“Tag: drill”

Given today’s restrictive ammunition shortages, how can you best utilize your time and limited resources to maintain and even further develop your shooting skills? The short answer is to train smart by optimizing your firearms training.

Steady customers are a good thing, but customers who become friends are more valuable yet. Such is the case with a group that comes to Gunsite every year for a family reunion. Comprised of the family of a Medal of Honor recipient, their associates and friends, this group has trained at the school for more than 20 years and now they’re bringing their grown children to the event. That’s what you call a long-standing relationship.

Training someone to shoot a defensive handgun is mostly a standardized process. Firearm safety is followed by firearm function, which is then followed by an introduction to the basics of marksmanship. Past that, focus falls on handgun manipulation, presentation and various methods of target engagement.

The following drill will help maintain essential marksmanship skills while keeping the round count low.

In the midst of the ammo shortage, there is still a way to maximize your training.

You have been told that repetition is the secret to improving your skills and maintaining the edge that satisfies the goals you have set for yourself.

You can practice more than just your trigger pull without live ammunition, which is good when ammo is in short supply.

No matter what size pistol you carry for personal protection, practice is essential.

If you rely on a wheelgun for protection, practice reloading. The procedure is more involved than for a semi-automatic pistol.