Here are a few live fire CCW that I use to help improve accuracy and speed. They also help cut down on cost for those of you who have to pay for your targets at your local range.
Drill #1 requires 5x7 note cards.
Cut a small stack of note cards in half then take one set of the halves and cut them down the middle again making one stack of note card halves and one stack of quarters.
Staple the note card quarter to the head of a normal human silhouette target and and of the halves to the center of the chest on the right on the breast bone.
The drill is to draw from concealed and fire two rounds to the chest and one to the head aiming for the notecards in 2 seconds or less with all rounds on the notecards.
Drill #2
Utilizing the notecards from the previous drill and loading one magazine of 2 rounds into the weapon and having another mag of 3 in your reload pouch.
Draw and fire the drill the same way that you would Drill #1 aiming for the note cards, when your weapon runs dry speed reload and re fire the drill, 2 too the chest and one to the head.
These two drills utilize the "aim small miss small" concept and you will notice smaller groups almost immediately as compared to a normal target.
In my unit I actually got these drills implimented for use during CQB in a live fire shoothouse where all the targets had the notecards and you had to aim for them while clearing rooms on the move. I made it a competition between my squads and fireteams (depending on the level of operation) to see which squad/team had the most precise marksmanship.
Also due to the changing geometry of fires inside the house you could see which teammate shot each target from what positions inside the room and (due to the angle of the rounds striking the targets) and be able to tell which individual actually fired the missed shots.
If your teams are really good you can simply hang chemlights from 550 cord at chest level on the walls or targets (if you are using moveable bullet traps) and zap them on the move as well. Makes for a cool light show and you can't mistake a miss for a hit!
Drill #1 requires 5x7 note cards.
Cut a small stack of note cards in half then take one set of the halves and cut them down the middle again making one stack of note card halves and one stack of quarters.
Staple the note card quarter to the head of a normal human silhouette target and and of the halves to the center of the chest on the right on the breast bone.
The drill is to draw from concealed and fire two rounds to the chest and one to the head aiming for the notecards in 2 seconds or less with all rounds on the notecards.
Drill #2
Utilizing the notecards from the previous drill and loading one magazine of 2 rounds into the weapon and having another mag of 3 in your reload pouch.
Draw and fire the drill the same way that you would Drill #1 aiming for the note cards, when your weapon runs dry speed reload and re fire the drill, 2 too the chest and one to the head.
These two drills utilize the "aim small miss small" concept and you will notice smaller groups almost immediately as compared to a normal target.
In my unit I actually got these drills implimented for use during CQB in a live fire shoothouse where all the targets had the notecards and you had to aim for them while clearing rooms on the move. I made it a competition between my squads and fireteams (depending on the level of operation) to see which squad/team had the most precise marksmanship.
Also due to the changing geometry of fires inside the house you could see which teammate shot each target from what positions inside the room and (due to the angle of the rounds striking the targets) and be able to tell which individual actually fired the missed shots.
If your teams are really good you can simply hang chemlights from 550 cord at chest level on the walls or targets (if you are using moveable bullet traps) and zap them on the move as well. Makes for a cool light show and you can't mistake a miss for a hit!