What are your favorite drills to do with your carry gun?

[PanhandleGlocker]

let’s say at the range or at home dry fire practice?

What do y’all do to get proficient?

I’ve seen the Dot Torture target. What else is there?

 

[trbii]

Drawstroke and dry fire at home, at light switches or small taped up targets. Weak hand included. Try to clear plate racks, six plates with six shots at the range, live fire. Include emergency reloads.

 

[Glock 'em down]

I try to do night fire every few months. I also do malfunction drills as well as loading and reloading from the holster with one hand. Living in the country and having my own personal range helps.

 

[KurtM]

Gun Site school drill and standard controllability test.

 

[GnometownHero]

Weak hand draw, shoot and mag change one handed.

 

[Gunbuffer]

I like doin the ol Jonny Ringo after about 8 beers

 

[KurtM]

Train like you fight!

 

[ShaneP]

I like doin the ol Jonny Ringo after about 8 beers

In vino veritas!

 

[Glocktogo]

I always start and end with 10 yards slow fire at the furthest distance possible. Head box at 25 yards or less, torso out to 50.

Once ammo got expensive, one drill I do is load the gun and two spare mags with three rounds each. Set up three targets with at least three yards between each one, about 7 yards out. On the signal, draw, fire one round each torso, reload, one more round each torso, reload and one round each head box. When you can reliably go down zero points, increase the distance to 10 yards, then 15, etc.

That gives you a draw, six target transitions and two slide lock reloads with just nine rounds fired. Pretty economical drill for live fire.

 

[forindooruseonly]

I'm starting a new drill; I'm calling it the Dicken Drill in honor of the guy who nailed the scum in the mall.

2/3rds IPSC target or A-zone at 40 yards, draw and fire 10 shots in 15 seconds from concealment, 5 hits to pass.

I don't know how many hits Dicken managed when he shot the bastard, but I figure 5 hits is a good baseline anyway.

ETA: Just informed that he scored 8 hits, so 8 to pass. I think a lot of people would have a hard time with this one - it's asking a lot.

Also, it should be practiced cold. No warm up.