M3 Strategies: There ‘n Back Drill

This course of fire was designed by Stephen Pineau, Director of Training at M3 Strategies – http://www.m3-strategies.com

Needed:

  • Pistol
  • Holster
  • Shot Timer
  • C-Zone steel
  • Five rounds
  • Marksmanship
  • Gunhandling Skill
  • Fitness

Set up

Place C-Zone steel target at 30 yards. Starting holstered with hands at sides, at the signal draw and fire one round freestyle, advance to 20 yards and fire one round strong hand only, advance to 10 yards and fire one round weak hand only, return to 20 yards and fire one round strong hand only, return to 30 yards and fire one round freestyle.

Scoring:

Qualification (pass/fail.) Suggested par time is 20 seconds with all hits.

For competition, one could use Time Plus scoring with an appropriate time penalty (probably 3-5 seconds) for each miss.

Time Factor scoring. Add up points and divide by total elapsed time.