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2+2 on Two Targets

Draw, two on the left, two on the right. The cleanest test of whether you can move the gun between…

Intermediate Pistol
4 rds 7 yd 5s

2x2x2 Transition Drill

Two rifle, two pistol, two rifle — all on one target. A 6-second par that punishes sloppy sling work and…

Intermediate Pistol + Rifle
6 rds 10 yd 6s

90-Degree Transition

Two targets at a right angle. The classic wide transition that punishes any extra muscle tension in your shoulders and…

Intermediate Pistol
7 yd 3s

Accelerator (Ben Stoeger)

Three IPSC targets at 7, 15, and 25 yards — engage, reload, re-engage. Ben Stoeger's El Presidente variation that punishes…

Intermediate Pistol
12 rds 7 yd 8s

Bianchi Plate Rack

Six steel plates, eight inches each, twenty inches apart. The competition steel benchmark — freestyle, strong hand, and weak hand…

Advanced Pistol
10 yd 2.3s

Box Drill (Rifle)

Two targets, four rounds, one gear change per target — body then head on T1, transition, body then head on…

Intermediate Rifle
4 rds 15 yd 4s

CQB Warmup

Full CQB skills assessment across 6 stages — start at 40 yards and close to 7, finishing with a rifle-to-pistol…

Advanced Pistol + Rifle
48 rds 8 yd 36s

Dot Torture Lite

Four dots, twenty rounds, zero room to hide. A distilled version of Blinder's classic — trigger control, draw, pacing, and…

Basic Pistol
20 rds 3 yd

Emergency Transition Drill

Rifle loaded with one round — fire, click, transition to pistol for two. The transition happens on stimulus, not on…

Intermediate Pistol + Rifle
3 rds 10 yd 4s

Hackathorn 3-Second Head Shot Standards

Three strings of fire, three head shots each, three seconds per string. Ken Hackathorn's classic drill exposes every gap in…

Intermediate Pistol
9 rds 5 yd 3s

John Adams

A Tactical Games two-gun stage that layers the El Presidente rhythm onto six alternating silhouettes. Rifle owns the gray targets…

Advanced Pistol + Rifle
24 rds 7 yd

LCR Pistol

A Tactical Games pistol-only shuttle drill — two 8" (20 cm) steel plates at 10 yd (9 m), two shooting…

Intermediate Pistol
12 rds 10 yd 90s
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