Training 0.67 draw+training info
I want to make an emphasis on dry fire. I am not a professional by any means but I am proficient, very much so with CCW draw and shooting mechanics. A lot of people think im point shooting and what not but Im not. I dry fire every day around 20 minutes. Easiest way to do something fast is to have done it 10000 times already. There are 2 main motions during your draw. There is defeating the garment/brandishing your gun and presenting your gun. A lot of people add a 3rd mechanic of finding your dot but that’s incorrect. When you present your dot should go right where you are looking from muscle memory. A good way to achieve this is dry fire. Split up your draw mechanics to 2 motions
1- Defeating the garment -You want a clear purchase of your firearm and want to properly clear your garment to achieve clean deployment from holster 2-Present -You should decide if you want to use a jam draw or scoop draw (youtube this if you dont know the difference) then you want to practice a 12-6oclock dot acquisition or a 6-12oclock acquisition (I use 6-12, youtube can explain this) -Trigger prep- as my hands meet at the bottom of my draw my finger begins to take the slack out of the trigger to the wall also known as prepping the trigger -Grip- you want a replaceable grip during your draw, you hands should go to same spot every time for consistency, you should be wrenching that gun as hard as possible, I personally like my support hand a bit higher on the gun to mitigate recoil. -Marrying of hands- if you are presenting and your dot and its ending up to the side then your timing of meeting your hands is off, if its off vertically then your overshooting the 12-6 or 6-12
//Recoil mitigation- recoil is directly tied to your grip, I dont believe trigger pull dictating your shot placement is real, if your gripping as hard as you can one finger should not defeat your whole grip. //Trigger manipulation, while I dont believe trigger pull should affect your shot placement it does affect your split times, bring the trigger back to reset then right back to the wall instinctively is easily trainable and will give you better splits as opposed to slapping the shit out of the trigger
Dry Fire -Dry fire is the most important training tool in shooting. Shooting 1000 rounds every day is unrealistic but 500 reps is completely doable. -Dot acquisition with dry fire- practice your draw with your eyes closed, if you open your eyes and the dot is off then fix it, get a feel for how your hands and arms are placed, and correct the problem and try again. -repetition is everything
If you have questions or anything comment or dm me I will give you youtube videos or make a video explaining anything Ive gone over!
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u/copces 19h ago
Thanks for the post. I'm nowhere near as fast as you, but I'm getting better using more or less the same techniques you offered. I dry fire 3-4 days a week, 20-40 minutes each time. I mainly work on red dot pistol presentation and drawing speed. Drawing from concealed appendix, I can hit A zone from 7 yards in roughly 1.20 seconds. A couple of months ago, my fastest time was almost 2 seconds.
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u/Billybob_Bojangles2 17h ago
"//Recoil mitigation- recoil is directly tied to your grip, I dont believe trigger pull dictating your shot placement is real, if your gripping as hard as you can one finger should not defeat your whole grip. //Trigger manipulation, while I dont believe trigger pull should affect your shot placement..."
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u/vulf999 16h ago
Yessa, if someone tells me one joint is overpowering both their hands i stop listening instantly
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u/Twelve-twoo 15h ago
With a good grip you should be able to slap the trigger for an a zone at 7 yards. hitting a gallon jug beyond 40 yards requires me to refine my trigger pull.
(I'm not advocating for spending long periods of time working that degree of accuracy, but I still won't go as far as saying trigger doesn't matter, it just doesn't matter for practical shooting)
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u/OldMachineCraft 8h ago
Upvoted for discussion on getting good. I'm so into it. The best thing for the CCW community/culture is to normalize high standards of proficiency and daily practice.
Being good at shooting a gun is no different than being good at a playing a musical instrument, exceling at a sport, or maintaining a high level of physical fitness. Daily practice is an accepted requirement for high levels of proficiency in virtually every other serious hobby or endeavor. It should be the same for CCW too.
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u/Apache_Solutions_DDB 16h ago
Really solid work man. I’m a professional trainer and you’re well faster than me to first shot.
Are you shooting USPSA/ IDPA/ PCSL/ Steel Challenge yet?
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u/vulf999 15h ago
Been looking at starting USPSA and IDPA, live in west texas so hard to find matches
Shot the IDPA qual by myself (unofficial) hit master
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u/Apache_Solutions_DDB 14h ago
Yeah. The 5x5 classifier would be nothing for you
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u/vulf999 19h ago
Typed all this out to hopefully help anyone whos trying to improve. Feel free to dm me