The "50"

[GJM]

One of my friends, LE and USPSA shooter in the Phoenix area, came up with a drill that he is calling "the 100." It is 100 shots to the lower A zone of a USPSA target, freestyle at 25 yards. Bunch of friends are shooting it.

I decided to do a version that is half the rounds with a tighter accuracy standard, the B8 freestyle at 25 yards with 50 rounds. With little imagination, I am calling it "the 50." Good test of you, the gun's accuracy, the ammo's accuracy and your discipline. Here was my first attempt, 47/50. Glock 47, Trijicon RMR HD and Lawman 124.



Closer view:

[cornstalker]

I like it.

So disregard the scoring rings and count what is in the black as hits, those out of the black as misses?
Seems reasonable for the distance.

Can't wait for the mud to dry up so I can shoot 25 yards again.

Edit:
Nice shooting, by the way.

[1911Nut]

One of my friends, LE and USPSA shooter in the Phoenix area, came up with a drill that he is calling "the 100." It is 100 shots to the lower A zone of a USPSA target, freestyle at 25 yards. Bunch of friends are shooting it.

I decided to do a version that is half the rounds with a tighter accuracy standard, the B8 freestyle at 25 yards with 50 rounds. With little imagination, I am calling it "the 50." Good test of you, the gun's accuracy, the ammo's accuracy and your discipline. Here was my first attempt, 47/50. Glock 47, Trijicon RMR HD and Lawman 124.



Closer view:

No time limit?

[MVS]

I would have to have a bunch more spare ammo than I have to do something that doesn't help me with anything I need help with. I don't at all see how this is helpful with action pistol and you don't need that many rounds to test your pistol or ammo accuracy.

[GJM]

I like it.

So disregard the scoring rings and count what is in the black as hits, those out of the black as misses?
Seems reasonable for the distance.

Can't wait for the mud to dry up so I can shoot 25 yards again.

Edit:
Nice shooting, by the way.

Yep, anything in the black is 1, and anything out is 0.

[GJM]

I would have to have a bunch more spare ammo than I have to do something that doesn't help me with anything I need help with. I don't at all see how this is helpful with action pistol and you don't need that many rounds to test your pistol or ammo accuracy.

I was skeptical of the “100 drill” when I first heard of it, but after trying the “50,” I like it. The way I did it was to shoot 10 shots, go do some other drills, shoot 10 more, go do other drills, and eventually shoot all 50 during my practice session. The first ten shots into the B8 was pretty easy, but keeping that focus through all five strings was surprisingly hard for me. It felt like trying to keep my focus during an all day match, and making hard shots when fatigued.

Rob Leatham says USPSA is fundamentally a shooting game — grip, stance and trigger control. The rest of the stuff like movement and stage planning is stuff you wrap around your fundamentals. Particularly shooting a Glock, I am doing a deep dive into improving my trigger control.

[WDR]

I would have to have a bunch more spare ammo than I have to do something that doesn't help me with anything I need help with. I don't at all see how this is helpful with action pistol and you don't need that many rounds to test your pistol or ammo accuracy.

I think this is more a proof of accuracy consistency... for the shooter, not the gun. I'd guess GJM is pretty consistent.

I may try this next week.

[1slow]

One range afternoon, I remember shooting 54 consecutive separate 5 shot groups on 6”x6” head plates at 25 yards.
I was totally mentally exhausted.

The 50 is definitely a test of shooter consistency and discipline.

[ViniVidivici]

Indeed, this absolutely has value...not about accuracy/precision, but REPEATABLE, CONSISTENT execution of the fundamentals.

I've done things like this, and it IS always more taxing than you realize.

I would do it & post, but am not doing any high round count drills like this for the foreseeable future.

Excellent test.

[Shotgun]

This sounds almost like Skeet shooting in the pistol world. It's fairly easy to hit most of the time, but it is a test of mental focus and consistency to hit 100% of the time.