Recommended Uses:
Occasional Heavy Metal Division competition use.
Duty use if .45 is required/desired.

If you can effectively carry a Glock 34, you can probably carry the 41.

Notes:

Eats any ammo. No malfunctions. For a .45 workable for small hands.  Fits G34 gear perfectly.

Of all the .45s, this is one of them.

I picked up this Glock 41 from one of their prize table certificates at a major USPSA match. I have since done some modification and used it in several local and major matches in Heavy Metal division (3-Gun). I use it for certain Law Enforcement classes with TPC as one of our local LE agencies still issues Glock 21s to their officers, and the 41 is essentially a G21SF with a longer slide.

I sent this G41 to Taran Tactical Innovations for one of their Performance Packages. They reduced and stippled the grip, performed a trigger job, installed a new guide rod and recoil spring as well as their sight set (replacing the horrible stock plastic dovetail fillers sights). They also sent some of their +4 magazine extensions which increase the capacity to 17 rounds. While TTI is a great shop (and one of my sponsors), a lot of this work could be done yourself at home, if you’re so inclined. The only .45-specific part is the guide rod from Glockmeister.

I’ve come to the conclusion that I don’t love it, but I don’t really hate it either. It works, holds a lot of ammo, and doesn’t cost a lot of money. With light loads, it’s an excellent low-cost/low-effort for 3-Gun Heavy Metal, and an acceptable (if not optimal; .45 ACP comes with significant performance costs in recoil and capacity) duty and defensive pistol.

Potential Uses

A low-effort Heavy Metal pistol

If you strongly desire to shoot Heavy Metal division at a 3-Gun match requiring .45 Auto, this is the easiest way to do it. It’s a Glock, you can buy it and expect it to work. It fits in standard Glock 34 holsters without modification, so if you already have a 34 you won’t need a new holster. If you’re shooting Heavy at a match that allows full capacity magazines, this holds as many rounds as a 2011 and seven more rounds (with TTI extensions) than a single-stack 1911. If the match restricts to 10-round magazines (like RM3G), spare magazines cost less than thirty bucks and will WORK out of the wrapper (unlike a 1911 or 2011 mag).

The Author’s belt setup for RM3G 2018: Glock 41 in ALS holster, King Competition shell caddy, HSGI Taco pouches for rifle and pistol.

With a lighter recoil and striker spring (the two have to go together, otherwise the striker spring will pull the gun out of battery), it will function quite well with light .45 loads. Modifications are largely the same as what you’d do to a 9mm Glock to make it competitive. It certainly won’t be as nice as a well-built 2011, but it won’t cost as much in cash or time to get it to work. I shoot a 9mm 2011 at most 3-Gun matches because the performance gain I get is worth the work and expense since I use it 90% of the time. I use my Heavy Metal gear about 1% of the time, so I’d rather not invest a lot of money or frustration in it. If all I shot was Heavy Metal I would set up an STI, but this G41 is perfect for someone like me who occasionally shoots the division.  

25yd 5-Shot Group fired from the G41: Berry’s 185gr HBRN bullet loaded by Dead On Ammunition.

I used this pistol in He-Man at the 2018 Rocky Mountain 3-Gun and was quite satisfied with it. Dead On Ammunition loaded some light .45 ammo using the Berry’s MFG 185gr HBRN bullet traveling at 730fps. I had one shooter-induced malfunction (thumb riding the slide, which isn’t problematic with full-power ammo but not good with light stuff), other than that the pistol performed as well as the operator.

A Duty Pistol

Let me start by saying that I don’t recommend .45 ACP for a duty pistol. 9mm works just fine. But if you simply MUST use a .45 (either department policy or personal preference), then the G41 is probably the best option. The grip (especially with some reduction, if that’s within your policy) is small enough that someone with small hands can still grip it, it holds a decent amount of ammo, and it’s easier to shoot than it’s 4.5”-barreled counterparts (the G21 and M&P .45). It’s fed every type of ammo I’ve put in the mag; three types of JHP, FMJ Round Nose, Flat Point and Semi-Wadcutter (not that you’d use FMJ for duty).

