{"id":6868,"date":"2018-03-12T17:08:06","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T21:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/?p=6868"},"modified":"2018-07-16T13:37:38","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T17:37:38","slug":"start-shooting-better-episode-7-fbi-qualification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/start-shooting-better-episode-7-fbi-qualification\/","title":{"rendered":"Start Shooting Better Episode 7: FBI Qualification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time for another action-packed installment of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/category\/start-shooting-better\/\">Start Shooting Better<\/a><\/em>!\u00a0 This time, John and I walk through the FBI Qualification test that all FBI agents are required to pass in order to carry a firearm on duty. While it&#8217;s not necessarily an ideal tool for skill development, there are a lot of benefits for the average armed citizen in being able to demonstrate that they can pass a federally recognized shooting standard. Watch the video below for details (or scroll down for the transcript) and give it a try the next time you&#8217;re at the range.<\/p> <p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eEFdvpEo8O4?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p> <hr \/> <p>CHRIS: Hey guys, I am Chris from Lucky Gunner and welcome back to another episode of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/category\/start-shooting-better\/\">Start Shooting Better<\/a> series. In this series, we\u2019re showing you different drills and tests that you can do at the range to help improve your overall shooting ability. I\u2019m here again with John Johnston from <a href=\"http:\/\/citizensdefenseresearch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Citizen\u2019s Defense Research<\/a> and the host of <a href=\"http:\/\/ballisticradio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ballistic Radio<\/a>. Today we are looking at the current FBI qualification. So John, why don\u2019t you give me a general outline of what that looks like.<\/p> <p>JOHN: So it\u2019s a 60 round qualification that pretty much has all the skills that the FBI has decided is important for their agents to be able to exhibit in the shootings that they run into. So we\u2019ve got everything from draw to shot, weak hand only transfers, reloads, and shooting behind cover &#8212; stuff like that from distances of 3 yards to 25 yards.<\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/FBI-course-of-fire.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6871\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/FBI-course-of-fire.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/FBI-course-of-fire.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/FBI-course-of-fire-600x438.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/FBI-course-of-fire-1024x748.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/FBI-course-of-fire-768x561.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/FBI-course-of-fire-350x256.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p> <p>CHRIS (VOICE OVER): The FBI Qualification consists of 60 rounds fired over 8 stages. The starting point for all stages requires the gun to be in a concealed holster. You can use any target with the FBI QIT reduced silhouette. For our demo runs today, we\u2019re using the IALEFI-QP target, so our scoring zone will be this whole upper portion of the silhouette. Shooters need to get at least 80% of their hits somewhere on the silhouette in order to pass. Each stage has a time limit and any shots fired over that time limit count as misses.<\/p> <p>Stage 1: From 3 yards in 3 seconds, draw and fire three rounds with the strong hand only. Do this stage 2 times.<\/p> <p>Stage 2: From 3 yards in 8 seconds, draw, fire 3 rounds with the strong hand only, then transition the gun to the support hand and fire 3 more rounds.<\/p> <p>Stage 3: From 5 yards in 3 seconds, draw and fire 3 rounds. Do this stage 4 times.<\/p> <p>Stage 4: From 7 yards in 4 seconds, draw and fire 4 rounds. Do this stage twice.<\/p> <p>Stage 5: From 7 yards in 8 seconds, draw, fire 4 rounds, perform an emergency reload, and fire 4 more rounds.<\/p> <p>Stage 6: From 15 yards in 6 seconds, draw and fire 3 rounds. Do this stage twice.<\/p> <p>Stage 7: From 15 yards in 8 seconds, draw and fire 4 rounds.<\/p> <p>Stage 8: Starting a few feet behind the 25 yard line, in 15 seconds, take one step forward, draw and fire 2 rounds from a standing position, then transition to a kneeling position and fire 3 more rounds. Do this stage twice.<\/p> <p>The official version of the FBI test calls for the shooter to fire from behind cover this stage, but that\u2019s difficult to set up at a lot of ranges, and it really shouldn\u2019t have a huge impact on your score if you go without it.<\/p> <p>For our demo runs, John, Melody, and I were all able to complete each stage within the time limits. John got 60 out of 60 for a perfect 100% score. Melody shot 55 out 60, which is a score of 92%. And despite the rain, I managed to get 58 out of 60 for a 97% score.<\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/final-scores.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6872\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/final-scores.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/final-scores.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/final-scores-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/final-scores-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/final-scores-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/final-scores-350x197.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p> <p>CHRIS (TO JOHN): So what do you think are some advantages to running a test like this?<\/p> <p>JOHN: It\u2019s really nice for the armed citizen just because it is a nationally recognized standard that, if you can meet it and you are ever called into court for whatever reason, you can say, \u201cI\u2019m able to meet the standard the FBI sets for their agents.\u201d<\/p> <p>CHRIS: Do you think there\u2019s any benefit to running this test and having someone observe you who can verify that you\u2019re able to do it?