Sight Picture You Can Accept
Dry-Fire · At Home
Verified clear. Twenty presses on the box, alternating between two standards. On odd reps, wait for a perfect sight picture. On even reps, press as soon as the sights are anywhere inside the box. Learn how much sight picture each target actually needs.
Live-Fire · At the Range
Twenty-five rounds: ten at 5 yards in the box at the faster standard, ten at 15 yards at the perfect standard, and five more at whichever distance went worse.
Service Pistol
Know what your duty gun needs at each distance. It is less than you think up close and more than you think far away.
Concealed Carry
At conversational distance, a rough sight picture is enough for the box. Find out how rough.
Carbine
Carbine version: the same two standards at 15 and 50 yards.
AUX (when ready): all ten in the box at 5 yards in under eight seconds, and nine of ten at 15 yards.
The target tells you how careful you need to be. A close, large target needs less than a far, small one.
Your Daily Callout — By Archetype
You will like the fast half. The far half is the one you need.
Notice what the sights looked like on the shots that hit. That is the picture to accept next time.
Take the time the shot needs and no more. Both halves matter when people are nearby.
Write down what each distance required. That is your reference table.
Layer: add a third distance at 10 yards.
- 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.