Cold Hands, Same Standard
Dry-Fire · At Home
Verified clear. Hold your hands under cold water for a minute or step outside until they are cold, then run twenty single presses from a ready position. Cold hands lose feeling in the trigger finger first, so pay attention to where your finger is at all times.
Live-Fire · At the Range
Twenty rounds at 10 yards on the Bull, one at a time from ready, scored, shot without warming your hands first if the weather allows. Compare the score with Nov 6.
Service Pistol
If you work outside, this is how your hands will feel when you need them.
Concealed Carry
Your gun is warm under your coat and your hands are not. Find out what that does to your grip.
Carbine
Carbine version: twenty single shots at 50 yards with cold hands, scored.
AUX (when ready): a score within ten percent of your Nov 6 score.
The standard stays the same when the conditions get worse.
Your Daily Callout — By Archetype
You will want to rush so you can get back inside. Shoot every one of them properly.
Notice exactly what the cold changes: your grip, your press, or your patience.
Cold parking lots at night are where you spend December with your family.
You now have two scores, one warm and one cold. Record them both.
Layer: shoot the last five with gloves on.
- Treat every firearm as if it is loaded — always, no matter what you think you know.
- Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy.
- Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on target and you have decided to fire.
- Be sure of your target — and everything beyond it.
Dry-fire: no ammunition in the room. Verify the firearm is clear — twice. Use a safe backstop. When you finish, say it out loud: “Dry fire is over.”
The Four Universal Safety Rules
Non-negotiable. Every drill, every rep, every time. This applies to live fire and dry fire.
- Treat every firearm as if it is loaded — always, no matter what you think you know.
- Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy.
- Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on target and you have decided to fire.
- Be sure of your target — and everything beyond it.