Christmas Day: Ten Presses
Dry-Fire · At Home
Merry Christmas. Verified clear, in a room alone, run ten slow presses on the wall with a perfect sight picture. Then put the gun away or back on, and go enjoy the day. If you received a new firearm, read the manual before you do anything else with it.
Live-Fire · At the Range
No range today.
Service Pistol
If you are on shift today, thank you for being there.
Concealed Carry
Carry as you normally do, or lock it up. Either one is fine. A gun left on a dresser is not.
Carbine
A new rifle needs a manual, a cleaning, and a zero before it needs ammunition.
No standard today. Ten presses keeps the streak alive.
The habit of showing up is worth more than any single session.
Your Daily Callout — By Archetype
Ten presses and stop. The streak is what matters today.
Be present. Today that is the skill.
This day is what all of the training is for.
A streak is built on the days that would have been easy to skip.
Short by design. Showing up is the rep.
- 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.