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halodog
12-17-2012, 08:31 PM
I seldom shoot indoors anymore unless the weather is bad for a couple of weeks in a row. I prefer to be outside where I can practice drawing, reloading and concealment. My question is (for Todd and all) what are some good indoor drills?

Kyle Reese
12-17-2012, 08:34 PM
Not speaking for Todd, but you're welcome to try the Drill-of-the-Week (http://pistol-forum.com/forumdisplay.php?47-Drill-of-the-Week).

CCT125US
12-17-2012, 09:50 PM
The http://pistol-training.com/drills/99-drill is great for multiple reps to work on skill building.

The http://pistol-forum.com/showthread.php?4855-Week-37-The-iHack does a good job of making me hate 2 inch circles.

rudy99
12-18-2012, 11:00 AM
Hopefully I'm not high jacking this thread, but if your indoor ranges are like the ones in DFW, then you may have the following rules:


No drawing from a holster
No more than 10 rounds in a magazine
No more than 1 shot fired per second



Given these limitations, how would your responses change?

gringop
12-18-2012, 12:01 PM
Hopefully I'm not high jacking this thread, but if your indoor ranges are like the ones in DFW, then you may have the following rules:


No drawing from a holster
Start holster drills from the #2 position (essentially the last half of the draw)

No more than 10 rounds in a magazine
Not really a problem

No more than 1 shot fired per second
Increase the distance to where it takes a second to get a good shot off.



Given these limitations, how would your responses change?

Training under those limitations sucks, I was in that position for years. I did a lot of dry practice at home and shot IDPA as much as possible to get live practice.

Gringop

Gorris
12-19-2012, 02:41 PM
The only ranges that are open during the winter are indoor. Most of them have regulations like those and it really sucks so I just dry fire at home also. At least your wait time between shots is 1 second and not 3 like mine. When shooting a gun 3 seconds feels like forever.

JV_
12-19-2012, 02:46 PM
At least your wait time between shots is 1 second and not 3 like mine. When shooting a gun 3 seconds feels like forever.If there's no other alternative, work on your accuracy and start shooting bullseye. I'd start with the 300: http://pistol-forum.com/showthread.php?2454-DotW-11-Bullseye-Three-Way

JV_
12-19-2012, 02:53 PM
No more than 10 rounds in a magazine

Work on your reloads.

mxrider
12-23-2012, 11:14 AM
If there's no other alternative, work on your accuracy and start shooting bullseye. I'd start with the 300: http://pistol-forum.com/showthread.php?2454-DotW-11-Bullseye-Three-Way

Great suggestion! Without the ability to draw at my range, this is the type of drill that will suit me well.

GoldenBear
01-06-2013, 05:36 PM
Work your weaknesses; do it by pieces if you need to.

Dot Torture is a good starting point (and is a great assessment tool as well). And PF.com has other dot or circle targets to practice specific things (one hand only, mirror image, transitions, etc).

Andy Kemp's "Drills for the Public Range (http://midwesttraininggroup.net/?page_id=227)" also has some good ideas for working around indoor range limitations.

Badfish25
02-17-2013, 09:53 AM
Hopefully I'm not high jacking this thread, but if your indoor ranges are like the ones in DFW, then you may have the following rules:


No drawing from a holster
No more than 10 rounds in a magazine
No more than 1 shot fired per second



Given these limitations, how would your responses change?

You can also work on strong hand only, and support hand only shooting, by the time you fight through the recoil it should be close to 1 second. I have shot in similar ranges, and once I became a regular those rules went away.