step to the side, draw, and press a dry shot to either the COM or CNS of your dry fire target.

E. Start with your hands in a surrender-type position and acting nervous. Feign compliance by reaching for your wallet (or other object you have put where you keep your wallet, if you want to use something else.) Once the wallet is in your hand and you have your hand in front of you, fumble (drop) the wallet onto the ground, and immediately take one or two lateral steps and draw. Press a dry shot to either the COM or CNS of your dry fire target.

F. Start with your hands either hanging naturally at sides or in a surrender-type position. Look past the threat target as if there were someone behind them. Say something to that invisible person. A few examples: "Not now!" "No, don't do it!" "Officer, no!" You might also have wide eyes or shake your head. Convey that you are alarmed about something that is behind the adversary. Give just a very brief moment for their mind to begin attaching to your words or for them to look away from you. Explosively move, draw, and press a dry shot to either the COM or CNS of your dry fire target.

G. Start with an object in one of your hands (practice with both strong and support hands.) Your hands can be hanging at sides (as if car keys), in front of your torso (as if holding a drink), or at some surface (wall, table, wherever - as if manipulating some object.) Simultaneously throw the object at the target's face while taking one or two lateral steps and draw. Press a dry shot to either the COM or CNS of your dry fire target. When you throw the object, don't telegraph it by winding up or cocking your hand back. Throw it non-telegraphically from wherever your hand happens to be.


Considerations:

Be careful with the verbalization if you are practicing in a place where there may be people unaware of what you are doing who might hear the verbalization and call 911 or otherwise intervene. You can probably mitigate this simply by verbalizing fairly quietly, which goes along with the verbalization in this drill.

Two of the most important elements of this drill:

Misdirect/distract first, then move and engage. Make sure you do one, then the other, and not both at the same time.

Reduce the time and friction you have when transitioning from talking or whatever misdirection/distraction you were doing, into explosive action.


Please report: gun, holster, and concealment garment used, amount of time you devoted to the drill, and anything you noticed during the drill.


Training with firearms is an inherently dangerous activity. Be sure to follow all safety protocols when using firearms or practicing these drills. These drills are provided for information purposes only. Use at your own risk.


Robust Dry Practice Safety Principles and Procedure (the closer you follow this, the fewer opportunities you will have to ND)


Principles:

Allow no distractions – focus exclusively on the task at hand

Keep muzzle in a safe direction

Use correct trigger finger discipline

Verify no live ammo in gun, on person, or in the dry practice area

Use dedicated dry practice targets that are put away until you consciously choose to begin dry practice, and taken down when you consciously end dry practice

Use dedicated dry practice magazines and dummy rounds/inert training cartridges that stay in the dry practice area (if you use any magazine or cartridges)


Procedure:

Unload gun in a location other than the dry practice area

Leave live ammo, and magazines with live ammo, completely outside the dry practice area

Enter the dry practice area

Verify gun is unloaded, that any magazines do not contain live ammo, and that any cartridges present are inert/dummy cartridges

Consciously choose to begin dry practice

Put up dry practice targets

Do your dry practice

Take down dry practice targets and put them away

Consciously choose to end dry practice

Exit the dry practice area and do something unrelated for a few minutes

Return gun to location and condition of your choosing
Fantastic...thanks for developing this.
Cody

Mr_White
10-16-2015, 01:24 PM
You're welcome! It's just a starting point of course, but I hope it's still useful to you and others.

Luke
10-16-2015, 08:28 PM
M&P9 w/ RMR
IWB worn at 3:30
Tshirt as concealment. This is what I carry and how I carry.
I used an old wallet.
I hung two uspsa targets up in the living room and practiced with 1 bad guy and two bad guys. I'm not gonna lie, I was a little disappointed when I saw a dry fire DOTW but after thinking about it and doin it, I like it. This is what I've always thought I would do in a situation like this but I've never practiced it. I think I like the throwing the wallet and drawing while moving the best. I could throw my wallet at the target and before it hit the ground I was pulling the trigger or about to pull the trigger. When simulating two bad guys I was doing two shots then on to the next target all while moving. Didn't think about it it just kinda happened that way. I found I preferred drawing and moving to my strong (right) side as I could can't my body to the right as I went for my wallet setting up the move and draw easier. I feel like pretending to go for my wallet and really drawing looks sketchy. I could see my reflection in 2 glass doors and it was pretty obvious I wasn't going for my wallet.

