Practice day at the range with Gino Giliotti of 1ST IN ending the day with Justin Dyal’s Five Yard Round Up. It’s a quick, low round count drill that assesses key CCW skills, like draw stroke, grip, vision and single hand shooting. All at close range where you are more likely to actually engage in a real life defensive encounter. The drill is 10 rounds run on a B8 at 5 yards. There are 4 strings: one round from the holster, 4 rounds from ready, 3 rounds from ready with strong hand, 2 rounds from ready with support hand. You have 2.5 seconds to complete each string and want all your hits in the black. Because it’s close range, it’s a great drill to test your vision and your ability to focus on the target and react to your sights more efficiently, rather than over confirming, so you can shoot sooner. If you carry, this is an achievable standard for defensive utility.