Week 252: Surprise Reloads

[Mr_White]

Week 252: Surprise Reloads

Results may be posted until February 19th, 2018.

Designed by: DocGKR
Range: 7 yards
Target: 8" circle
Start position: Concealed
Rounds fired: 75

This week we'll work on determining how much time is added to our reload when we don't plan for it at a specific point during a string of fire.

First, establish a baseline. Draw and fire 1 round at the 8" circle, reload, and fire two more rounds at the 8" circle. Record the time for the reload (time between first and second shot). If you missed any of the three shots, repeat until you get a clean run.

Next, randomly load a total of 24 rounds into five magazines (or 23 if you've got a round in your chamber already). Make sure there are at least two rounds in each magazine.

Next, you'll work on the surprise reloads. On the buzzer you will draw and fire exactly three rounds. If at any point your gun runs dry, reload it and finish the three shots. If the pistol goes dry after the three rounds are fired, simply reload it and reholster without firing any additional shots. You should get eight reps of the 3-shot drill.

Load your 5 mags up again randomly with 24 rounds and repeat the eight 3-shot reps again. Then do it all over a third time. You should get a total of 24 3-shot draws. The number of times you'll reload "on the clock" will vary depending on how your magazines are loaded. But you should get somewhere in the vicinity of 10 "surprise" reloads.

Each time you reload within the 3-shot string (as opposed to after firing all three), record the time it took you to perform the reload. Find the average of time of those reloads.

Note: you can cheat by purposely setting up your magazines to go empty at known times... in which case you might as well not do the drill.

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

Start position (concealed, retention holster, open/range holster, ready position)
Time for the first "planned" reload
Average time for the "unplanned" reloads
Number of hits (out of 72) on the 8" circle
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.

[MVS]

From the holster, G19-5 w/RMR Dark Star Gear AIWB, heavy pullover concealment.
4.06 I had vapor lock when it came time to reload. This is my first time shooting the gen5 with the ambi controls and I sat there with an empty gun contemplating how I wanted to do the reload. (I am a Lefty)
3.33 average time. I decided to use my thumb to release the slide and the reloads got faster as I went along.
1 Mike
This turned out to be a good drill to run with a new gun and holster as it actually uses a good amount of skills.(Draw, reload, splits)