<\/p> <p>JOHN: Yeah, so that\u2019s the other thing &#8212; if you go out in your backyard and shoot this and you don\u2019t have anyone to watch it, having on video wouldn\u2019t be a bad idea. Having someone to run the timer and put their name on it, too &#8212; better yet, go and take it when you\u2019re at a class or something like that. I know Tom Givens runs this from time to time depending on what the class is, Melody and I at Citizens Defense Research run it. There\u2019s a bunch of quality instructors that will run you through this test and keep track of it. That\u2019s something that we do &#8212; we take a picture of the student standing next to their target and keep it on file just for that reason.<\/p> <p>CHRIS: So how would you compare something like this to the average state level concealed carry qualification?<\/p> <p>JOHN: It is much more difficult\u2026 which is actually sort of scary because it\u2019s, honestly, an easy qual to pass.<\/p> <p>CHRIS: So that leads to my next question, because I know you\u2019ve got some criticisms of this test. Where do you think it falls short?<\/p> <p>JOHN: The time standards are really generous, I think. If you, even a little bit, know what you\u2019re doing, you\u2019ve got plenty of time to conduct that. And also, and we\u2019ve got one of the targets right here, the scoring zone you\u2019re shooting at is relatively large and generous and I\u2019d like to see a smaller scoring zone.<\/p><p><\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/qit-silhouette-1a.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6875\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/qit-silhouette-1a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/qit-silhouette-1a.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/qit-silhouette-1a-600x329.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/qit-silhouette-1a-1024x561.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/qit-silhouette-1a-768x420.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/qit-silhouette-1a-350x192.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p> <p>CHRIS: So this is a cardboard IDPA target and we\u2019ve painted over it with the Q target silhouette that you\u2019d be shooting at for the FBI qual.<\/p> <p>JOHN: Right, and as you can see, it\u2019s very generous. It\u2019s essentially the -1 and the -0 area on one of those targets.<\/p> <p>CHRIS: And normally we want to keep our shots tighter, like an 8-inch circle at the very\u2026<\/p> <p>JOHN: At the very most. What I would actually like to see people be able to do is if you imagine a 4-inch wide by 6-inch tall rectangle and put it somewhere in [the upper chest area] on somebody &#8212; I\u2019d like people to be able to hit that from pretty much 3 yards to 25 yards in reasonable times. That would be the goal. I can\u2019t always do it, but that\u2019s what I\u2019m trying to do.<\/p> <p>CHRIS: Okay, so 80 out of 100 score &#8212; so how many shots does that mean you can actually drop while you\u2019re shooting the test and still pass?<\/p> <p>JOHN: Twelve. It\u2019s a 60 round qualification and you can drop 12 of those and still shoot an 80% which is the standard that agents are required to hit. If you want to shoot an instructor score, you have to shoot 90% or above. Now I will say this &#8212; if you\u2019re running it with something like a 5-shot J-frame or a Glock 42, it\u2019s starting to get a little more difficult, but still passable. Really, the only thing that would be problematic for people at that point is the strong hand only\/weak hand only stage just because of the round requirement, if you were running a J-frame, and then the reload stage.<\/p> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/25-yard-kneeling.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6876\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/25-yard-kneeling.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/25-yard-kneeling.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/25-yard-kneeling-600x347.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/25-yard-kneeling-1024x592.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/25-yard-kneeling-768x444.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/media\/25-yard-kneeling-350x202.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p> <p>CHRIS: Right, because it\u2019s designed around shooting a service-size, or maybe a compact firearm.<\/p> <p>JOHN: Yeah, it\u2019s designed around shooting a Glock 22 or a Glock 23 and now they\u2019re moving to 17s and 19s, but either way, that size firearm.<\/p> <p>CHRIS: If somebody tries out this drill and they just flat out can\u2019t come anywhere close to the qual, what would be your suggestion for their next step?<\/p> <p>JOHN: It would depend on what the issue was. So if they\u2019re dropping a ton of shots, where are they dropping the shots? If you\u2019re dropping shots &#8212; and I\u2019m sorry, this isn\u2019t going to make everyone happy &#8212; if you\u2019re dropping shots close, then you really need to work your fundamentals because there\u2019s something going on that\u2019s majorly wrong. If you\u2019re running long on some of the times, then you need to work quicker hands and getting the gun out and accessing it with a little more rapidity. If where you\u2019re dropping shots is at longer distances, then once again, focus on the fundamentals. All this stuff is the basic fundamentals of marksmanship just applied at speed and there\u2019s no secret sauce to that, it\u2019s just &#8212; you gotta work at it.<\/p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time for another action-packed installment of Start Shooting Better!\u00a0 This time, John and I walk through the FBI Qualification &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.luckygunner.com\/lounge\/start-shooting-better-episode-7-fbi-qualification\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[331],"tags":[47,231,21,328,17,350,58],"class_list":["post-6868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-start-shooting-better","tag-concealed-carry","tag-drills","tag-handguns","tag-john-johnston","tag-self-defense","tag-tests","tag-training"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Start Shooting Better Episode 7: FBI Qualification - Lucky Gunner Lounge<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Lucky Gunner crew walks through the shooting test required for FBI agents. 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