MXAD Drill

The MXAD Drill starts with a Bill Drill — six rounds into one target as fast as you can press the trigger without losing the A zone. That alone reveals your recoil management at speed. The real test comes next: you have to break off T1 at 5 yards and push the gun out to T2 at 12 yards for two clean hits. The distance jump forces a gear change mid-string that exposes every bad habit — snatching the transition, losing the sight picture, or pressing too early because your body is still running on Bill Drill adrenaline.

Set T1 (USPSA) at 5 yards and T2 (USPSA) at 12 yards, about 1 foot of lateral offset between them. Start holstered, hands relaxed. On the beep, draw and fire six rounds into T1, then transition and fire two rounds into T2. No par time — work for all A-zone hits first, then push the clock. The 7-yard depth change between targets is what makes this drill unique: it demands both speed up close and precision at distance in the same string. Run five reps per session for forty rounds total.

Track two numbers: total time and points down on T2. The T2 hits tell you whether the transition is clean. When both rounds land in the A zone consistently, start pushing for faster splits on T1 without letting T2 suffer. If T2 points bleed, slow the Bill Drill portion — speed on T1 means nothing if T2 pays for it.