Here is an easy range drill you can set up with your friends. You can also modify this drill for rifles or shotguns.
Elements
- Practice all elements of safe gun handling.
- Wear Your Full Concealed Carry Clothing Set
- Leather gun belt
- Kydex IWB concealment holster
- Double magazine pouch
- Concealment garment
- No fisherman’s vest or photographer’s vests!
- These are often jokingly called “Shoot me first!” vests.
- No jackets in the middle of a Northern Virginia summer!
- No fisherman’s vest or photographer’s vests!
- Set the target carrier to a distance of 21 feet or less
- Print out 3-4 sheets with large numbers printed on them (you can also large colored circles or squares)
- Set the target carrier to rotate to face you at time intervals
- The time to rotate can vary and the time the target faces you can vary
- Set this to repeat three times
- Print out 3-4 sheets with large numbers printed on them (you can also large colored circles or squares)
- Load your three magazines (one in the pistol, two in the magazine pouches) with about 3-5 rounds each
- You can do this with more ammo than that as well.
Running the Drill
- Time Delay
- Target Presents
- Shooter fires 3-5 shots to slide lock
- Shooter immediately reloads
- Shooter looks to his rear left and rear right.
- Partners will hold up random numbers (or colors) that the shooter will call out when he sees them as he checks behind him.
- Repeat 3 times for each magazine.
Conclusion
Little things like this can go a long way towards making your range sessions more fun and enriching.
Related articles
- Madigan files for concealed carry mandate extension (cinewsnow.com)
- The Rough Parts of Going while Carrying (guns.com)
- McCarthy Criticizes Training Requirement In Concealed Carry Measure (chicago.cbslocal.com)
- Legal Concealed Carry (wscbs.wordpress.com)
- Even if it becomes law, Illinois concealed-carry won’t apply to Missourians (stltoday.com)
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