Week 259: F-PAR High% Draw

Week 259: F-PAR High% Draw

Results may be posted until April 9th, 2018.

Designed by: Todd Louis Green
Range: 7 yards
Target: 8" circle, IPSC A-zone, or 8.5x11 sheet of paper
Start Position: Holstered
Rounds Fired: 20

You will need a shot timer for this drill and you will need to know how to operate the PAR function. This week's drill will push your draw speed using a Floating PAR.

Begin with a PAR time that you can confidently hit the target from the holster. Draw and fire one round at the target. If you score a hit, reduce the PAR time by 0.1 seconds. If you are not successful, increase the PAR by 0.1 seconds. Do not make incremental changes greater than 0.1 seconds even if your times are much farther from the PAR.

Draw and fire again with the new PAR. Repeat the process (subtracting 0.1 seconds for each hit or adding 0.1 seconds for each miss) until you've fired a total of 20 rounds.

Please report the following when you post your results in this thread:

Target used
Start position (open holster, concealed, retention holster)
Starting PAR
Lowest PAR with a hit
Final PAR (20th draw)
Anything you noticed

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.

Thank You to Mr. White for the DOTW!

First range session of the year, shot this on Saturday.

His:

Target used: 8” down zero on an IDPA Target @ 7yds.
Start position: Open top Holster, hands at side, 4.25” 9mm M&P.
Starting PAR: 1.5
Lowest PAR with a hit: .9
Final PAR (20th draw): 1.0 (Hit in .91)

Hers:

Same target/distance/holster/gun.
Starting PAR: 1.8
Lowest PAR with a hit: 1.3
Final PAR (20th draw): 1.3 (Hit in 1.22)


Interesting that we both shaved about the same amount off our respective times. I got my fastest draw to hit (8” @ 7yds) to date in .86.

Target use: USPSA A zone
Start position: AIWB under polo
Starting PAR: 1.2
Lowest PAR with a hit: 1.0
Final PAR (20th draw): 1.1
Anything you noticed: Pushing the speed on this I definitely had a tendency to be breaking the shot before I had really good visual confirmation and was relying more on my index which isn't terribly ideal.

M&P 2.0 compact from a dark star gear aiwb concealed under a fleece
8" circle
starting par - 2.00


Time/par
1. 1.94/2.00
2. 1.82/1.9
3. 1.66/1.8
4. 1.77/1.7
5. 1.7/1.8
6. 1.78/1.7
7. 1.79/1.8(miss)
8. 1.63/1.9
9. 1.74/1.8
10. 1.61/1.7
11. 1.57//1.6
12. 1.48/1.5
13. 1.42/1.4
14. 1.57/1.5
15. 1.49/1.6
16. 1.46/1.5
17. 1.37/1.4
18. 1.38/1.3
19. 1.41/1.4
20. 1.34/1.5

I had a fairly conservative starting par of 2 seconds. Being the beginning of the year and a new gun I decided to play it safe. We ran this cold and as I progressed I started pushing speed a bit more ending with a final par a half second less than I started and cutting a bit more on actual draw time. I'll take that. I only missed 1 shot on the 8" but had several where I didn't make par. Initially I was getting perfect alignment and was slower. As I progressed I was focusing on trigger control a bit more than sight picture and making sure that I exploded at the start of the beep. I had a weird tunnel vision thing happen halfway through but it went away and went back to normal after a few runs. I like these old TLG drills.