Thanks Mr. White!

scw2
10-20-2015, 09:10 PM
Unfortunately still getting my IWB holster squared away, so had to use my OWB holster at 3:00 with my CZ 75 SP-01. I used a tupperware lid as my proxy for items thrown and held in hand.

Observations:
1. One thing I noticed in watching my video is a habit to only fire one shot in dry fire. A SIRT pistol would be awesome to have if I had the funds :)
2. I felt equally comfortable moving either direction, but I was limited to 1 step due to space. Wonder if I'm not explosive enough (if I'm asking, the answer is probably no)
3. Need to find a place where I can comfortable verbalize louder. Didn't want to scare my roommates...
4. I sucked at faking a fumbled wallet. I think the answer for me will generally be to toss it either hard at the guy, or lightly as if I'm complying.
5. I need to practice visualizing more what's going on.
6. Watching my video, realized I should have practiced moving off the X again after I stopped shooting, going to a ready position, then scan and assess.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO_ggKhK3mE

Range1
10-29-2015, 07:44 PM
Equipment used - M&P FS from AIWB or strong side OWB using either a loose fitting pullover or an open front shirt, jacket or vest.

Have been doing this as part of my regular dry fire sessions for the past week. Usually I spent about 5 to 10 minutes each time on one or more of the parts. I have incorporated an AIWB carry with a pull over shirt as well as an OWB strong side carry with an open front vest. The AIWB is taking some getting used to, but it has become easier and more comfortable as I worked with it. Going to take a lot more work before I feel comfortable with it for public carry. The strong side carry was a little faster than the AIWB for now. Also learned my “explosive” movement off the X is more of a “smoldering” move. Anyway in a real situation I don’t think even the dumbest criminal would be distracted long enough for me to draw from concealment and get rounds on target before they could act or re-act. Definitely need to have a plan b, c, d etc., and be prepared to go hands-on to gain time. Reminded me of what we used to try and get through to our guys, distance is your friend. The more distance you can get between you and a threat the better. This drill really made me think, and that hurt.

scw2
11-03-2015, 09:48 AM
This drill really made me think, and that hurt.

Yeah, I've been meaning to run this again sometime. I think even thinking through where you're putting stuff like your cell phone and wallet matter, since you may need to reach for those in a robbery and may or may not want it near where you carry. Definitely would be faster to grab a wallet in your off hand, and as your toss it try to access the pistol with your strong hand.

xmanhockey7
11-03-2015, 07:23 PM
Gun: SIRT
Holster: JMCK The George
Concealment garment used: T-shirt
Amount of time you devoted to the drill: 12 minutes
Anything you noticed during the drill: I noticed that moving sometimes my draw wasn't very clean. I also noticed the laser on my SIRT pistol (shot laser) had a tendency to move. At first I thought it was me having some sort of weird flinch then I realized I was still moving a little from the lateral move. Made sure to move in each direction equally. Set up a paper plate about 5 yards away.

scw2
11-03-2015, 09:26 PM
Gun: CZ 75 SP-01
Holster: BT OWB
Concealment garment used: None
Amount of time: 6 minutes

Anything you noticed during the drill:
1. I made sure to put my wallet in my left pocket this time, and that helped everything move smoother. No fumbling around to get the wallet then get a grip on gun. This was the lesson learned from last time.
2. I was training at home in socks on hardwood. There were also rugs on said hardwood floor, and they didn't have good grip. Needless to say, hard to take off explosively, and equally hard to stop smoothly. I guess how this carries over to real life is to be aware of the footwear you have. Also, be aware of the ground and adjust accordingly if you have to make a quick move. Ideally if you have a choice, choose the firmer option as you're just walking around.
3. Trying to push speed, I started tossing my wallet and pressing out 1H at the same time. I realized that in the heat of a moment, it could easily cause a problem and shoot yourself, so better to make sure to quickly bring your offhand back to create a 2H grip. Plus, you can probably shoot faster and more accurately with a 2H grip. Make a conscious decision to try to go to 2H shooting if at all possible.