Pistol-Training.com's FAST Drill

[TGO David]

For those of you looking for both a challenge AND a way to maximize your investment of ammo expended at the range, please consider trying the following sometime.

PS: It's not as easy as it looks!

Source: pistol-training.com

F.A.S.T. (Fundamentals, Accuracy, & Speed Test)

© Todd Louis Green @ Pistol-Training.com

Range: 7 yards

Target: 3×5 card (head), 8″ plate (body)

Start position: weapon concealed or in duty condition with all holster retention devices active; shooter facing downrange in relaxed stance with arms down at sides

Rounds fired: 6

Drill begins from the holster, pistol loaded with exactly two rounds. On the buzzer:

1. draw
   
2. fire two rounds at the 3×5 box
   
3. perform a slidelock reload
   
4. fire four rounds at the 8″ circle
   

Official F.A.S.T. target:

(click image to download; print on 8.5×14 Legal-size paper)

To count, the F.A.S.T. must be shot from concealment or from a recognized retention holster. Open-top retention holsters without concealment (e.g., Blackhawk SERPA, Safariland ALS) add an additional 0.50 to the shooter’s time. Using both a standard duty retention holster (e.g., Safariland SLS, SSIII) as well as flap/retention magazine pouches will result in a 0.50 reduction in recorded time.

[Threeheadeddog]

First of hello to everyone this is my first post.

I have to agree this is a good drill. I did it about a month ago after I read the post on pistol-training.com and I think that it is a very good test of multiple skills. I have only done the drill on one occasion where I dit it 8 times(50rd box). Though I am hoping that with enough practice I can get a run in under 4.00 in shortly.