ON THE RANGE

For me, the drills I run are chosen to hone hard skills for repeatable on-demand performance that I can implement in any context I need. So go in with a plan, and don’t waste time just throwing rounds down range.

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  • Carbine cold drill
    • 9/26/24

    Carbine cold drill

    Designated target with some movement and an extra round on steel mid movement.
    No Shoot @ 10
    Open @ 30
    Mini ADAP steel @ 40

    What does your cold performance look like?
    An on demand skill set isn't just when you're warmed up. It's means on demand, any time, any context, any COF. It's an out of the box, no warmup, GO time, whatever you want to call it, implementation of skill into the context at hand. It is important that you understand what you can do truly cold at an aggressive pace. From a concealed carry or home invasion perspective, the why is clearly obvious. Sometimes, it's solid, and sometimes, it'll be ugly. Use it as a diagnostic to inform your practice and fix the issues on the range. You want a skill set that is consistent and repeatable. Don't ignore it because of ego, i.e. bad target and have it come back and bite you in the ass for real.
    Come out and train to start developing an on demand skill set.

  • Berserker Bill - Pistol
    • 8/28/24

    Berserker Bill - Pistol

    Personal cold drill before class starts. Berserker Bill (pistol version)
    Time: 25.65
    27 Alphas
    3 Charlies
    HF: 5.61
    Train and practice until your cold run skill set mirrors what you're doing after you're warmed up.
    Be capable of aggressive shooting with accountability if the context warrants it.

  • Berserker Bill 50 - 10 yds
    • 7/23/24

    Berserker Bill 50 - 10 yds

    Cold drill Berserker Bill
    50-40-30-20-10
    6 rds at each marker
    HF scored mandatory

    Aggressive shooting with accountability
    Vision/connection to the gun
    Aiming schemes/levels of confirmation
    Put in the reps, practice with purpose

    You can't learn to shoot fast enough or good enough. End of story. Have way more skill than you think you'll need.

  • Stop "warming up"
    • 7/5/24

    Stop "warming up"

    Cold drill for the day 40 - 30 - 20 - 10 yds. For personal practice, in my opinion, "warmups" are a waste of a valuable teachable moment. You can't redo a cold drill later in the day. This is a chance for you to see how your on demand skill set holds up. It should be neither easy nor comfortable. It's not meant to demoralize but to inform. Combining hard skills for a cold pressure test. Ask yourself how did I do at this distance or at this speed? With this more complex course of fire? How did this piece of gear perform? The list goes on.

    If it's self-defense or competition, you will immediately be engaging in a very aggressive way. Get comfortable with that.

    Anyone who has done a class with me knows that outside of a brand new shooter, everyone goes through a cold drill. One that is a combination of hard skills and is HF scored. They are neither simple nor comfortable. That's the point. Then, the discussion follows of the "why" and specific skills being worked. If you're patting yourself on the back when you leave the range, you're doing it wrong.

  • Berserker Bill 10 - 40 yds
    • 6/27/24

    Berserker Bill 10 - 40 yds

    Personal cold drill before students arrive. When the moment arrives, your skill set will be what it is. For better or worse. And it will be cold.

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Questions about classes, achieving goals and direction for where to begin? Call me to have a discussion about your training.

gino@1stinasset.com
(267) 312-3416

Philadelphia, PA