Dryfire Reloaded by Ben Stoeger

Author:Ben Stoeger [Ben Stoeger]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-62274-172-4
Publisher: Ben Stoeger
Published: 2017-08-14T16:00:00+00:00

Procedure:

Start with your wrists above shoulders, facing uprange. At the signal, turn, draw, and engage each target with two rounds. Reload and re-engage each target with an additional two rounds.

Focus:

Put together drawing, transitioning, and reloading into one classic test.

Goal:

Your goal is a 4.0 second par time.

Commentary:

The “El Prez” stands alone as a good drill, the standard test, and an iconic training exercise. Very few shooters that have been around for a while have not shot this at one time or another.

I view this as a good aggregate test of a bunch of fundamental skills. You need to nail the draw, reload, transitions, and you battle a bit of instability from turning around.

The goal time of 4.0 seconds is very achievable if you are able to nail all of the preceding drills, there is no doubt about that. With that in mind, the key is figuring out where you are deficient, if you are unable to hit the 4.0 second par time. Perhaps your draw is a bit slow. Maybe you can’t reload fast enough. I encourage you to take a step back and figure out specifically what you need to do. Again, this should be obvious if you are actually working through the previously mentioned drills in this book.

Resist the temptation to just “go faster” in order to hit the par time. When the drills get longer and more complicated like this one, people have a real tendency to go crazy in order to hit the goal time. Be very honest with yourself about what your sight picture looks like and how your grip feels. Make sure you get that stuff down. If you are having problems, go and work on those specific problems individually, then come back and try this drill again.

I think the only challenge that you find in the “El Prez,” that you don’t necessarily see in every other drill, is the turning draw. This should only add a couple tenths of a second to your draw time. I prefer to turn into a squared up and comfortable stance. Other people prefer to simply turn and get on target as fast as they possibly can. No matter what you decide, the turn doesn’t need to add much time. Just snap your head onto the first target and drive the gun to it.

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