Drill of the Month - March 2020

[Fortitude Consulting]

The drill of the month for February is both non-timer friendly and scalable depending on your personal level of skill. The drill is Dot Torture, here is an explanation by the folks at Lucky Gunner:



Here is a link to the printable target:

http://pistol-training.com/drills/dot-torture

Best of luck with it! - Enjoy

 

[wvsig]

Dot torture is a good drill. Lots of skills involved. Beyond 5 yards is a lot harder than you think it will be.

 

[Fortitude Consulting]

February?

Well, apparently I failed at this drill before I even shot it. Lol

This is symptomatic of two things, 1) it’s apparently too early in the morning for me. 2) I haven’t yet shot the Feb drill, been busy as all heck. But, I plan on remedying that shortly.

Thanks for the heads up, I made the adjustment.


Stay safe, Gil

 

[svtf150]

Yay for a non timed drill!!
Good for us folks that are equipment deficient.
However, I received a communication from CE yesterday that a shipment was headed my way!
Note to self: must create youtube channel

 

[wvsig]

Got out and shot this one today. I shot it at 5 yards. I dropped a shots on dot #5 and # 8. These were strong hand and weak hand only dots. Not too bad for the first time out with this one. I ran it on a timer so that the start of each dot was a surprise but I did not shoot it on the timer. I was looking for accuracy, which I only sort of achieved, vs speed.

 

[JRV]

I posted this elsewhere because I didn't realize CFF had a DOTM going for Dot Torture!

Shot at 5 yards with a 642. Stock everything except the Uncle Mike's Spegel Boot Grips and the "Claude Werner" front sight paint format. 48/50 with AE 158gr LRN, which I use as a training dupe for my carry ammo (Federal's 158 gr LSWC load, which is a very nice slow, heavy round).

I can clean Dot Torture reliably with the snub at 3 yards, so I pushed it out to 5. Definitely struggled with the weak hand on Dot 8, but everything else ran smoothly (the second lowest impact on Dot 2 and the center impact on Dot 4 are both ovals -- called doubles, sight picture and alignment were clean when they lifted).

 

[Fortitude Consulting]

Actually got this one knocked out before the month is up, so I’m proud of myself for that. Lol

Did this one (at 5 yards) with the work gun, M&P 40, out of a Safariland SLS/ALS holster. Not that the draw was at all important.

 

[svtf150]

Got this done yesterday for the 1st time.
Honestly I expected better performance outa me at this distance.
After the weak hand only disaster I was pretty aggravated and just wanting to get it done and made it a 52 shot drill by shooting 9 and 10 4 times instead of 3.
Used the 4.25 " m&p 9, 125gr blazer.
My evaluation? It stinks. Lately I shoot so infrequently, that when I do it's like starting all over again. If I ever had built any consistency it is gone. Especially with my grip and trigger press. I dont think I even have a firm grasp of the fundamentals.
If it can be critiqued by looking at a picture, bring it.

 

[Fortitude Consulting]

If it can be critiqued by looking at a picture, bring it.
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The one glaring thing in my opinion would be, more, FAR MORE, support side grip. Possibly making an adjustment to the manner in which you are gripping. But regardless of how you are doing it, you need more pressure on your support side. That is likely why the shots have a tendency to go to the left, as a right handed shooter, even at the 3 yard line.

 

[svtf150]

The one glaring thing in my opinion would be, more, FAR MORE, support side grip. Possibly making an adjustment to the manner in which you are gripping. But regardless of how you are doing it, you need more pressure on your support side. That is likely why the shots have a tendency to go to the left, as a right handed shooter, even at the 3 yard line.

Thanks for your feedback.
I agree with you. Always been a low and left shooter.
Started out the year trying to rebuild my grip and the new way is still awkward.
Have done lots of dry-fire practice but I'm forgetting to grip the gun. Havn't done enough live-fire.

 

[JRV]

If we are on the subject of grip, strength training (pull-ups, kettlebells, deadlifts, farmers’ carries, rock climbing) and, specifically, grip trainers like the Captains of Crush are extremely useful for developing a baseline for a support hand crush grip.

Back when I was teaching, one of the most useful demonstrations was clamping my support hand over the student’s strong hand to let them feel what a proper grip should be. Most people have no concept of what a support hand grip should be. Having your support hand absolutely clamped onto the gun helps incredibly with compensating for less-than-perfect trigger presses, which are the best any of us can hope for running splits at speed with anything that’s not a custom 1911 or similar.