G41 in Safariland 6360DO holster for Glock 34 (it works with or without optics and lights)

Personal Defense Pistol

Again, I don’t recommend a .45 for a personal defense pistol. But, if you want to  use a .45, then this is the one I’d recommend for home use, for the same reasons it makes a good duty pistol. It’s a 5.3” barreled gun, so carrying it would be a challenge, but if you can carry a G34 or 1911, you can probably carry the G41. If you already have a .45, want to shoot it faster but don’t want to buy another pistol, try some of Federal’s Personal Defense Low Recoil Hydra-Shok. This load is a 165gr HydraShok bullet traveling at a (stated) 1060fps. It’s far more pleasant to shoot and faster to return for follow-up shots. I was able to keep .50ish splits on an IPSC A-Zone at 25 yards.

Ammo L-R: 230gr Winchester “White Box FMJ”, Federal 230gr HydraShok, Federal 165gr Low Recoil HydraShok, DOA Berry’s 185gr HBRN

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Exercise: See It, Feel It, Hit It

Summary:  We slow things down to speed things up by focusing on pulling the trigger as early as we see what we need to see.
Target: Trigger Stripes  4  or 7 yards (with skill)
Rounds: 65 live, 100 dry

This exercises works on visual recognition and a calm trigger pull by varying the speed we raise the gun up from 1/2, 3/4, full speed while still shooting as early as we SEE or FEEL the sight picture we need to see.  The BENEFIT will be being able to see early and pull as early as you can without disturbing your trigger pull.  

By “Feel” – with perfect sight alignment by feel, at closer yardages you should be able to feel you will hit it. If so, pull, and hit. Congratulations on being early!

Definitions:

Full Speed – a sense of urgency when pointing your finger at something
2/3rds speed – calmly pointing at something
1/2 speed: slowly pointing at something without stopping your motion

Procedure:

Start Position: Compressed Imminent Threat, Handgun cocked, or Loaded (safety off, finger on side)

Left target: 4 yards @ 1/2 speed

 – 10 reps Dry Fire: Present at 1/2 speed
                                        pull the trigger the minute you see the sight picture you feel will hit the target
                                        after 1 to 2 second follow-thru, return to start position.
– 10 reps  Live Fire: Same
– 10 reps Dry Fire: Same
– 10 reps Live Fire: Same
– 10 reps Dry Fire: Same

You are focusing on seeing what you need to see and pulling the trigger when you see it. At 3 yards you may feel it too (with sight alignment done properly by feel with the grip).

Center Target: 4 yards @ 2/3rds speed

Same.

Right Target: Full speed 

Same.

Warm Down:

5 rounds, get rid of the TPC logo with grouping (slow!) fire

10 dry with perfect trigger pull and follow thru (don’t pin the trigger)

Journal Time:

Write down what you did that helped you. 
Write down ideas to further improvement and things to try.
Write down questions for a coach, instructor or better shooter.

Notes:

As usual, think your way through this.  Honor the idea… go slow, pull when you see it, then add more urgency. 

Variants: This can be done with any target. Doing it on static steel is fun. 

 

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Exercise: Setting Wrist Cam for minimal rise, straight up and down travel

Summary:  Adjust the wrist cam, both individually and as a pair, to secure minimal muzzle rise with front sight moving straight up and down.

 

Rounds: 50 to 100 rounds

As with all of our targets, their use is only limited by your imagination.  Identify what skill you want to sharpen, then select one of the TPC targets.  All it takes is a clear vision of what skill you want to sharpen, some creativity, ammo, and quality time to focus.  

 

This next drill is for students that have taken one of our Handgun Mastery Courses and understand what we mean by increasing bio-mechanical efficiency.  In this case, camming of the wrists.  

 

The perfect target to measure camming efficiency is the TPC Sight Tracker at 5 yards 

Camming of Wrists

Remember that camming is a force that has a direction and a magnitude.  Direction is straight to the target, and magnitude for each wrists is determined by the shooter.   The magnitude on the left wrists may be different than the right wrist.  

 

 

Drill 1:  

 

Aim for the dot at the bottom of the target.  Fire a shot and track the front sight for both how high it rises (what color does it rise to) and in which direction of the center line (left, right, straight up/down).  The goal is to have the front sight rise no higher than the green and to travel straight up/down.  The caliber of the gun and your body strength may limit you to having the front sight rise into the yellow band.  

 

If the front sight rises to the yellow or red band, keep increasing the magnitude of the cam until you have minimal front sight lift (green or low yellow).

 

If the front sight has minimal muzzle rise, but rises to the left, then increase them cam magnitude of the left wrist.  

