10-10-10 Drill

The 10-10-10 is the simplest stress test in pistol shooting. Ten rounds into a B-8 bullseye at 10 yards inside 10 seconds — no reloads, no movement, no tricks. It exposes the gap between what you can do at your own pace and what you can do when a timer is running. If your group opens up under the clock, the drill just told you exactly where your fundamentals break down.

Set a B-8 bullseye target at 10 yards (10 m). Load 10 rounds. Start from low ready or the holster. On the beep, fire all 10 rounds within 10 seconds. Score by counting hits inside the 9-ring or better — the black. A perfect run is 10 for 10 in the black. For a scored version, use the B-8 ring values: X = 10, 10-ring = 10, 9-ring = 9, and so on. A 90+ out of 100 is a solid benchmark.

Once 10 for 10 in the black is consistent, tighten the standard: demand all hits in the 10-ring, or cut the par to 8 seconds. For a reload challenge, split the 10 rounds across two magazines of five and add a mandatory reload mid-string. This drill costs almost nothing to run and gives you an honest, repeatable number to track over time.