{"id":6494,"date":"2017-10-10T12:51:12","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T16:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/?p=6494"},"modified":"2021-07-28T16:10:49","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T20:10:49","slug":"start-shooting-better-episode-3-bill-drill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/start-shooting-better-episode-3-bill-drill\/","title":{"rendered":"Start Shooting Better Episode 3: Bill Drill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/category\/start-shooting-better\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6571 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/start-shooting-better-episode-3a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/start-shooting-better-episode-3a.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/start-shooting-better-episode-3a-600x91.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/start-shooting-better-episode-3a-1024x155.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/start-shooting-better-episode-3a-768x116.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/start-shooting-better-episode-3a-350x53.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/><\/a><\/p> <p>We&#8217;re continuing our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/category\/start-shooting-better\/\">Start Shooting Better<\/a> series today with a look at the classic Bill Drill. Details and demos are in the video below, or as always, you can scroll down and read the full transcript.<\/p> <div class=\"entry-content-asset\"><script src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/assets\/external\/E-v1.js\" async><\/script><\/p> <noscript class=\"idle-load\"><div class=\"wistia_responsive_padding\" style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"> <div class=\"wistia_responsive_wrapper\" style=\"height:100%;left:0;position:absolute;top:0;width:100%;\"> <div class=\"wistia_embed wistia_async_9zw2z1ozwn dnt=1 videoFoam=true\" style=\"height:100%;position:relative;width:100%\"> <div class=\"wistia_swatch\" style=\"height:100%;left:0;opacity:0;overflow:hidden;position:absolute;top:0;transition:opacity 200ms;width:100%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fast.wistia.com\/embed\/medias\/9zw2z1ozwn\/swatch\" style=\"filter:blur(5px);height:100%;object-fit:contain;width:100%;\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" onload=\"this.parentNode.style.opacity=1;\" \/><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/noscript> <\/div> <hr \/> <p>CHRIS: Hey guys, Chris here from Lucky Gunner and I\u2019m here today again with John Johnston from <a href=\"http:\/\/citizensdefenseresearch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Citizens Defense Research<\/a>. You might also know him as the host of <a href=\"http:\/\/ballisticradio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ballistic Radio<\/a>. And he\u2019s going to help us with another drill today. We\u2019re doing the Bill Drill, so tell us about that, John.<\/p> <p>JOHN: The Bill Drill, originally designed by Bill Wilson &#8212; just start at seven yards with a standard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/cardboard-target-ipsc-metric-silhouette-100-count\">IPSC target<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/idpa-targets-100-target-barn-cardboard\">IDPA target<\/a>. Draw, fire six rounds, the goal being to have all six rounds in the -0 or A-zone. What we\u2019re working on with that is establishing a grip on the draw, seeing just enough of what you need to see but not over-confirming [the sights], running the trigger well at speed, and recoil management.<\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/bill-drill-cof.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6503\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/bill-drill-cof.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1497\" height=\"877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/bill-drill-cof.jpg 1497w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/bill-drill-cof-600x352.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/bill-drill-cof-1024x600.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/bill-drill-cof-768x450.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/bill-drill-cof-350x205.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1497px) 100vw, 1497px\" \/><\/a><\/p> <p>CHRIS: What would you consider to be a good par time to shoot for if someone hasn\u2019t done this before.<\/p> <p>JOHN: Three and a half seconds or under, you\u2019re doing really well. If you\u2019ve never worked from the holster before or you\u2019re new to it, four, maybe. Once you start really getting good at it from concealment, what I am always trying to shoot for is under two seconds from concealment. But that\u2019s really moving and I can\u2019t do that consistently, so we\u2019ll see today\u2026<\/p> <p>CHRIS (VOICE OVER): For the Bill Drill demo, John is shooting his Glock 34 customized by Boresight Solutions. And in keeping with the policy we have decided on for the Start Shooting Better series, we are always going to show you our first attempts at the drills. There are no practice runs or re-shoots. So whether we\u2019re having a good day or a bad day, what you see is what we shot the first time.<\/p> <p>John\u2019s first run is a 2.30 clean. Notice that he\u2019s carefully reholstering the gun &#8212; that\u2019s not something you want to rush.<\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/bill-drill-jj.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6504\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/bill-drill-jj.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/bill-drill-jj.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/bill-drill-jj-600x298.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/bill-drill-jj-1024x508.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/bill-drill-jj-768x381.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/bill-drill-jj-350x174.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p> <p>His second run is 2.44. A hair slower than the first, but the hits are more consistent and controlled. He took just a split second longer lining up that initial shot and it looks like that made a difference.<\/p> <p>I\u2019m using a Beretta PX4 Compact for my Bill Drill demo. This was my first day shooting drills after a few weeks without any real practice, so it was definitely not my best day, but let\u2019s take a look at what I did wrong and how it could have gone better.<\/p> <p>The first run was 3.26 with two misses. I had some trouble getting a solid grip established at the beginning of the draw stroke, and never really recovered.<\/p> <p>My second run was 2.95 with one miss. So I had a better grip on the gun than the first run, which resulted in better control and a tighter group, but I rushed my first shot and missed because I did not spend enough time confirming that I had good sight alignment.<\/p><p><\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/bill-drill-cb.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6505\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/bill-drill-cb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/bill-drill-cb.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/bill-drill-cb-600x290.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/bill-drill-cb-1024x495.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/bill-drill-cb-768x371.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/bill-drill-cb-350x169.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p> <p>The two major issues I had here are both pretty common mistakes on the Bill Drill. You have to get a good grip on the gun while it\u2019s still in the holster and you cannot rush the presentation to the target. At seven yards, the sight picture doesn\u2019t have to be perfect, but you also can\u2019t just stick the gun out there and start mashing the trigger.<\/p> <p>CHRIS (TO JOHN): So this is a drill that\u2019s really good to try cold. Can you explain what that means and why we would want to do that?<\/p> <p>JOHN: So, anytime we\u2019re doing a drill cold, we have not fired any rounds for the day at all. We\u2019re just showing up at the range with our carry gun, or if you\u2019re a competition shooter, just putting your rig on, and it\u2019s the first drill of the day you do. The reason why that matters is because what I can do warmed up after a full shooting session is not always what I can do just coming off the street to the range and it\u2019s a really good measure of your actual performance level.<\/p> <p>CHRIS: Yeah, I\u2019ve been able to knock off easily a half second to maybe even a full second sometimes between the beginning and the end of a training session doing a Bill Drill.<\/p> <p>JOHN: Yeah, definitely. It\u2019s one of those things where if you start practicing something over and over again, especially if you\u2019re only working on one thing during the day, you can get some really misleading results. So cold performance is where it&#8217;s at.<\/p> <p>CHRIS: So this is probably a good time to talk about tracking your performance. Bill Drill is one of the drills I\u2019ve been doing the longest. I\u2019ve got notebooks worth of data that go back four or five years where I\u2019ve been tracking my cold performance on the Bill Drill. Can you talk about the value of that?<\/p> <p>JOHN: The reason why performance tracking really matters on things like this is because as you develop certain skills, whether it\u2019s your grip or recoil management or whatever, you can see where that really starts to pay dividends. So if I\u2019m running a drill in four seconds two years ago versus two and a half seconds today, I can see where I picked up time and where I still maybe need to work on things.<\/p> <p>CHRIS: Right, so this is one you can really push yourself on. You don\u2019t ever get too good to try a Bill Drill and learn something from it and use it to develop some of these different skills, so go out there and give it a shot.<\/p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; We&#8217;re continuing our Start Shooting Better series today with a look at the classic Bill Drill. 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