Very nice skill drill consisting of (3) IDPA targets and 90 rounds fired at 20, 30, 40 yards, (1) Bianchi Barricade, (1) 55gal Barrel
11-28-09 Corrected Version:
Found several errors in previous document which have been corrected. Also added a Mag Count guide for easier administration of drill, stage setup page and score sheet.
The video below was made on the fly and during an outing, but illustrates the basics of the idea. You can mix it up as you like and change the scoring method that I listed on the card as an example.
geo-shooting_demo_final.mov Quick in the field walk-though of Geo-Shooting video. (238mb file)
I'm trying to convert it to youtube.com or flash, but it has some funky CODEC in it that is not converting well. I'll replace the link above with inline video when I figure it out.
14. Geo-Shooting CardShooting buddy and I ran this drill today on the clock and found the results interesting. He said no one is going to want to hear the results, but I’m posting it anyways in case some want to try it themselves and see if their conclusions are the same.
The drill was our attempt to see how much exposure time “posting up” would give us verses slow movement while maintaining A-zone (8” IDPA) hits on 3 targets when the option to get to cover was not available.
It left me feeling that the investment/return ratio on shooting on the move (outside of room clearing) is heavy on investment and light on return as far as reducing exposure, creating a harder target for BGs to hit and maintaining A-zone hits.
These are pretty close ranges, but not room clearing ranges which we also did in the shoot house with a lot more success and speed due to the farthest range being < 7 yards.
I didn’t get time to make all “clean” runs on it as the drill specifies, but my results were as follows.
String #1 = ~3.5sec with most hits in the C-zone and one A-zone
String #2 = ~3.1sec with solid A-zone hits and one in the C-zone
I was moving as fast as I could get hits and just reached Box-C when I finished T3 on the move.
To me the results mean I gained 10 yards of “groucho walk” speed movement while dropping most hits from A-zones to C-zones in the approximately the same time frame.
Hitting a “groucho walking” target while posted up is not hard. Do I want to give up accuracy and prolong exposure for this amount of movement when no cover is available?
Do you?