Dot Torture Drill

[BIGPAPIGREG]

yeah, like I said, it's humbling to say the least. It was funny though, I was there by myself & all of a sudden............I started to get nervous, I was like, "what the hell???

Really enjoyed it, and hope to do it more often when ever I go to the range....printed out about 100 copies, so I aint got no excuse.

 

[BIGPAPIGREG]

Nice red line.

HAAAAAAA!!!!



Which one?.............

 

[breakingcontact]

Well, I finally got a chance to sneak out to the range for a little while this morning. Worked up the nerve to try the DOT TORTURE DRILL!!!! This is an appropriate name for this drill, it is torture. Never tried anything of this nature before, all I can say is it's truly a humbling (for me anyway) experience. For my 1st times shooting this drill, I actually did way better than I was expecting.........but it's still perty shitty.....heh! I did the drill with my EDC @ 3 yards, then for fun shot it a 2nd time with a .22 @ 5 yards. Look forward to shooting it again in the future...needless to say, I have a lot of work to do.
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Not bad Greg! You had some good strings in there.

You were shooting your carry gun too, so good on you for that.

I've got this drill, the FAST drill, some drills with movement and going to get a 6" steel plate soon. I'll have all kinds of ways to get frustrated. Might as well start golfing.

 

[BIGPAPIGREG]

Not bad Greg! You had some good strings in there.

You were shooting your carry gun too, so good on you for that.

I've got this drill, the FAST drill, some drills with movement and going to get a 6" steel plate soon. I'll have all kinds of ways to get frustrated. Might as well start golfing.

thanks Bigun, it's a work in progress. I did notice that I found myself trying to "look over" my sights after every shot to see where I was actually hitting instead of keeping a good focus on my front sight and just completing the drill. If that makes any sense. May have done a bit better if I just focused on the front sight and ran the drill, then looked at how I had done. Definitely gives me something to work towards. Got a link to that FAST drill?

 

[GlockOwner]

Saw this a while ago, but didn't read through it. Just read the entire thread, and I am sold. Printed out a few copies, plus made my own Color, Number, Shape targets that were mentioned in Post #42. I will be trying it out with the 22 first just due to amounts of ammo that'll be used trying to get decent. Then move to my carry gun....which I might be changing soon....

The one I quickly made:
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e154/chaoticeddie/call out target_zpsicbexlry.jpg~original

 

[breakingcontact]

thanks Bigun, it's a work in progress. I did notice that I found myself trying to "look over" my sights after every shot to see where I was actually hitting instead of keeping a good focus on my front sight and just completing the drill. If that makes any sense. May have done a bit better if I just focused on the front sight and ran the drill, then looked at how I had done. Definitely gives me something to work towards. Got a link to that FAST drill?

I think I have a thread on it in this subforum

 

[breakingcontact]

GO, cool. I like that. Will make you think!

 

[Mike_from_Texas]

Nice! Tagged for future use

 

[GlockOwner]

I was at the range sighting in the red/green dot I have on my 22/45 and decided to do an impromptu Dot Torture test with the Glock 22. I only had 38 rounds with me, so I made a few adjustments and this is how I did. This was my first time shooting the Glock in quite a while and first time I have ever tried the Dot Torture.

I only fired 36 rounds because I confused myself on 9 and 10 and ejected 2 rounds, one I caught, the other flew down range. Only 19 hits. Harder than I thought!

 

[breakingcontact]

I was at the range sighting in the red/green dot I have on my 22/45 and decided to do an impromptu Dot Torture test with the Glock 22. I only had 38 rounds with me, so I made a few adjustments and this is how I did. This was my first time shooting the Glock in quite a while and first time I have ever tried the Dot Torture.

I only fired 36 rounds because I confused myself on 9 and 10 and ejected 2 rounds, one I caught, the other flew down range. Only 19 hits. Harder than I thought!

Shoot that drill with the 22/45 mayne!

 

[GlockOwner]

Shoot that drill with the 22/45 mayne!

I plan on it for Saturday

 

[breakingcontact]

I plan on it for Saturday

What's on Saturday?

 

[GlockOwner]

What's on Saturday?

Some small event at a lil range in a tiny town, you probably wouldn't like it

 

[benenglish]

I hate to be obtuse (OT, really) but somebody mentioned a dot drill where you draw and fire five at a two-inch circle five yards away. Repeat five more times for a total of thirty rounds. Passing score is thirty hits.

Can anybody point me to where that drill was discussed? I'm intrigued.

 

[breakingcontact]

I hate to be obtuse (OT, really) but somebody mentioned a dot drill where you draw and fire five at a two-inch circle five yards away. Repeat five more times for a total of thirty rounds. Passing score is thirty hits.

Can anybody point me to where that drill was discussed? I'm intrigued.

Hmmmm. Might have been one StevenC discussed? These are 2" circles and you can shoot it at 5 yards but it is 50 rounds.

Ben why you messing around with 2" at 5 yards? Sounds like you'd ace that.

 

[StevenC.]

No, that is the Frank Garcia dot drill that Ben Stoeger likes so very much.

It has been posted as shot at 7 yards. Draw and fired five shots at a 2" circle with a 5 second par time (actually a 5.30 second "hard" limit). Repeat on each of six 2" targets. It's a total of 36 shots.

I have Ben screen capped as saying most GMs would need a bucket of bullets to complete this once (36 for 36 hitting a 2" circle at 7 yards with each of 5 shots in 5 second... 6 times in a row)

Humbled the shit out of me.

http://www.benstoeger.com/index.php/gallery/23-second-category/90-the-dots

 

[StevenC.]

Max Michel has a similar drill shot at 10 yards:

Max Michel:
My #1 drill to improve accuracy is the “Speed Dots.” At signal, draw and engage the 3" dot with 5 rounds within the par time. Repeat for a total of 4 strings and 20 rounds.

Distance: 10 yds
Dot Size: 3″
Par Time: 3.5 seconds
Start Position: Gun Holstered
Techniques Trained: Draw, Sight Alignment/Sight Picture, Trigger Control and Recoil Management.

 

[StevenC.]

I hate to be obtuse (OT, really) but somebody mentioned a dot drill where you draw and fire five at a two-inch circle five yards away. Repeat five more times for a total of thirty rounds. Passing score is thirty hits.

Can anybody point me to where that drill was discussed? I'm intrigued.

See above.

I mentioned to BreakingContact a practice I shot where I had six 3" circles at 7 yards. I was shooting to see how quickly I could maintain hits in the 3" circle. I fired on shot per circle so it was transition heavy.

 

[benenglish]

The drill I've practiced most over the years is from low ready with one hand. At the signal, raise the pistol and put one shot on a 4" dot at 25 meters. 1.1 seconds is considered good, 1.3 the minimum acceptable. Repeat successfully 12 times in a row.

When you can pass that test, you add 4 more shots at 4 more dots a meter apart. Hard limit for 5 hits out of 5 is 4.0 seconds.

I have never come close to passing but every 4 years, I like to watch on TV as the people who can do this demonstrate their skills to the world.



ETA - Seriously, guys, I appreciate the info. Any variation of a simple "draw and shoot the dot" drill really does intrigue me.

 

[breakingcontact]

25M...what is that like 110 yards

I need to attempt some of this high precision long range shooting. Need to zero my gun for these distances though.