I don’t shoot at an indoor range very often because I can’t do most of my drills. Watch a gunfight on YouTube, how often do both shooters just stand there unmoving? It’s better to practice standing still than not at all, but if you are serious about shooting you need to move. Unfortunately, most indoor ranges either can’t or won’t support many drills that are important to self defense. While Interactive Gun Range won’t completely solve this for you, you can get a lot more out of your intermediate level practice with it than you can at an indoor range. Interactive Gun Range even tracks which stance and what equipment you were using, for record keeping over time.
Essential Drills for Intermediate and Advanced Training
In these drills, clear checkpoints means to scan your surroundings after a course of fire. The purpose is to clear tunnel vision you get from stress.
If you are not sure what a stance means, how to take cover, how to walk while shooting, etc. look up online how to do these things before starting the drill. Otherwise, you will just reinforce bad habits, which is opposite the goal.
I explain these drills in detail in Explanations: Outdoor Drills Part 2
1. Pistol accuracy at different ranges + clear checkpoints
2. Rifle accuracy at different ranges + clear checkpoints
3. Pistol concealed draw for speed at 5, 10, 15 yards + clear checkpoints
4. Pistol triple tap steel at different ranges for speed and consistency
5. Rifle triple tap paper at different ranges for speed and consistency
6. Pistol Circles on grid transition drill at close range
7. Pistol transition between steel targets + clear checkpoints
8. Rifle transition between paper targets + clear checkpoints
9. Pistol double tap from body to head at different ranges + clear checkpoints
10. Rifle double tap from body to head at different ranges + clear checkpoints
11. Pistol double tap different targets at different ranges + clear checkpoints
12. Rifle double tap different targets at different ranges + clear checkpoints
13. Pistol tactical reload behind cover
14. Pistol combat reload stationary
15. Rifle tactical reload behind cover + move mags through pouches
16. Rifle combat reload stationary
17. Pistol Circles on grid transition drill at close range with dummy round misfires and reload
18. Rifle empty transition to pistol + clear checkpoints
19. Pistol fire from kneeling + clear checkpoints
20. Rifle fire from kneeling + clear checkpoints
21. Rifle fire from kneeling for accuracy
22. Pistol fire from prone for accuracy
23. Rifle fire from prone for accuracy
24. Pistol fire from supine (lying on back)
25. Rifle fire from supine (lying on back)
26. Pistol fire from laying on side
27. Rifle fire from laying on side
28. Pistol fire around cover (lean left/right/combo) (don’t stand too close to cover)
29. Rifle fire around cover (lean left/right/combo) (don’t stand too close to cover)
30. Pistol fire from laying on side around cover
31. Rifle fire from laying on side around cover
32. Pistol stand / kneel / prone transition for speed
33. Rifle stand / kneel / prone transition for speed
34. Pistol walk forward / left / right / back. Left and Right one handed
35. Pistol walk forward / left / right / back with combat reload. Left and Right one handed
36. Rifle walk forward / left / right / back.
37. Rifle walk forward / left / right / back with combat reload.
38. Pistol fire over cover (braced)
39. Rifle fire over cover (braced)
40. Pistol fire around cover (left / right lying on side)
41. Rifle fire around cover (left / right lying on side)
42. Pistol concealed draw at close range for consistency
43. Pistol concealed draw at close range while stepping backwards and offcenter
44. Target Identification (Shoot even or odd numbers)
45. Pistol reveal hostage starting at range
46. Rifle reveal hostage starting at range
47. Pistol reveal hostage for speed starting up close
48. Rifle reveal hostage for speed starting up close
49. Revealed target (hostile or friendly) while running towards cover
50. Speed course, multiple targets at multiple ranges
51. Advance on doorway keeping foot facing edge
52. Advance through doorway, clear blind spots
53. Pistol left handed concealed draw and fire multiple shots
54. Pistol right handed concealed draw and fire multiple shots
Explanations: Outdoor Drills Part 2
