FAST Drill with a revolver?

[Sherman A. House DDS]

Anybody done it? I'm thinking J-frame...not some ESR race gun that isn't a carry piece. I feel an experiment in the works!

[JV_]

I thought someone was going to run it with a new Chiappa revolver?

[Sherman A. House DDS]

I'll give it a go with a J-frame and my K-frame SSR (m64) and see how it works. I'm thinking of doing it with both SLOW strips and with speedloaders (in different runs). I'll probably video it too.

[Jay Cunningham]

Taurus Judge with buckshot.

[ToddG]

I think joshs did it in a class once but I cannot remember the result. And I'm sure caleb has done it a number of times.

SLG and I put together a little rough draft of a shooting game once and it used the FAST as the classifier. You would shoot it three times in a row and your aggregate score determined your classification. For "Master" class you had to be under 15.00 seconds with a semiauto, or 18.00 seconds with a revolver.

[DonovanM]

I think joshs did it in a class once but I cannot remember the result. And I'm sure caleb has done it a number of times.

SLG and I put together a little rough draft of a shooting game once and it used the FAST as the classifier. You would shoot it three times in a row and your aggregate score determined your classification. For "Master" class you had to be under 15.00 seconds with a semiauto, or 18.00 seconds with a revolver.

What, no 12 second GM class?

[MechEng]

Someone contact Jerry Miculek. I’m sure he can show us how it’s done.

[orionz06]

Taurus Judge with buckshot.

Using the Winchester PDX you would only need 1 headshot.

[jetfire]

I ran FAST repeatedly using a 686SSR out of a OWB holster with Comp-III speedloaders. On a good day, I could get into the mid 5 second range using this set-up from concealment, however average times were around 6+ seconds. The issue that you run into with a revolver is that your reload takes FOREVER. I was talking to one of the better SSR shooters in the country, and we worked out that a blazing fast SSR reload is around 2.5 seconds. That's a perfect reload, which you're not going to get every time. More likely you'll be around 3 or 4 seconds, which means any hope of a coin is lost and just getting a pin is going to be very hard work.

That being said, it's actually a really good revolver drill. Since reloading is key to winning in IDPA or USPSA with a revo, the FAST is an excellent gauge of your ability to perform IDPA critical skills on the clock.

[Slavex]

Pin? what's this Pin you speak of? Is this what Todd was going to mail me???