(intense music)
-: This week's drill comes to us
from Dave Spalding of Handgun Combatives
and it's called the 10 in eight drill.
It involves firing 10 rounds
from two firing positions in eight seconds.
Your target is a three by five card
that's five yards away.
You have to traverse 10 feet from the two firing positions
and there's a draw that occurs on the move
from the first position to the first firing position.
You can start on the right
and move left at first or vice versa.
It's a very challenging drill
that's working on that dynamic lateral movement.
Now, a lot of times you'll see someone
at the range kind of doing this
and that could be simulating lateral movement,
but if someone's charging you
or if you're trying to get to cover
or get your gun out while you're moving,
this doesn't do a lot for you.
The type of movement we're gonna be doing here
is explosive, when we're launching off our foot here.
And we're gonna also try to stay low
to the ground rather than hop.
I'm using a Smith and Wesson M&P 2.0 compact.
Let's see how this goes.
(high-pitched beep)
(gunshots firing)
Okay, there we go.
That was a clean run in 7.89.
So just made that time standard and all the hits are there.
One is kind of on the line, but that's a hit.
So what I'm gonna do now is move to the other side.
It's good to practice this both ways.
So same thing.
(high pitched beep)
(gunshots firing)
And that one is a little slower, 8.18, but that's
a great drill to practice that dynamic lateral movement
and you also get to work in a good draw stroke there.
Have to control your rounds
on that three by five card.
You can find more drills like this in each issue of
"Handguns" magazine, and online at handguns.com.