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Friday, August 21st, 2015
The pistol-training.com Q-PT target sold by National Target Company was obviously designed with Aim Fast Hit Fast and Aim Fast Hit Small classes in mind. My goal was to have a single target that could accommodate all the different drills that would be used in class.
The target has a number of different ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2014
What do you do when Bill Wilson tells you he's updated his legendary Bill Drill?
Tell everyone else, obviously: The Bill Drill 2.
(But Bill, it's 2014... you really should call it Bill Drill 2.0 8-) )
Train hard & stay safe! ToddG
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Thursday, September 20th, 2012
DocGKR has posted this week's Drill of the Week at pistol-forum.com: F-PAR High% Draw
Huh?
It's a "floating PAR" drill, meaning that each time you try it, you adjust your PAR time based on success or failure. Each attempt has a direct consequence on your next. If you shoot it in time, you lower the ...
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Monday, August 20th, 2012
The pistol-forum.com Drill of the Week takes a slightly different tack this week with Caleb "Gun Nuts" Gidding's 150rd IDPA Practice Session. Contrary to the title, it's an excellent overall program for a short training session: draws, reloads, low% targets, and high% targets with multiple reps of everything so it's ...
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2012
The latest Drill of the Week has been posted at pistol-forum.com. It's a repeat of the iHack ... the first Drill of the Week in 2012. The iHack is a modification of the Hackathorn 3-second Head Shot Standards which is more suitable for folks who are limited to working on a single ...
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Monday, July 16th, 2012
Just in time for "My 1911 Reloads Suck Out Loud" week, DocGKR has posted the 36th pistol-forum.com Drill of the Week: Surprise Reloads.
Give it a try and post your results at PF!
Train hard & stay safe! ToddG
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Wednesday, July 11th, 2012
I'm a little late here, but on Monday DocGKR posted the latest pistol-forum.com Drill of the Week: "3x5 in 5" which is a timed walkback drill on a simple 3x5 card. If you've been following along with the DotW you've noticed that this is the fifth drill in a row ...
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Monday, June 25th, 2012
The pistol-forum.com Drill of the Week (which has recently been more like the Drill of Some Weeks) gets renewed life with the help of DocGKR who posted Week 33: a 3x5 cold drill. Check it out and give it a try.
Train hard & stay safe! ToddG
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Monday, April 2nd, 2012
The pistol-forum.com Drill of the Week # 27 has been posted: AMRAP from the Draw. Check it out. Participate. Improve.
Train hard & stay safe! ToddG
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Monday, March 26th, 2012
Drill of the Week 26: AMRAP 3x5 from Ready has been posted at pistol-forum.com. It's the second in a series of AMRAP drills that we'll be doing over the next several weeks.
Typically, timed drills work one of two ways:
There is a PAR time, and you attempt to complete a given course of fire ...
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