Defensive shooting drills: Handgun Combatives 5 in 5 (VIDEO)

By Chase Welch

Drills That Thrill
In this installment of our defensive shooting drill series, we are going to be running the Handgun Combatives “5 in 5” drill. It’s a great way to test your pistol skills and see what areas you need to focus on for improvement. Designed by Dave Spaulding, this drill pushes the shooter to maintain their accuracy while keeping within a small window of time. To further increase the demands and test the shooters skill sets, each stage of this drill is shot at increasing distances.
The Drill
The “5 in 5” drill is shot on a custom Handgun Combatives target which you can print for free from their website. It is five separate strings of fire, shot form the five, 10, 15, 20 and 25 yard line. At each position the shooter must draw and fire five rounds inside of five seconds. All hits must be inside the 6×10 inch rectangle to count, and there is no time penalty for going over the five seconds. Instead, this is shot as a pass or fail scenario meaning any misses or a string time over five seconds and you fail the drill.
The Takeaway
I won’t lie to you, this drill is tough. So tough

Source: Guns.com