How fast are you??

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I recently bought a Pact II timer and have been using it to test my draw speed of my CCW. I carry a Taurus 651 in my right front pocket. With my hand on my gun, in my pocket, I can draw and fire, placing a bullet on a 6inch bulls eye at 10' from the hip, in 0.62-0.66 seconds using a randomly delayed start. If I start with my hand outside my pocket it takes me about 1.20 seconds to accomplish the same feat. I am curious if any others do this and if so what are your times.


Sidenote: they say Jelly Bryce could draw and fire in less than .50 seconds. That is fast.
 
The Gunsite school drill is 2 seconds, two shots ('hammer') center of mass at 3 yards from the holster.
Just about everyone i the class can do it after 1 week.
 
I can drop a coin from shoulder height with my gun hand, draw from IWB (if not wearing a shirt), with the same hand, and dryfire before the coin hits the ground. Usually. Sometimes.

Jelly Bryce could drop the coin, draw, fire, and catch it on top of his gun. I don't think I'll ever be that good.
 
I had the same thread in the past (might even be the same title) run a search for some of the replies I got.
 
AArrggg!!! I gotta start using the darn search feature. But I still wanna hear new replies.
 
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I can just barely, most of the time, break one second, including reaction time to a random start, from a front waistband (appendix) position with a Kahr PM9 under a loose T-shirt. My current issue holster is the Safairiland with the rotating hood, I can't get a second on that...yet. Too many years of a tradiotonal thumbsnap.
 
I'm usually at 7 yards when I do drills like this... hardly ever at 10 feet. On a good day I can draw my 1911 from a Comp-Tac FBI paddle holster and hit center mass on an IDPA target in 1.5 seconds. Its usually closer to 1.7. I'll have to try it closer up sometime and see how fast I can get.
 
The last time I shot against a timer was in a class in Prescott. Full size Kimber, Alessi OWB strong side holster, drawn from concealment (under a winter coat - this was in February), starting with hands in surrender position, 2 shots, both A-zone hits, 10 yards: 1.84 seconds. The coat and the snow slowed me down a bit.....drawing with the same rig from open carry I can do the same drill in 1.4 - 1.5 seconds. Doing it at 10 feet instead of 10 yards would allow me to double tap instead of shooting a controlled pair, so a tenth or so would be shaved off.



Len in PHoenix
"I may be slow, but at least my tactics suck"
 
Consistently below 1.7 into the A zone of an IPSC target at 7 yards, with a Glock 26 in a kydex IWB appendix carried from concealment, and measured with an electronic timer (not a stopwatch). Can repeat that all day long if I want to.

Have occasionally managed as fast as 1.4 with the same criteria, but not near as consistently.

pax
 
From a concealed holster I can draw and fire 1 round in 1.2 seconds to 1.5 seconds and hit the A zone at 7 yards. The second shot is usually with in .3 to .4 seconds. I can usually have 2 rounds on paper in 1.8 to 2 seconds. From a duty rig (triple retention 070) my times are 2.0 to 2.25 for 2 rounds in the A zone at 7 yards.
Pat
 
Timers are great. :D

I can draw and hit the A-zone, freestyle, at ten yards in 1.4-1.6 seconds consistantly. I've done it as fast as 1.09 seconds in practice, but can't do that on demand.

My splits between between 0.20-0.25 seconds. Transitions are about the same. Again, assuming A-zone hits.

- Chris
 
Well, last week in heavy rain I tried with my new timer. Using my S&W .500 in a comp-tac holster (SOB carry), from concealment in winter coat and vest, I was getting around .4 sec to perform a failure drill at 40 yards. But that's just me: flawless to the core. YMMV.

:scrutiny: :uhoh:
 
My reactions aren't all that good to begin...

and I'm getting older.

I have to make up the difference by keeping my eyes open and reading the situation in which I find myself - all the time.

Back when I did such things on a regular basis, I drew and hit five 12x18 inch plates at 25 yards in 3.5 seconds; shooting a 4" M29 revolver from an open carry belt holster and rig. But that's been nearly thirty years ago.
 
if you want to add to the realism do something to get your heart rate/ breath rate up like push ups or do a fifty yard dash to the firing line and do your drills. It really adds to your training to try this.
 
I've never understood that 25 yard business, because virtually all defensive situations occur at ranges of twenty feet or less. (Most considerably less) I personally keep my handgun practice limited to 25'-30' and use my rifles for longer shots.
 
the best ive ever drawn from a race holster and race gun(1911based) was .67,that surprised me a lot.I dont think i can do it again.somedays it flows.my carry rig ,also my IDPA rig from concealment averages abou 1.3-1.7.
 
Yep, try Blue Lines suggestion.
Back when we could go up in the hills to shoot we would set up a silhouette target, shooter would go down the road a ways, run up to the target, pull gun and empty it point blank, 2-3 feet. As soon as shooter started firing we would start yelling and hopping around in the back ground.
Point wasnt to see how fast one could draw but how accurately one could hit the target.

Be surprised how many times you MISS
 
When I was a teenager, I used to practice fast-draw technique, using a western rig, in front of a full-length mirror. After a couple of years of practice, I realized that I was outdrawing the guy in the mirror, so I stopped practicing.
 
Let's see, Last night IDPA match... 5 shots from concealment, 5 feet to the target 2.75 seconds, down zero.

With a Glock 17...
 
A friend of mine used to fill those old wooden match boxes with flour, put one on the back of his hand at shoulder height, draw a SAA Colt with the same hand, flip the box out about ten feet with the barrel and blow it into pieces. And he could do it about half the time!

That was the fastest draw and fire with accuracy I have ever seen in real life.

I could, once in a while, hit the box with the gun, but never hit it with a shot.

P.S. We were and still are good friends, partly because no one would want to be his enemy.

Jim
 
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