 

If the front sight has minimal muzzle rise, but rises to the right, then increase them cam magnitude of the right wrist.  

 

Drill 2:

With the proper cam magnitude in each wrists as determined from

Exercise 1, fire a round every 2-3 seconds, feeling the cam and watching front sight behavior.  Repeat for 30 rounds.

 

Drill 3:

With the proper cam magnitude in each wrists as determined from Exercise 1, fire two shots and watch both front sight lifts.  Are they consistent:  minimal muzzle rise and straight up/down.  Goal here is to maintain a consistent cam through firing multiple shots.

 

Notes:

Do this at the pace of thinking and doing it right. 

Each drill should be done with a focus on the process….. ”Think, Don’t Plink”. 

 

 

Journal Time:

 

Write down what you did and also what worked. 

Write down what you’d like to try that you think will help an issue you hit.

Write down any tools you may like to add

Write down questions for a shooter better than you are, or for an instructor/coach

 

Have fun! You are on the range getting better!

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Exercise: By the Numbers

Summary:  Get 132 dry, and 96 live, reps of building your perfect stance and grip.
Rounds:  96
Dry Variant: 132 dry, you can do this dry only
Target: 2 Inch Circles
Distance: 5 to 7 yards with skill
Variants: Any target will do

Correct repetitions build subconscious mastery.  Let’s do 100 just right!

Dry: 120 reps, 10 perfect in a row per target

1. Break down your stance – step back, step forward, to where you shoot

2. Take a deep breath, blow it out, take away any tension

3.  Draw gun to Hand Clap, build stance, adding only tension where needed

4.  Add in grip, lifting to eyes, adding only tension where needed 

5. Rise with sights aligned to a perfect equal height, equal light sight picture on the target

6. Confirm sights, isolate trigger action, <click>, hold follow thru for 2 seconds

Repeat 10 in a row perfect per target. Start at 1 if any step is done wrong.

Live:  8 rounds per target, 96 rounds total

– Same, only with real bullets!

Dry:  12 

1 Per target to warm down

Journal Time:

– write down what worked, what you learned
– write down ideas you want to try for a problem you hit
– write down any tools you want to get to make things better
– write down any questions for an instructor or coach

General Thoughts:

The concept of rebuilding stance and grip as much as often in a practice is often overlooked. You are on the range, you have a gun, you have targets, ammo – GET THE MOST OUT OF THE TIME AND MONEY.   If what you are practicing permits it, take every opportunity to slowly and correctly rebuild the stance/grip so that you add to your brain’s memory of how to do it right subconsciously. 

 

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Exercise: Visual Patience in Transition

Summary:  A decreasing par time exercise where you build in urgency combined with the patience to ensure  you see the sight picture you need see when transitioning between targets of varying difficulty and required sight pictures.

Rounds: 150 to 200 rounds
Dry:   Varied, but expect at least 100.

 

As with all of our targets, their use is only limited by your imagination.  Identify what skill you want to sharpen, then select one of the TPC targets.  All it takes is a clear vision of what skill you want to sharpen, some creativity, ammo, and quality time to focus.  

The See What You Need to See 2 (SWYNTS2) target is great for Trigger Control and Visual Patience.  There are instances when engaging targets where we self induce a pressure to fire the shot even though we don’t yet have an acceptable sight picture.  We fire the shot because we feel that we need to “start shooting now” .  The discipline that we want to instill is to fire the shot only when you have an acceptable sight picture.  

 

 

Setup:

SWYNTS2 target at 5 yards

Timer

 

Sight Picture Requirements: (also shown in image above)

Large Circle:  Sight Picture (eyes, rear sight, front sight, target) can have a lot of variation

Medium Circle:  Sight Picture needs to be closer to perfect (equal light, equal height)

Smallest Circle:  Sight Picture needs to be perfect

Horizontal Stripe:  Equal Height 

Vertical Stripe:  Equal Light

 

Drill 1: 

Gun starts empty, hammer/striker back, held at compressed imminent threat

At start signal, present the gun on large circle, internalize a break, then transition to another shape target and when you have an acceptable sight picture, break the shot and hold for 2 sec (follow through)

Repeat this until you can break the dry fire shot onto the next target within the acceptable 

       margin of error five times in a row

Select another pair of targets and repeat the above

 

Drill 2: 

Gun starts loaded, hammer/striker back, held at compressed imminent threat. Timer

At start signal, present the gun on large circle

When you see an acceptable sight picture, break the shot then transition to the next shape target and when you have an acceptable sight picture, break the shot and hold for 2 sec (follow through)

Repeat this until you can hit the target five times in a row

Select another pair of targets and repeat the above

 

 

Variations:

Start from the draw

2 shots per target shape

Use more than two target shapes

One on each target

Strong Hand

Weak Hand

 

Each drill should be done with a focus on the process.”Think, Don’t Plink”.

Evaluate the result.  If the result is as expected, continue to re-enforce with reps. 

Start with the Speed of Learning (25%). When comfortable, shoot at the Speed of Grooving (50-75%).  

Then shoot at the Speed of Performance (85%-98%).  To raise the level of your comfort zone, shoot at the Speed of Breaking (101+%).  

Journal Time:

Write down what you did and also what worked. 
Write down what you’d like to try that you think will help an issue you hit.
Write down any tools you may like to add
Write down questions for a shooter better than you are, or for an instructor/coach

Have fun! You are on the range. You are not at work (unless you work on the range, which is great!).  You are getting better!

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Exercise: Fire when You See It

Summary:  A decreasing par time exercise where you build in urgency combined with the patience to ensure  you see the sight picture you need to see before shooting.

Rounds: 150 to 200 rounds
Dry:   Varied, but expect at least 100.

 

As with all of our targets, their use is only limited by your imagination.  Identify what skill you want to sharpen, then select one of the TPC targets.  All it takes is a clear vision of what skill you want to sharpen, some creativity, ammo, and quality time to focus.  

The See What You Need to See 2 (SWYNTS2) target is great for Trigger Control and Visual Patience.  There are instances when engaging targets where we self induce a pressure to fire the shot even though we don’t yet have an acceptable sight picture.  We fire the shot because we feel that we need to “start shooting now” .  The discipline that we want to instill is to fire the shot only when you have an acceptable sight picture.  

 

 

Setup:

SWYNTS2 target at 5 yards

Timer

 

Sight Picture Requirements: (also shown in image above)

Large Circle:  Sight Picture (eyes, rear sight, front sight, target) can have a lot of variation

Medium Circle:  Sight Picture needs to be closer to perfect (equal light, equal height)

Smallest Circle:  Sight Picture needs to be perfect

Horizontal Stripe:  Equal Height 

Vertical Stripe:  Equal Light

 

Drill 1: 

Gun starts empty, hammer/striker back, held at compressed imminent threat.

At start signal, present the gun on large circle

When you see an acceptable sight picture, break the shot and hold for 2 sec (follow through)

Repeat this until you can break the dry fire shot within the acceptable margin of error five times in a row

Repeat for each of the 5 different target size/shapes

 

Drill 2: 

Gun starts empty, hammer/striker back, held at compressed imminent threat. Timer set to random start.

Repeat the above starting with a 2 sec par time.

For each successful 5 runs, lower the par time (1 to 2 tenths)

You now have a baseline time for each of the target shapes

 

Drill 3: 

Gun starts loaded, hammer/striker back, held at compressed imminent threat. Timer

Set the par time to your baseline time +0.5sec

At start signal, present the gun on large circle

When you see an acceptable sight picture, break the shot and hold for 2 sec (follow through)

Repeat this until you can hit the target five times in a row

Lower par time  (.1  to .2)

Repeat this until you can hit the target five times in a row

At some point, you will be shooting at the Speed of Breaking.  Back off the par time and confirm your Speed of Performance (speed of success)

After confirming speed of success on the target, repeat the process on the next target shape. 

 

Variations:

Start from the draw

Strong Hand

Weak Hand

 

 

Each drill should be done with a focus on the process.”Think, Don’t Plink”.

Evaluate the result.  If the result is as expected, continue to re-enforce with reps. 

Start with the Speed of Learning (25%). When comfortable, shoot at the Speed of Grooving (50-75%).  

Then shoot at the Speed of Performance (85%-98%).  To raise the level of your comfort zone, shoot at the Speed of Breaking (101+%).  

Journal Time:

Write down what you did and also what worked. 
Write down what you’d like to try that you think will help an issue you hit.
Write down any tools you may like to add
Write down questions for a shooter better than you are, or for an instructor/coach

Have fun! You are on the range getting better!

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Exercise: Early Efficiency In Transitions

Summary:  Build efficient transitions with direct gun travel and earlier vision. 
Level: Intermediate – requires good fire control and an understanding of natural point of aim
Rounds:  185,  140 dry
Target: 4×6 rectangle  (print a few), 3 target backers/stands, set at yardage, about 1 to 3 yards apart (vary as you like). One target on each stand, put at same height or vary for challenge.
Distance: 3 to 7 yards with skill

Can we agree that a straight line is shortest path between two points?   So the first concept is move the gun in a straight line between the targets.  Common errors… dropping the gun down (looks tactical in the movies), letting the gun settle and then bringing it over.  Just imagine the muzzle traveling the LEAST possible distance and do that.   It will be better than what you do now, and if you keep thinking that way it will continue to improve.  Minimizing the distance the muzzle travels is step 1 for efficiency in transitions. 

Now… look at the target and imagine what sight picture you need to see (or feel).  Not the PERFECT sight picture…think of the broadest definition that will always yield a hit.     At 5 yards, let’s say it is the front sight surround by gray.   You can vary that – you decide. 

Just look at the target and visualize the straight paths and seeing that sight picture.   Got it??  Let’s begin.

Terms; LMT = Left Most Target, CT = Center Target, RMT = Right Most Target

Dry:  20 reps of transition from each target to every other target.   LMT to CT  (20 times), LMT to RMT (20 times), CT -> LMT, CT-RMT, RMT-CT, RMT-LMT.    Total 120 reps.   

Start on each target, move your eye to the next target, move the gun to the next target, see what you need to see, touch the trigger.  No need to cock gun. Just see it, touch.  DO IT AT THE PACE YOU CAN DO IT RIGHT.   And don’t forget to move the eye first. 

You are looking for 20 in a row of good reps.  If you mess up, go back to 1.   If you keep messing up, go for 5 in a row, then 10 in a row, so forth.

With dry fire YOU are the accountable one, do not cheat yourself. 

Live:  10 reps as with Dry. Start on target, move to other, see what you need to see, deliver the shot, find sights again while prepping trigger = good rep.
Do it a the PACE you can DO the STEPS RIGHT.   (60 rounds)

For the first live fire we start on target so as not to waste ammo, we are directly building the move skill. Now we will work on the move from recoil skill.

Live:  10 reps, start on target, deliver shot, move directly to the next target, see what you need to see, shoot, rep ends with your trigger reset and your sight picture re-acquired.   (60 rounds)

Live:  10 reps, left to right all three targets, and right to left all three targets (60 rounds)

Live:  Use 5 shots and get rid of the TPC logo on the center target.  (5 rounds)

Dry:  20 reps of perfect dry fire to the TPC log on the right most target

Journal time:  What worked?  What are you going to try?  What do you need to ask a better shooter or an instructor?  What tools do you need?

Notes:

This uses a LOT of ammo.  We recommend doing this dry a few times before going live. 

Always do the steps right.  Squeeze time between steps to be quicker. Never shortcut a needed step.

Stick to the pace of doing it right. It will get faster naturally.  When you have the steps right, feel free to mix up the target distances, locations, and to find out how early you can see what you need to see (that’s where the speed lies).

Make SURE that when you practice dry that your SPINE aligns to the target each time. You are rotating it, not pulling or pushing your arms.  This will involve muscles OUTSIDE your arms. Move the gun this way is quicker and more accurate when it stops and you shoot.

Keep the transitions WITHIN your peripheral vision.  Transitioning farther than that uses another technique.

Have fun. You are on the range. Not at work (unless it is your work in which case congratulations). 

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Exercise: The Gun Also Rises

Summary:  Burn in the concept of Lifting the Gun Up with Sights Aligned and Pausing 
Rounds: 100 live, 225 dry
Distance: 3 to 7 yards with skill
Target:  5 inch circles with 1″ center dot
Start Position: Compressed Imminent Threat

Whether drawing from holster, from the gun held in an administrative position, gun held in a tactical position (low ready, imminent threat), from a glove box of a car, or a battlefield pickup – presenting to the target is the same.  We recommend, for the earliest hit, that the gun lift up with SIGHTS ALIGNED, and when you arrive on target you PAUSE and you Try To See What You Need to See, then shoot. 

Pause?  Yes. We pause. It happens fast. 4 or 6  shots per second fast, but we mentally transition to seeing what we need to see (or feel in some shots). 
 
