Air Marshal Course of Fire Review: The Toughest Out There!

  This is a review for the federal Air Marshal service.  This course of fire is supposed to be the toughest course out there in the military and law enforcement world.  I admit, it was tougher than anything I’ve shot so far in my experiment.  I still did alright.  I ran it twice and scored 140 and 137.  It was a challenge, but it was fun.  I got hung up in the mag change for some reason.

I challenge you to try to ace it.  Some of you should be able to…

Air Marshal Pistol Qualification Course of Fire

All targets set at 7 yards. QIT-99 target. Score 5 points inside the inner zones and 2 points anywhere in the bottle. Requires 135 / 150 to pass with no single stage time overage or re-shoot.

Drill 1 (2 Rounds)

From concealment, hands at sides

Draw and fire one round

Repeat

Time: 3.3 seconds total, 1.65 second average per shot.

Drill 2 (4 rounds)

From low ready

Raise the gun and fire two rounds

Repeat

Time: 2.7 seconds total, 1.35 second average per shot.

Drill 3 (6 rounds)

From low ready

Raise gun and fire six rounds

Time: 3 seconds total.

Drill 4 (4 rounds)

From low ready

Fire one shot, reload, fire second shot

Repeat

Time: 6.5 seconds total, 3.25 second average per string.

Drill 5 (4 rounds)

Set up two targets, 3 yards apart

From low ready

Raise gun and fire one shot into each target

Repeat

Time: 3.30 seconds, 1.65 second average per string.

Drill 6 (6 rounds)

Three targets three yards apart

Start from concealment, facing away from targets

Draw and fire one round at each target

Repeat and turn in the opposite direction

Time: 7 seconds total, average of 3.5 seconds per string.

Drill 7 (4 rounds)

Set up the gun with one round in the chamber and an empty magazine loaded

From low ready

Raise gun and fire one round, drop to one knee while reloading, fire a second round from the kneeling position

Repeat

Time: 8 seconds total, average of 4 seconds per string

 

I’d like to know what the average is for Air Marshals on this test.  Can they take it more than once?  And if not right away, then how much time do they give you in between qual times?

I’d be interested!

 

Semper Paratus

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