You hear people complain a lot about flat ranges and their limitations.
Being fast and accurate while stationary is certainly valuable.
But how are you when your heart is slamming through your chest, can you maintain speed and accuracy?
This is what I love to test with my firearms.
My pistol is anXD-M Elite Tactical OSP 9mmwith XS Tritium sights.
My belt is an Esstac Shooters Belt with KYWI pouches.
For clothing, I am running the 5.11 Tactical Geo7 and their Atlas Boots.
We then slowly ramped up the difficulty as we shook off the cobwebs.
loading or reloading while moving.
As we prepared to move from low-intensity to high-intensity, we practiced some transition drills.
This is where you really must practice focus and breathing techniques.
Now it was time to introduce some real stress the final training exercise.
vest, we ran downrange and vaulted three tables.
We would then run 100 yards up range with three vaults in the way.
My time was 3:09.
Talk about a workout!
My Takeaways
Move fast, shoot slow.
When transitioning to the gun, get on target quickly, and then slow down.
Take a breath and audibly breath out to remind yourself to steady your structure and press the trigger.
As far as gear was concerned, it all performed flawlessly.
The Esstac plate carrier is slim and minimalist very comfortable.
The Esstac Shooters Belt makes reloading way too much fun with the KYWI pouches.
The SAINT Edge is as always, a rock.
Similarly, the XD-M Elite Tactical OSP 9mm is comfortable in my hands and easily controllable.
