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Originally Posted by stephen426
...the whoe idea behind the thread is to convince poeple to move on from the typical "shoot for pretty little groups with slow aimed fire" mentality and to practice drawing quickly and getting lead on their target quickly.
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I'll go along with that as long as we can agree that we still want to stay in the A zone (or in an 8.5 x 11 piece of paper). And we must learn to make those hits quickly. If you can't shoot fast and also keep all your shots on an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper, you need to train until you can do so both quickly and consistently. A shot timer can be helpful. One of the standards is to draw and get two A zone hits in 1.5 seconds. Faster, with the same accuracy, is better and doable.
Another standard is a 10 to 11 second El Presidente* (with all A zone hits). This is not a tactically correct exercise but is primarily a way to test quickness of draw, shooting, target transition and reloading.
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*Three standard IPSC targets are set up 1 meter (or yard) apart 10 meters (or yards) from the shooting position. The shooter starts facing up range (back to targets) with his hands held above his shoulders. His gun is loaded and in his holster (in condition 1 if it's a 1911 or BHP). On the audible start signal, the shooter turns and engages each target with two rounds, reloads, and engages each target again with two rounds.