Shooting Drills Library

Two rounds to the body, one to the head, from 7 yards. The defensive standard for a failure-to-stop response and the body-to-head transition.

Six rounds from the holster into the A-zone at 7 yards. The standard benchmark for grip, recoil control, and sight tracking at speed.

Jeff Cooper's twelve-round benchmark: turn, draw, two rounds on each of three targets at 10 yards, reload, then two more each. The classic test of draw, transitions, and a reload under time.

Fifty rounds on ten 2-inch dots at 3 yards. The definitive pistol accuracy standard: no timer, no partial credit, one miss and the run fails.

Todd Green's six-round test: two to a 3x5 head card, slide-lock reload, four to an 8-inch circle at 7 yards. A time-plus-penalty benchmark for the whole draw-to-reload chain.

Ten rounds into a B-8 repair center at 10 yards in 10 seconds from the ready. The classic accountability check on pistol marksmanship under a mild clock.

Five rounds into a 5-inch circle at 5 yards in 5 seconds from the ready. Gila Hayes' baseline competency check for defensive pistol fundamentals.

Tom Givens' cognitive test: 21 rounds, 21 seconds, six numbered shapes shot one through six with two reloads forced mid-sequence. Counting and shooting under pressure at the same time.

Three targets at 5 yards fired one, two, three, four, five for 15 rounds. Kyle Lamb's VTAC rifle standard for transitions, recoil control, and accountable hits under a five-second par.

Two targets, six rounds: two to each chest, then a headshot on each, at 7 yards. A failure-to-stop pattern extended across two threats for transitions and precise hits.

Three targets, 2-2-2 cadence, shrinking par times. Builds aggressive vision and throttle control on target transitions.

Mount the carbine from low ready and break one accountable hit inside a 1-second par. The fastest way to build presentation speed.

Dry fire with the muzzle an inch from a blank wall so the sights are your only reference. The purest test of trigger control: press without the front sight moving.