Videos tagged with Support Hand Only

This video details the FBI Pistol Qualification Course, presented by GBRS Group instructors. It breaks down each stage, from 3 to 25 yards, outlining specific drills, par times, and accuracy requirements. The instructors emphasize practical application, speed, and confidence-building, offering insights from their extensive tactical and special operations experience. The course is presented as a valuable benchmark for any shooter to assess their current skill level.

This comprehensive guide from FieldCraft Survival focuses on optimizing dry fire practice for beginners and experienced shooters alike. It emphasizes safety, proper grip, target focus, and a progressive series of drills including draws, transitions, reloads, and specialized techniques like trigger press at speed. The instruction highlights the importance of making dry fire realistic and consistent to translate skills to live fire scenarios.

This video documents the speaker's performance in two separate IDPA matches, highlighting areas for improvement in competition shooting. Key takeaways include the challenges of weak-hand-only stages, the importance of maintaining focus, and the need to practice shooting moving targets like swingers. The speaker also discusses potential equipment upgrades, considering a 2011 platform after further testing with their Glock 19X.

This video provides five practical drills designed to maximize training effectiveness with a single 50-round box of ammunition. The instructor emphasizes purposeful training, measurable results, and focusing on weaknesses. Drills include single-shot fundamentals, rapid fire, strong-hand-only, support-hand-only shooting, and malfunction clearing, all achievable within a limited ammo count.

This comprehensive two-day 'No-Fail Pistol' course, led by expert instructor Chuck Pressburg of Presscheck Consulting, focuses on realistic applications of violence and low-probability shots. The training emphasizes accountability and metrics, moving beyond fundamentals to deep self-discovery of individual capabilities under various conditions, including strong/support hand-only shooting and moving targets.

This video demonstrates the updated 2019 FBI Marksmanship Qualification Test using a Staccato C2 pistol. The Honest Outlaw walks through various stages, testing accuracy and speed from different distances and positions, including strong hand only, support hand only, and kneeling. The drill emphasizes drawing from concealment and performing reloads under time pressure, providing a benchmark for defensive handgun skills.

This video covers Day 1 of the Tactical Games in South Carolina, featuring two challenging events. The first involved navigating a simulated nuclear facility with a heavy sandbag carry, tunnel crawls, and a fast rope descent. The second event, a 'smoker,' consisted of a farmers carry with water jugs, extensive stair climbing in an 8-story building, and a rifle engagement using iron sights, followed by a support-hand-only pistol drill. The competitor experienced a penalty for an extra magazine in the first stage and noted the difficulty of shooting through the optic mount in the second.

This guide details the 'Three Second Standards' drill, a practical marksmanship exercise popularized by Ken Hackathorn. The drill, a simplified version of a USMC concept, tests speed and accuracy across four strings of fire, including draw, freestyle, strong-hand-only, and support-hand-only shooting, all under a strict 3-second par time. Ken Hackathorn, a seasoned instructor with FBI SWAT and U.S. SOCOM experience, emphasizes safety and progressive difficulty.

This video details Stage 5 of the 2018 Tiger Valley competition, a challenging pistol drill requiring participants to disassemble their Glock, place it in a box, and reassemble it blindfolded before engaging steel targets strong-hand only. The segment highlights the importance of muscle memory for reassembly and discusses potential issues with underpowered ammunition and the need for a firm grip, especially when shooting one-handed.

This video details the '5 Yard Roundup' drill, designed to test cold competency with a carry firearm. The drill involves four strings of fire totaling ten rounds, each with a 2.5-second par time. It assesses drawing from concealment, two-handed shooting from low ready, strong-hand-only shooting, and support-hand-only shooting, providing a comprehensive evaluation of fundamental pistol skills under timed pressure.

This YouTube video documents a competitive shooting stage titled 'Stage 1 SEG Steel Shoot' from April 27, 2015. The described drill involves a sequence of shooting exercises: El Presidente, followed by a 25-yard shot using only the support hand, then a 25-yard shot with both hands, a 25-yard shot with only the strong hand, and finally another 25-yard shot with both hands. The description highlights a scoring system where hitting single-handed shots deducts 5 points, while misses add 1 point. The video mentions a best time of 28.5 seconds, which was achieved by both the uploader and the match winner.

This video from Polenar Tactical demonstrates advanced close-range engagement drills for pistol shooters. It covers slow and fast execution of point-blank target acquisition and movement, with a significant focus on one-handed operation for both shooting and reloading when a hand is injured. The instruction highlights fluid weapon manipulation and proficiency in challenging scenarios, suitable for advanced tactical training.