Training: drill videos and printable targets
Shooting practice for your next range trip: short videos of published drills, targets to print at home, and two guides for getting started.
Drill videos
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Accelerator Drill
Twelve rounds across three distances, with a reload halfway. Ben Stoeger published the Accelerator to practice changing pace between near and far targets.
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Bill Drill
Six shots on one target, usually at seven yards. The Bill Drill records the first shot, the intervals that follow and where all six rounds land.
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Blake Drill
Two shots on each of three targets at seven yards. Ben Stoeger compares the six-shot Blake Drill with a Bill Drill to examine time spent changing targets.
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Casino Drill
Six numbered shapes receive one through six shots, for twenty-one rounds. Tom Givens’ Casino Drill combines counting, target changes and two reloads.
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El Presidente
Twelve rounds on three targets, with a reload between two passes. Jeff Cooper’s exercise includes a facing-away start; published scoring methods differ.
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F.A.S.T. Drill
Todd Green’s six-round F.A.S.T. uses a 3×5-inch box and an eight-inch circle at seven yards, with a reload between the two groups.
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Hackathorn 3-Second Head-Shot Test
Nine rounds across three targets at five yards. Each three-shot string has a three-second limit and a different target order; the published minimum is seven hits.
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Mozambique / Failure Drill
A three-round paper-target sequence: two hits in the larger body area, then one in the smaller upper area.
Printable targets
Each prints on US Letter at 100% (Actual size), inside a home printer’s margins.
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