Posted: 2/1/2025 6:09:45 PM EDT
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Designed by Larry Vickers (or maybe Ken Hackathorn?) Range: 10 yards Target: B-8 repair center Rounds: 10 Start Position: low ready Par time: 10 seconds At start signal, fire 10 shots. Goal is all 10 shots in the black, within par time of 10 seconds You can have shots outside the black, but each one adds 1 second to overall time. Mr. Vickers explains:  The Test: 10,10,10 - Master Class Ep. 07 featuring Larry Vickers G19 w/ optic (what I carry every day):  8.21, + 1 sec for that pulled shot, = 9.21. (93pts) Need to call Grandpa Munster for more tooth skin! Tried it with a G26 w/ irons, got 8.86, but 2 outside the black, puts me at 10.86. (90pts) I added up the points, because one variation of this is, Ken Hackathorn, calling it the "10-10-10", requires a score of 90, under par, to pass. So a couple ways to look at it. Update: so far, participating, we've got TheGunslinger Nobody69s 2ndTimeAround Never_A_Wick evnash Henny spydercomonkey ken_mays |
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Quoted: Shot it 3 consecutive times with 3 different pistols. 7 minute video below. Fast forward to 1:30 for the shooting part. TLDW 100 points on all three runs under par time with Shadow 2, M&P 1.0 CORE & Sig 320 X-Carry https://i.imgur.com/QhwhMbLm.jpg That is very innovative, with the primer tray. I think I might adopt that. You guys doing it from the holster, kudos to ya. Above & beyond. Most all pistol work I do is either from concealment or a retention holster. @Henny @evnash @03RN @Fooboy |
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Last try. Stepped on the gas a little, got a miss though. Attached File I could probably do sub 4.25 clean with more reps. Gotta work on other stuff. Fun drill though 
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Quoted: Last try. Stepped on the gas a little, got a miss though. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/578900/IMG_2789_jpeg-3456943.JPG I could probably do sub 4.25 clean with more reps. Gotta work on other stuff. Fun drill though Nice shooting. |
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Quoted: That is very innovative, with the primer tray. I think I might adopt that. You guys doing it from the holster, kudos to ya. Above & beyond. Most all pistol work I do is either from concealment or a retention holster. @Henny @evnash @03RN @Fooboy I’ll get at this one next week! Thanks for the tag! In all honesty after our last monthly drill stopped, I kind of faded away from ARFCOM. I kind of like the idea of a gun board that promotes shooting! |
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Quoted: Shot it 3 consecutive times with 3 different pistols. 7 minute video below. Fast forward to 1:30 for the shooting part. TLDW 100 points on all three runs under par time with Shadow 2, M&P 1.0 CORE & Sig 320 X-Carry https://i.imgur.com/QhwhMbLm.jpg Nice! ETA: I’ll also be doing the primer tray! I like that idea as I rarely shoot paper any more! |
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I’ll play S&w 22 mag from owb holster Attached File Arex delta m g2 from owb Attached File Archon type b ported owb Attached File S&W bodyguard 2.0 from pocket (yes I drifted the rear sight a bit more after shooting) Attached File |
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I tried to drill today completely cold. One try. Failed. It has been a rough year. I didn’t do much shooting last year. I had seven concussions since March. The worst thing? No cool stories! I was able to run one Cola Warrior at the end of the year. Oldest guy there came in seventh. About the time I got my head feeling better. I got a horrific bowling injury!  I went bowling with my granddaughters. It’s the first I’ve bowled in approximately 35 years! I sprained my middle finger! It still makes me wince to grab things! No excuses! We should be able to perform at any time anywhere… Here’s the ugly… I’ll give it a shot again! Hopefully my hand will soon he’ll heal up |
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Quoted: I tried to drill today completely cold. One try. Failed. It has been a rough year. I didn’t do much shooting last year. I had seven concussions since March. The worst thing? No cool stories! I was able to run one Cola Warrior at the end of the year. Oldest guy there came in seventh. About the time I got my head feeling better. I got a horrific bowling injury! I went bowling with my granddaughters. It’s the first I’ve bowled in approximately 35 years! I sprained my middle finger! It still makes me wince to grab things! No excuses! We should be able to perform at any time anywhere… Here’s the ugly… I’ll give it a shot again! Hopefully my hand will soon he’ll heal up Hell yeah dude! Participation & learning is what it's all about. Don't sell yourself short, the original version is just from low ready, not the holster. And that was still a damn good cluster of shots. No way would I ever be able to shoot this one cold, with a pass, after no live or dryfire for weeks. @spydercomonkey, yeah, you can do whatever variations you want in practice, we all do that. To me, one of the things that makes this drill challenging is that it IS 10 shots, not just 2 or 3. I find it difficult to remain consistent throughout the process, delivering accurate hits while maintaining a cadence that'll get me under par. It's like Pressburg's No Fail Pistol Drill: sure, go ahead, draw and hit the black once, or twice, at 25 yards. But can you do it consistently, over and over, 10 times in a row, as fatigue and/or pressure sets in? I've NEVER cleaned that one. So drills like The Test, to me, evaluate (among other things) your "shooting stamina", so to speak, if that makes sense? |
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Quoted: Hell yeah dude! Participation & learning is what it's all about. Don't sell yourself short, the original version is just from low ready, not the holster. And that was still a damn good cluster of shots. No way would I ever be able to shoot this one cold, with a pass, after no live or dryfire for weeks. @spydercomonkey, yeah, you can do whatever variations you want in practice, we all do that. Hat To me, one of the things that makes this drill challenging is that it IS 10 shots, not just 2 or 3. I find it difficult to remain consistent throughout the process, delivering accurate hits while maintaining a cadence that'll get me under par. It's like Pressburg's No Fail Pistol Drill: sure, go ahead, draw and hit the black once, or twice, at 25 yards. But can you do it consistently, over and over, 10 times in a row, as fatigue and/or pressure sets in? I've NEVER cleaned that one. So drills like The Test, to me, evaluate (among other things) your "shooting stamina", so to speak, if that makes sense? I’m pretty sure I know what my problem is, which this drill accentuates, I tighten my primary hand grip as I proceed through the drill. I know what’s wrong, correcting it is the hard part! |
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Quoted: Awesome! I'm looking forward to these threads. I honestly don't shoot pistol enough and it'll force me to get better. Quoted: Quoted: Most definitely! I will @ everybody who wants to be on the list, and at the very least will @ everybody who's done the previous one. I'm looking forward to these threads. I honestly don't shoot pistol enough and it'll force me to get better. +1! Plus I hope the March drill is posted early. I’ll be down in the Keys visiting my granddaughters for the month. If I miss it, I will do both of them in April. |
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Quoted: Only had one B8 left in the target pouch, fortunately it wasn't too terrible a string. 4.25 Prodigy with red dot. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/9714/Img_9168-3473134.jpg Holy shit dude you are smokin' @Henny, is the 1st soon enough? |
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At the range today so I shot it again. Attached File Pushing it more got some out of the black. Still on paper. Attached File Cranked hard on one and managed a sub 3 second one, but again, pretty ugly: Attached File I would say my sweet spot on this one is low to high 4 second range where I could mindlessly repeat it. |
suggestion for next months: The Ultimate Cold Start? First Defense Drill After 4 Months Off! |
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I was already planning to do Dyal's Prep Time, but that can be April. So let it be written, so let it be done! |
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