To date I have only taken one training course which was a pistol course and whenever I go to the range I just practice what I was taught. It consists of drawing from concealment with proper sight picture and trigger control and firing 3-5 rounds then going to a high ready, assess, and then back to concealment. I also practice speed reloads and malfunctions, but I am curious what everyone else practices. Do you guys practice the drills posted here? What should I look for if practicing drills? as a civilian what should I look to achieve?
Being a civilian doesn’t mean what you hope to achieve has to be any different than what others would.
Consistent performance and hits on target.
I usually practice my draws from concealment, which I can do without firing, as well as reloads. I do presentation drills with my rifles, as well as getting behind my precision setup and practicing my breathing/trigger snap with some snap-caps. Also practice getting into difficult firing positions with all.
On the range, I like to induce failures and train with my gear full of mags that are loaded at random (3-7 rds), which keeps up the recognition of feeling an empty lock back vs misfire. By using low counts, I can do effective training without wasting a lot of money, and more of the things that I’ve seen people **** up in real life (speed reloads in contact…ouch). If possible I like to record the training, especially movement to contact and team drills. You can feel pretty good about your training until you watch it hours later…then you wish you could fix everything you did wrong.
And of course, daily training includes eating right and exercise. How so many people discuss the fine micro-details of gear and tacticool training, while themselves being physically unable to get to the fight, is completely beyond me.
Dry fire on a regular basis goes a long way to improving/maintaining skills. Practice both strong and and support hand only during dry and live fire training. 10-8 Performance has some good drills, including the 1+1which stresses the first shot and slide lock reload. There also some variations of a 10-shot qualification course that are becoming notible because of ammo shortages. Something like 3-5 shots from the 25 yard line using cover, then the rest in a couple of stages at the 7 stressing draws and failure to stop drills. Good old bullseye courses help accuracy. Firing law enforcement qualification courses provide a civilian shooter some variety. I sometimes prefer to shoot drills on dot targets at 5-7 yards, including a modified El Presidente, which is still a great drill. Overall, you’ll get different responses to your question. The thing to remember that the most important point is that what ever you do challenges and improves performance.
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Yeah training is necessary to achieve our goals. Because we all know that practice makes the man perfect. I do alot of hardwork.
I am active duty, but not in a combat arms position. I am also stationed in California, so CCW pretty much isn’t an option.
When I lived in Montana, my practice sessions mainly took the form of a local USPSA “league” comprised of other military members and LEO. We had a shooting coach who would help us with fundamentals for the first hour, and then drills for a bit. Once a month was a full up competition between all of us. I generally used a set up similar to what I plan to use when deployed, a VTAC belt with a mid-ride holster, a few magazine carriers, my Beretta, and an AR.
Since moving to CA, and dealing with ammo prices, my priorities have shifted more to fundamentals. My ARs have been neutered of their ability to rapidly drop magazines, so I don’t get to practice malfunctions and reloads very often. I find that I dry fire about five times for every actual shot taken. I will typically use 50 rounds per range session (about two hours). This session is mostly focused on positional shooting rather than “dynamic.” I do still practice pistol from a draw, and routinely practice reloads/malfunctions with pistol (though I’ve switched to my FNS-9 instead of the Beretta).
Depends on the range, what I am shooting, and time. Will practice everything from contact drills out to 100 meters standing shots given the chance and everything in between. Combat reloads, malf drills, weak hand, strong hand, tactical reloads, moving, ect, ect, ect. All depends on where I am shooting and what I can get away with. On a static range, mostly work on base accuracy, and fundamentals. When we have had open pits to work more, well then we start setting up all kinds of things. Have also set up multiple targets and numbered them and had someone behind calling out targets to engage. With rifle, again depends on the range and what we can get away with, usually start off with confirming zero, a few basic target drills, and then run drills from there.
With the winter we had up here I drug out old crappy mags and worked dry fire drills from the holster on targets taped to the wall in the basement. Kill lights and do low light drills, reloads, ect, ect. Nothing going on and you’ve already cleaned everything four times you’ll figure out things to do. I think I’ve reconfigured my chest rig three times too. God I can’t wait to get a battle belt and a new plate carrier so I have something new to play with!