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Huh? Well, with the current ammo shortage, that's what I'm thinking about doing. Gotta make every round - even every training round - count, right? So what do we need to work on? Draw stroke? Check. Sight alignment, stance and trigger control? Check. Mag change? Check. Situational awareness? Check.

My plan for the next range trip: Load two rounds in each of my mag's. Make ready. Draw, deliberately put two rounds on target, mag change, threat scan, holster. Repeat. Slowly and deliberately, until a box of fifty has been expended.

Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast.
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NavyChief wrote:Huh? Well, with the current ammo shortage, that's what I'm thinking about doing. Gotta make every round - even every training round - count, right? So what do we need to work on? Draw stroke? Check. Sight alignment, stance and trigger control? Check. Mag change? Check. Situational awareness? Check.

My plan for the next range trip: Load two rounds in each of my mag's. Make ready. Draw, deliberately put two rounds on target, mag change, threat scan, holster. Repeat. Slowly and deliberately, until a box of fifty has been expended.

Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast.

I like that idea. I went to the range this weekend and was able to do some real life drills. It was my first time doing anything outside of the standard shooting range lane practice (besides my CHL class). But I would practice a little like that, drawing, getting a feel for pulling the gun outside and not in my house where I practice unloaded.
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One thing that was pointed out to me recently - while this is a reasonably decent idea, even better is to mix up the number of rounds I put in the mag's. Don't get too used to just having two.
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...and use snap caps to simulate malfs...
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Morne wrote:...and use snap caps to simulate malfs...
I've found that one to be good training too, especially if you have someone else load your mags. They can program in random failure malfunctions with snap caps.
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NavyChief wrote:Huh? Well, with the current ammo shortage, that's what I'm thinking about doing. Gotta make every round - even every training round - count, right? So what do we need to work on? Draw stroke? Check. Sight alignment, stance and trigger control? Check. Mag change? Check. Situational awareness? Check.

My plan for the next range trip: Load two rounds in each of my mag's. Make ready. Draw, deliberately put two rounds on target, mag change, threat scan, holster. Repeat. Slowly and deliberately, until a box of fifty has been expended.

Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast.
I've been doing that for many years. It has made me a better shooter, and has greatly improved my magazine changes. I do it with both PD and military issued weapons. Actually, with everything I carry.

Usually, my first string of fire is fast to see how things are going. I then slow way down to smooth things out, then start working on speed.
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