Overwatch: Drill of the Month For June

June 2019

Speed Loading Tactical Shotgun Drill
This drill is for using a tactical shotgun to fight multiple attackers. The scene begins with you facing three attackers, your gun shot empty. You must load your shotgun single-shot from your spare ammo and take out the attackers one by one.
Three knockdown targets are set at 5 yards, 10 yards and 15 yards. Start with the shotgun on your shoulder, with slide back and action open (on a semi-auto the gun should be at slide-lock). At the buzzer, load one shell from your ammo supply and shoot the 5-yard target. Load a second shell and shoot the center target. Finally, load a third shell and shoot the last target. The timer stops with the final shot.
The key is to hit the first assailant immediately, so timing the first shot and the speed of the splits for the following shots is important—total time is not. A good shooter can actually load three shells and shoot three targets with a faster total time, but the time to the first shot will be at least double. That gives an attacker plenty of time to take you out.
Spare ammo should be carried the same as you would in a real fight. We found a receiver-mounted sidesaddle fastest, followed by a vest or jacket pocket (which was usually about 1 second slower in total time). Go to your ammo supply for each new shell, as trying to grab multiple shotshells will usually result in slowing down that critical first shot.
To start, most shooters will take about 9 seconds to complete this drill. With practice, a good shooter does it in 7 seconds, and anything under 6 seconds is excellent. If you can get the time under 5 seconds you’re OK to brag—loudly and often. The most important aspect is the time to the first shot, followed by the splits between the next two shots. Most shooters are 3 to 3.5 seconds to the first shot (anything under 2.5 seconds is excellent)—it takes a very good shooter to do it under 2 seconds. The splits for the next two shots will be slightly faster because the shooter no longer has to react to the buzzer. For a good shooter, splits are 2 seconds with anything under 1.5 seconds being very good. These times apply to a pump action, so may vary with a semi-auto.
This drill is from an article By Bryce M. Towsley titled: “Six Lifesaving Gun Drills” for Personal & Home Defense Magazine, October 25, 2012
https://www.personaldefenseworld.com/2012/10/six-lifesaving-gun-drills/

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