backtrail540
12-14-2020, 09:05 AM
I recently came up with a drill to work on pure marksmanship that is tiered and could essentially have no performance ceiling as long as you have the skill to perform. I combined a few drills I previously used. It is slowfire and gun neutral (5 round strings) so you can run it with anything from a j frame to an open gun.
Target - b8 x-ring.
Starting distance - 5 yards (though you could start anywhere you want)
Start position - ready
Course of fire - simply fire 5 rounds freestyle at the b8 x-ring. If all five rounds are hits to the x-ring, then fire 5 rounds strong hand only. If all 5 rounds hit the x-ring, then fire 5 rounds weak hand only. If you successfully get all 15 hits then your score is 5 yards. Then move back. I will probably use 5 yard increments but you can use whatever increments you feel comfortable with as 5 is a pretty large jump in difficulty. It is a combination of my stoplight drill and classic walkbacks, that has near limitless tiers for performance tracking. Work on fs hits at 5 until you clean it then once you can do that regularly you can move to sho then who. Adding yardage is only limited by your range and skillset. It can work indoor or outside as it is ran from the ready. Since it is slowfire it is caliber neutral as well as capacity neutral being only 5 rounds per string. As a cold or final drill it doesn't take up much of your ammunition for these current low round count sessions that many are finding themselves in.
There are lots of marksmanship drills out there. This one may be appealing to those who find 25 yard b8's daunting since it is easily scalable to skillset. If you decide to try it then let me know your thoughts and share results here if inclined, as I always enjoy the feedback.
Target - b8 x-ring.
Starting distance - 5 yards (though you could start anywhere you want)
Start position - ready
Course of fire - simply fire 5 rounds freestyle at the b8 x-ring. If all five rounds are hits to the x-ring, then fire 5 rounds strong hand only. If all 5 rounds hit the x-ring, then fire 5 rounds weak hand only. If you successfully get all 15 hits then your score is 5 yards. Then move back. I will probably use 5 yard increments but you can use whatever increments you feel comfortable with as 5 is a pretty large jump in difficulty. It is a combination of my stoplight drill and classic walkbacks, that has near limitless tiers for performance tracking. Work on fs hits at 5 until you clean it then once you can do that regularly you can move to sho then who. Adding yardage is only limited by your range and skillset. It can work indoor or outside as it is ran from the ready. Since it is slowfire it is caliber neutral as well as capacity neutral being only 5 rounds per string. As a cold or final drill it doesn't take up much of your ammunition for these current low round count sessions that many are finding themselves in.
There are lots of marksmanship drills out there. This one may be appealing to those who find 25 yard b8's daunting since it is easily scalable to skillset. If you decide to try it then let me know your thoughts and share results here if inclined, as I always enjoy the feedback.