This exercise gives you 200 excellent reps of that process.  We use a circle with a dot so that you can lift to the dot, pull the trigger, and have hits outside of the dot.  You could use any target you want for this – we often use one of the vertical rectangle since that is a typical threat stop zone region.

Procedure:

 

– you will be presenting to the small black circle in the bigger gray circle. 

– 10 dry reps per target, to burn it in.  On each target, if you miss one, start over at one on that target.

– Do it At the Speed of Right Phase – Live fire, per target:
   – 5 dry reps, if perfect, proceed to live fire. If not, get 5 perfect dry reps.
   – 5 live reps
   – 5 dry reps, perfect please
   – 5 live reps

– Earlier and Earlier Phase – Live Fire Per Target
    – 5 dry reps
    – 5 live reps
    – on each target shorten the pause, see where you see and go earlier

– Burn It In Phase – Live Fire Per Target
   – 5 dry reps
   – 5 live reps
   – all targets at the EARLIEST you KNOW you can get it right 90% of the time

– Warm Down
    – 5 dry per target at the DO IT RIGHT PACE

– Journal time – write down what worked, what  you think might help, any tools/training you may want to ask to the mix, including questions to ask TPC or a better shooter on your range.

Notes:

– Perfect dry reps end with your trigger reset and your eyes finding the sights back on target, then bring it down, and start again.

– Rebuild grip and stance at least each target.

– Lift gun at the pace of pointing your finger at something. Learn to do it at that speed.  Adrenaline may pick that pace up naturally, but you will be doing it “right”, which means hits.  

– Sight Alignment means arriving with the rear sight at equal height – equal light each time.  The “perfect sight picture”. 

– Lifting with sights aligned means holding that perfect alignment from compressed imminent threat up til lift is done. This is called “feel” and knowing it lets you shoot earlier, including before you have visual knowledge of the sights – simply by feel – if the target permits it.

– Have fun. Take your Time. Do it right!  Then do it earlier. Learn what works, burn it in.   Enjoy your time on the range improving.

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Exercise: Trigger Time 100

Summary:  100 Rounds of Your Best Trigger Pulls Ever, Or your money back!
Rounds:  224 dry, 100 live
Start Position: Compressed Imminent Threat
Target: 2″ Round Circles
Distance: 3 to 7 yards with skill
Dry Variant: Do the dry portion only

Most people can aim. Far fewer people can keep the gun from moving when pulling the trigger.   Let’s fix that!

Trigger success has two basic concepts:  

1. isolating the trigger finger movement from the rest of the grip
2. a surprise break or acceptance of recoil

Should it be any surprise that those two concepts are directly what we are going to work on? 

Procedure:

Per Row:

Dry: 8 dry shots per target. Focus ENTIRELY on moving just the trigger finger. This is partly mental, and it might be physical (how you grip the gun). 

Live: 4 live shots per target, FOCUS ENTIRELY on moving just the trigger finger.

Dry: 8 dry shots per target, Focus ENTIRELY on HOLDING still with the trigger press

Live: 4 live shots per target, FOCUS ENTIRELY on HOLDING still with the shot. 

You have done 192 dry and 96 live reps. 

Live: You have 4 live shots left. Pick a spot on the paper and use them to make the same hole with 4 rounds.

Warm Down: Dry fire one row, with 4 REPS of focus on just moving trigger, and 4 REPS of holding still. 

Journal Time: Write down what worked. Write down ideas to try to improve. Write down any tools you feel might help. Write down questions to ask better shooters.  Write down any training you may need.

Notes:

A good rep starts rise with sights alined. Don’t take the shot if you didn’t arrive with perfect sight alignment. Do it again, RIGHT> 

A good live rep ends with you finding your sights again and the trigger prepped ready to deliver another perfect shot.  

Moving only the trigger is mental AND physical. You may need to adjust your grip and your trigger finger placement to permit mechnical isolation of the movement of the trigger finger. 

DA first pull on the gun? Well.. you bought it,  alternate DA and SA, probably leaning towards DA since the first pull is the most important! 

Extra credit variant:  Mess up a rep dry? Start that circle over.

As usual… take your time, keep your notebook close, and enjoy yourself. You are on the range. You are getting better!

Having trouble paying attention?  You can do 8 dry, 4 live, 8 dry, 4 live per target as a variant for the attention challenged student.

 

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