Your Three Worst Manipulations
Dry-Fire · At Home
Verified clear, dummy rounds. From your log, pick the three manipulations that gave you the most trouble this year. Run ten slow, correct reps of each. Do not practice the ones you are already good at today.
Live-Fire · At the Range
Twenty-five rounds at 7 yards in two-round strings on the cards, building each string around one of your three weak manipulations.
Service Pistol
Work them in full duty gear.
Concealed Carry
Work them from your real carry setup, with the coat on.
Carbine
Apply the same idea to the rifle: your three worst, ten reps each.
AUX (when ready): all three manipulations completed inside your best time from earlier this year.
Practicing what you are good at feels like progress. Practicing what you are bad at is progress.
Your Daily Callout — By Archetype
You will drift toward the reps you enjoy. Stay on the three.
The log tells you which three. Believe the log.
Your weakest skill is the one that will be tested at the worst time.
Three items, ten reps each. Write down the times.
Layer: run each one once in the dark.
- 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.