Then I will probably have a better idea what the disparity might be. One of these days I will bum a semi shotgun off a buddy and see how it goes for myself too. For now I am going with adding 1 second for any run with a semi, but what I really need are some people to run the drill with both a pump and semi and let me know how it goes. I think faster splits and maybe just slightly faster reloads will be possible on a semi gun. What I am not quite sure about is what kind of time standard to use for semi auto guns. Ten seconds is probably where most people could get to with just the tiniest amount of effort and a well setup gun. I think most people with time on the gun will be able to manage that kind of a time assuming they are not loading out of a pocket or pouch. Three quarter second splits and 2.5 second reloads gets a person to 8 seconds. Just kind of spitballing the math, half second splits and 2 second reloads will get a person to 6 seconds. In just a few attempts, I was able to pull close to 5 seconds, so I think that is going to be a doable time. I have run the drill a handful of times to feel it out, but I haven’t really focused on it. with pump guns especially, there is a lot going on with this drill. The idea is to really push the speed, and by pushing the speed hopefully expose our weak points in running the shotgun. The accuracy standard is pretty easy on this drill, but that is on purpose. I suppose you could try to assess a time penalty for pellets outside the 8” circle, but that would necessitate always using buckshot or slugs. If you can’t keep the pellets in the circle, automatic DQ. At 5 yards, birdshot should still be throwing a smaller than 8” pattern even out of a cylinder bore gun. At the end of it all, each target should have two hits.įor scoring everything should be in the 8” circle. Emergency load, target 2 gets a second shot, emergency load, target 1 gets a second shot. Target 1 is engaged with 1 round, then target 2 gets 1, then target 3 gets 2. The gun should be loaded with four rounds total to start. Start position is a true low ready, with the muzzle entirely off the target and below the base of the target stand. The target used should be an IDPA target or some other target with an 8” high center chest scoring zone (there are a lot of them out there). The drill is shot from 5 yards, which allows the use of birdshot or buckshot.

Shotgun speed loading