Also talking about when should the trigger be prepped to fire, as some people would take too long and wait until they present the pistol in order to fire, why this was incorrect. Scott demonstrated one shot from the draw.

Scott walked around and pointed out movement which had no purpose, helping to isolate and stop it when possible.

Scott walked around and pointed out movement which had no purpose, helping to isolate and stop it when possible.

Students ran this for a mag or two until Scott was confident everyone understood what was required.

After the students turned money into noise for a little bit, we moved on to draw strokes and one to three shots from the draw. Scott demonstrated it and the students shot afterwards.

Scott also demoed a drill which each student shot in order to figure out how to properly grip the pistol to track the dot in recoil.

Scott also demoed a drill which each student shot in order to figure out how to properly grip the pistol to track the dot in recoil.

Scott also demoed a drill which each student shot in order to figure out how to properly grip the pistol to track the dot in recoil. After the students turned money into noise for a little bit, we moved on to draw strokes and one to three shots from the draw. Scott demonstrated it and the students shot afterwards.

Scott explained why the dot moved on an angle and what was going on with stand and grip position on the gun.

Scott explained why the dot moved on an angle and what was going on with stand and grip position on the gun.

Scott went on to explain what would happen and what the students would see if they had proper grip position.

Scott went on to explain what would happen and what the students would see if they had proper grip position.

Scott then went on to demo one shot from the draw at 10 yards on a BC steel.

Scott then went on to demo one shot from the draw at 10 yards on a BC steel.

Scott then went on to demo one shot from the draw at 10 yards on a BC steel.

Scott then went on to demo one shot from the draw at 10 yards on a BC steel.

Scott also showed that certain grips, like the type which make your thumbs and knuckles turn white are probably not the right way to be holding your gun for this purpose.

Scott also showed that certain grips, like the type which make your thumbs and knuckles turn white are probably not the right way to be holding your gun for this purpose.

"Can you tell me why are doing that? No? Then stop doing that." Scott stopped the drill whenever there was something he wanted to make a point about, he would explain what was going on, why it was happening and advised of methods/steps to take in order to prevent it.

"Can you tell me why are doing that? No? Then stop doing that." Scott stopped the drill whenever there was something he wanted to make a point about, he would explain what was going on, why it was happening and advised of methods/steps to take in order to prevent it.

Scott used a timer to signal and gave out times for each set of shooters, it was a non-competition competition. Scott also made sure to point out to shooters when they were doing excessive movements which did not aid in their overall draw.

Scott used a timer to signal and gave out times for each set of shooters, it was a non-competition competition. Scott also made sure to point out to shooters when they were doing excessive movements which did not aid in their overall draw.

The students broke up into two groups at opposite ends and everyone ran through the one shot from draw drill.

The students broke up into two groups at opposite ends and everyone ran through the one shot from draw drill.

When it was my turn I started off slow in the 1.2x-1.1x area and ended up in the .9x area with my standard one hand clear method of drawing. Going this fast, however, means that I pick up the dot at the very last millisecond before firing. We then moved onto one shot from the draw without picking up the dot, but rather using back plate shooting, ghost ringing with the dot or using the top of the topic to cut the target in half.







Scott explained these methods as "the secret sauce" and showed how to ride the recoil of the first two to three shots to finding the dot, then using the dot to shoot two precision shots into the "T" headshot area. The students all went on to do this.



















After this was run, Scott went around asked each student what they thought and what worked for them. All of these methods I have heard and used before, I am intimately familiar with back plate shooting and in this particular context it is applicable. Ghost ringing and top of red dot housing indexing has never worked for me, probably because I did not put enough time into them. Different methods worked for different people naturally, this is one of those types of situations which requires more experimentation rather than one way to approach something. Students were given enough time to figure out which method worked for them and try others to see if they would work as well. Most students were able to figure out which method worked for them.









After Lunch

Scott got his gamer belt out, running OWB for the rest of the class and he began to talk about one shot from the draw at various distances.









Scott demonstrated at each distance of 5, 10 and 15 yards.









Then the students went on to take turns in their respective heats, the point was to draw and put the dot in the A zone as fast as possible and pressing the trigger accurately.





















The students did this at the various distances and then Scott put everyone back up to the 5 yard line again, this time the students ran the distances on a timer and Scott gave out times each time.















This evolution helped the students figure out their times for accurate shooting at distance while putting the red dot over the target. Scott called out the last time for each round and after a while the students were able to get pretty proficient of all being right around 2 seconds at 10 and 15 yards. During this drill, Scott explained various differences in draw strokes when going from IWB concealment to OWB.













Whenever possible Scott pointed out the times and made an example of explaining what a good time was at a respective distance.









We finished up with Scott and Jose talking about their experience with competition shooting and how they favor competition shooting, making the case for competing. This was preaching to the choir for the majority of the students at the class.









After the finishing appeal for competing, the end of class match was setup and everyone ran it twice, one as a practice run and the second as a score run. The stage itself was not complex in setup, and offered a good bit of variation of tone/tempo of shooting as well as a mandatory reload (not that it made you reload while you had rounds left, but that you will run out of bullets in a standard magazine before you finish shooting).









Each student ran the "match" individually and it was scored each time.





















Not that I game, but if it's part of a class I'll partake. @modern_samurai_project setup a final match for his #reddot #class. @primaryandsecondary A post shared by voodoo_man (@vdmsr) on Aug 5, 2017 at 12:38pm PDT



















