(mid-tempo instrumental music)
- Today I wanna talk to you about a drill
that I call the 12-Dot drill.
It seems kinda simple,
but it involves a lot of different things.
It involves gear manipulation,
weapon manipulation skills,
and, of course, the fundamentals of marksmanship.
As we work through this drill there's a lot
of different things we're focusing on.
Today I'm working from a cover garment
with a concealment holster.
So, I'm gonna be working with clearing
this cover garment, manipulating that holster,
the pistol, and placing shots on that target down range.
I'm gonna show you how this works
and then I'm gonna show you how
it translates to distance shooting.
So, I'm gonna be using a pack timer for this drill
and that's gonna give me a start time
and it's gonna let me know how long
it takes to make my shots.
Every time I'm gonna draw and fire two shots.
So, I'm gonna load and make ready here.
(mid-tempo instrumental music)
When I work my way back to the holster
I wanna make sure that since I'm using
an in the pants holster that my finger
stays outside of the trigger guard
and I don't get any of my shirt caught in there.
So, here we go.
I'm gonna draw and fire two.
(beep)
(gunshots)
(deep breath) Breathe and back to the holster.
I'm gonna repeat this drill throughout that entire sheet.
And what it's gonna show me is,
it's gonna show me the errors or any fundamental
mistakes that I might be making
because we'll be able to see each individual shot.
(beep)
(gunshots)
(gunshot)
Every time I do this,
I'm looking to get my speed just
a little faster and a little faster.
Economy of motion.
(beep)
Clear my garment,
draw the pistol (gunshots)
and fire my two shots.
(deep breath)
(beep)
(gunshots)
(beep)
(gunshots)
Alright, that worked out pretty good.
Now I'm gonna take it back and I'm gonna
show you how this translates to steel
plates at a distance or even a possible
threat target at a distance.
Okay, so we're back now at about 33 feet
which is well outside of the average gun fight distance,
but well acceptable in a competition circumstance
where you might be shooting steel,
where the minimum distances are 30 feet for steel.
My times were right around three seconds.
So, my times really shouldn't change
'cause my sight alignment, my sight picture
are gonna be exactly the same.
'Cause look at the size of that circle now
compared to those circles on that sheet target.
So, let's see how this translates to distance.
Okay, so I'll set the timer.
There really shouldn't be any change
in performance here or hits.
(beep)
(gunshots)
Two hits, 3.13.
Back to the holster.
Cover it up, let's do it again.
(beep)
(gunshots)
Two good hits, 3.09.
So, what I've worked on here
is my mechanics up close.
If I can shoot that small dot and I can
make good solid hits on that
when I increase the distance and increase
the size of the target nothing should really change.
So, this is a great way to practice
next time you're at the range.