Flatland Shooter Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Scrambler drill.please explain ...? Two boxes, wall or sticks to define two shooting areas. One target centred. Move side to side shooting only one round. Hit or miss move to other side. Recommended distance between boxes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkCO Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Scrambler drill.please explain ...?Two boxes, wall or sticks to define two shooting areas. One target centred. Move side to side shooting only one round. Hit or miss move to other side. Recommended distance between boxes? About 8 to 10 feet. The nice thing about boxes is you can do 4 feet to work on gun up movement, say 8 feet to work on dropping it down and say 15 feet to work on full break, run and regrip. You can use the splits to test the different theories to see what distance and technique works best for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonytheTiger Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Damn I was overdoing it yesterday. I did 25', it made me really not want to miss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emjei Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 (edited) From draw. 2 Alphas at 25 Yds in 2 seconds or less Lots of things have to go right for that Mj Edited July 26, 2015 by emjei Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Power Jack Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 From draw. 2 Alphas at 25 Yds in 2 seconds or less Pls tell me that is M or GM time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkCO Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 (edited) Damn I was overdoing it yesterday. I did 25', it made me really not want to miss. The beauty of the drill. I am not knocking the others by any means, but I really think it is the live fire drill (with slight variations as desired) that produces the best chance at focused practice and gains in skill. Edited July 26, 2015 by MarkCO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonytheTiger Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Thanks for bringing the drill to my attention Mark, I really like it. It really includes a lot of important skills rather than just focusing on one or two. And just like every other drill I like, I'm going to mess with throwing in different positions, targets and target presentations to try to build more skills at once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a matt Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 One 8" plate and a 5 foot shepherds hook is all you need to run lots of drills. $50 dollars and get after it, lots of opportunity to improve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hostetter Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Modified Bill Drill ....... Three 8" plates, one at 10yds, 20yds, 30yds. Single run, 6 hits per plate, mandatory reload between each plate. Teaches speed, focus, and timing. Success is running it clean at speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shakman Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Combination of Dot Torture and Bill Drill for me. I usually start out my training sessions with a couple rounds of dot torture, move to longer-range accuracy shooting (i.e. 25-yard headshots on an IPSC cardboard) then some speed drills to finish it out. It's made a HUGE difference for me in the past 6 months....well, that and the fact that I've started regularly going to live-fire practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcobean Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 6 shots at 25 yards - no time limit. Smallest group possible is the goal. Edited to add: standing / freestyle shooting position. I took a two day class with Frank Garcia and we did this drill a LOT. Very valuable in terms of learning trigger prep and sight awareness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunBugBit Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 I haven't done enough careful shooting at the 25-yard distance, but the time I've spent on that has helped me improve. Recently I've become more consistent at hitting A's and knocking down steel at the 20 to 35 yard distances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 From draw. 2 Alphas at 25 Yds in 2 seconds or less Lots of things have to go right for that Mj That is an excellent drill. Went through a period where I did it at every practice session. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a matt Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Most all these drills describe what I do during my range time. As a matter of fact im heading out now to do some of these drills shortly. Like how I lossly choose my discription of training. Lol. Good drills, all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTDMFR Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 The drill that made the biggest difference for me in the last year is where you set your timer on a random start time, prep the trigger, and then on the beep, break the trigger without disturbing the sights before the beep has ended. Before I started working that drill, my trigger control was pretty good in slow fire, but not so good when shooting at speed. It also helped whip my strong hand / weak hand shooting into shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark03 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Frank Garcia's Dot Drill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a matt Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 The drill that made the biggest difference for me in the last year is where you set your timer on a random start time, prep the trigger, and then on the beep, break the trigger without disturbing the sights before the beep has ended. Before I started working that drill, my trigger control was pretty good in slow fire, but not so good when shooting at speed. It also helped whip my strong hand / weak hand shooting into shape. I have done this to check reaction times. Never like this, but I will be trying it out. Thank you for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a matt Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 From draw. 2 Alphas at 25 Yds in 2 seconds or less Pls tell me that is M or GM time Gm times?? I'm guessing they have to be less than 1.50 iron and less than 1.25 Open. I'm no GM but I was closing in on 1.60 with an Open but like is say I'm guessing and not a GM. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Another good one... 2, 8" or 10" plates at 25 yards, placed about 3 yards apart. Draw and shoot one hit on each in less that 2 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunBugBit Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 These are simple yet challenging drills that are going to help me a lot. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emjei Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Another good one... 2, 8" or 10" plates at 25 yards, placed about 3 yards apart. Draw and shoot one hit on each in less that 2 seconds.Ill be doing that one ^^^ all week since I have an ACTION STEEL Match this weekendMj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraightSh00ter Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 2 things that helped me tremendously: 1) learning proper grip 2) practicing from draw to sight picture in front of a blank wall I'm still new and have a lot to learn, but after a day of practicing these two things, I shot in a steel match and couldn't believe how fast I made it through the first round. Everything was different, and before my brain could catch up I had 3 clean rounds in under 3 seconds each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salsantini Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 This scramble sounds like a good drill. I am going to work this into my next shooting session. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickb45 Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Lately the Blake Drill has helped me a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 2) practicing from draw to sight picture in front of a blank wall I did that almost every day for 20 years. As you start the draw, close your eyes. Open your eyes when you are in the index position, the goal - see perfect sight alignment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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