Skillz&Drillz: The 1-10 Drill

The 1 - 10 drill can be done with a pistol and/or rifle, and it can be completed at the 5, 7, or 10-yard line. Of course, the further away you are from the target, the harder the drill will be. To start, begin at the 5-yard line and work your way back. If you have purchased The Quiet Professional’s Logbook from our website, go to Section 3, enter this drill in your book, add up your core times (meaning your draw and split), and get a goal for your projected time. Then, shoot it and document the difference.

Here’s the Course of Fire:

Set a shot timer to have a 3-second PAR time. On the first beep, draw and fire 1 round before the second beep sounds.  Your time for that iteration is up after the second beep. When you are done, reholster and prepare for the next sequence. Then, on the buzzer, draw and fire 2 rounds in 3 seconds. Repeat this process, adding 1 round each time, until you get to 10 rounds in 3 seconds. 

Now, here is where the magic is! When you are under 3 rounds, focus heavily on touching, prepping, and pressing the trigger, while trying to use the full 3 seconds. Make the dot or front sight stop on the target between each shot. When you get to 4-6 rounds, identify what you need to adjust. You have to speed up the trigger, giving you less time to confirm the sight. Shots 7 through 10 are when people lose awareness of the sight and get sloppy on the shots. Pay attention to when the drill falls apart for you. If you can get to 10 rounds in 3 seconds, look at how tight the group is. If the rounds are all over the place, you might have a grip issue or never really saw the sights. If the group is tight and you can process the sights on the gun, you are on your way! The next level would be putting a t-shirt over the target and calling your shots, but that’s for a different time

Modifications:

If your students are not able to draw from the holster fast enough to complete the drill, have them start with their gun pointed at the target, their grip established, their finger off the trigger, and the gun close to their chest.