Shooting buddy and I ran this drill today on the clock and found the results interesting. He said no one is going to want to hear the results, but I’m posting it anyways in case some want to try it themselves and see if their conclusions are the same.
The drill was our attempt to see how much exposure time “posting up” would give us verses slow movement while maintaining A-zone (8" IDPA) hits on 3 targets when the option to get to cover was not available.
I know many here feel you should move for the sake of movement alone, but at these distances I was left asking myself, why?
It left me feeling that the investment/return ratio on shooting on the move (outside of room clearing) is heavy on investment and light on return as far as reducing exposure, creating a harder target for BGs to hit and maintaining A-zone hits.
These are pretty close ranges, but not room clearing ranges which we also did in the shoot house with a lot more success and speed due to the farthest range being < 7 yards.
Take a look at the drill and try it if you are inclined. Would like to know your results.
http://oregonshooter.com/share/move_and_shoot_or_shoot_carbine_Page_1.pdf
I didn’t get time to make all “clean” runs on it as the drill specifies, but my results were as follows.
String #1 = ~3.5sec with most hits in the C-zone and one A-zone
String #2 = ~3.1sec with solid A-zone hits and one in the C-zone
I was moving as fast as I could get hits and just reached Box-C when I finished T3 on the move.
To me the results mean I gained 10 yards of “groucho walk” speed movement while dropping most hits from A-zones to C-zones in the approximately the same time frame.
Hitting a “groucho walking” target while posted up is not hard. Do I want to give up accuracy and prolong exposure for this amount of movement when no cover is available?