On The Mark.....Most of the Time!

Many of you are like me. You have been a fan of PRS style shooting for awhile, but are just finally pulling the trigger (pun intended!) on getting involved.

For years i didn't think i could get involved because most of my shooting was either 600 yard prone NRA F Class shooting or 100 yard practice (which seemed silly if all i was practicing for was FTR)...

Well, after attending a competition prep course and reading/watching quite a few youtube videos I realized i was an idiot and 70%+ of my shooting should be fundamentals at 100yards.

I ran across Jim See's 40 Rounds Perfect Practice post and was inspired. I put together the following training outline based on his recommendations. I shot it for the first time today, and let me tell you I NEEDED IT. I have alot to improve on, but now i have a structured model to go on, and by keeping an after action report and taking notes during the course of fire i'll hopefully be able to improve at a pace i'm looking for.

Without Further Ado: Adrian's Practice Routine for 100 yards (as of 6/3/2016)

***Inspired and adapted from Jim See’s excellent post on “40 Round Perfect PRS Practice” (http://bit.ly/1UmdGOD)***

Skills Worked:

Barricade Practice, Prone Practice, Speed Drills, Practice Stage Challenge

7 Stages: Total Round count: 50

Barricade Drill #1 - Target Used (http://bit.ly/1U2P4OX )

a. Start with 1 mag, loaded with 10 rounds. Off the barricade, mag out, bolt back

b. Time: untimed

c. Engage:

i. Shoot 2 shots at same target from 5 different positions on barricade

Prone Accuracy Practice – Target Used (Advanced Dot Drill http://foxs.pt/1Umgw6b )

a. Start prone with 1 mag loaded with 10 rounds. Mag out, bolt back.

b. Time: untimed

c. Engage:

i. 3 shots in large circle on top

ii. 3 shots in the first circle on the 2^nd row

iii. 2 shots in each of the next 2 circles on the 2^nd row

3. Speed Drill #1 – Target used, same target from Stage 2

a. Start prone with 5 rounds loaded in 1 mag. Mag out, bolt back

b. Time: 20 Seconds

c. Engage:

i. 1 round into each dot on an empty row on the Advanced Dot drill target from Stage 2

4. Speed Drill #2 – Target Used (http://bit.ly/1X2XND4 )

a. Start prone with 5 rounds loaded in 1 mag. Mag out, bolt back

b. Time: 30 seconds

c. Engage targets in this order

i. Left big circle 1 round

ii. Right tiny circle 1 round

iii. Left Middle circle 1 round

iv. Right Middle circle 1 round

v. Left big circle 1 round

5. Practice Stage – Target Used ( either of the targets in first post http://foxs.pt/1Y6MCsB)

a. Start standing rifle in hand, 2 mags loaded with 5 rounds each, mag out, bolt back

b. Time: 60 seconds

c. Engage:

i. target from top left circle in left to right, top to bottom order (disregard arrows on target, you can’t see them at range anyway!)

ii. MUST hit in circle to engage next target

6. Barricade Drill #2 – Target used (any you have on hand that is 1.5-2 moa targets)

a. Start with 1 mag, loaded with 5 rounds. Off the barricade, mag out, bolt back

b. Time: untimied

c. Engage:

i. 2 rounds into target from 1^st position

ii. 2 rounds into same target from 2^nd position

iii. 1 round into same target from 3^rd position

7. Barricade Drill #3 – Target used (any you have on hand that is 1.5-2 moa targets)

a. Start with 1 mag, loaded with 5 rounds. Off the barricade, mag out, bolt back

b. Time: untimed

c. Engage:

i. 3 rounds into target from 1^st position

ii. 2 rounds into same target from 2^nd position

I've a very detail and data driven guy, so without taking notes and creating an AAR that i can review and work on, i think i'm just wasting powder, so here's how this session went. Enjoy! and don't laugh too hard, it was humbling considering how good i THOUGHT i was going into it.

AAR - 6/3/2016

Stage 1

Notes:

1. Build position as stable as possible, it’s untimed after all

2. When possible build position against right angles, as those proved to be the best shots this time

3. Check and verify NPOA EVERY SHOT, build it, trust it, send it

Results:

Stage 2

Notes:

1. Don’t relax because this should be the “easy” stage. Build NPOA, trust it, send it

2. Be very conscious of respitory pause and shoot in cadence. Few shots were pulled due to holding pause too long and causing me to take a bad shot

Results:

Stage 3

Notes:

1. Need to use shot timer to cut down on first shot time and understand splits. Left 1 shot on table because I wasn’t able to get it off

2. Back off on magnification to eliminate searching with scope on full power. Came off between shots 4 and what should’ve been 5 and wasted precious time getting back on target before I could send another shot

Results:

Stage 4

Notes:

1. On smaller targets make extra sure you have a good picture, otherwise you’re wasting a shot as I did with shot #2 (should’ve hit tiny right dot)

2. Understand and working on timing and splits, I used IPSC shot timer on this drill and finished with 8 seconds, could’ve used some of those to make better shots and more hits

a. №1 Time-4.93 Split-0.0
№2 Time-9.96 Split-5.04
№3 Time-14.17 Split-4.21
№4 Time-18.03 Split-3.87
№5 Time-22.91 Split-4.88

Results:

Stage 5

Notes:

1. If there is a mag change, ANTICIPATE IT, I forgot in the moment and spent ~15 seconds before I realized what happened, I ran the first mag dry and wasn’t ready to drop and load #2…DOH!

2. Trust your misses, if you’ve come this far, chances are you aren’t making wild and crazy changes shot to shot. I took an extra shot on target #1 thinking I probably pulled something so I made the adjustment and was dead on for shot 3, on second target however I knew my hold was right so I had just shot too low in my breath cycle so I squeezed 2^nd shot off and was still on target
i. №1 Time-16.53 Split-0.00
№2 Time-23.3 Split-6.77
№3 Time-31.73 Split-8.43
№4 Time-39.51 Split-7.78
№5 Time-45.72 Split-6.22

Results: