Isolating skills to improve carbine performance

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Personal carbine practice day on the range.

I spent the day focusing on aggressive shooting with accountability.

Throttle control drills require you to adjust the speed at which you press the trigger depending on how much sight confirmation you need on a target. It’s an excellent drill to isolate and develop vision and connection to the gun for speed and accuracy.

Size, distance and precision needed, as well as the student’s skill set, dictate the pace at which you engage your targets. So which targets can you shoot hard and fast? Which targets require a more refined sight picture? That’s throttle control.

Not every scenario is the same. For both defensive utility and performance value this drill will help you develop the ability to adjust your engagement pace on demand and on the fly. You want to be able to accelerate or decelerate to make acceptably accurate hits at different distances.

As an example, if at 10-20 yds, I can shoot more aggressively with minimal confirmation than at 30-40 yds, when I need slightly more confirmation to make the hits. When speed and accuracy both matter, you want confidence in your skill set which comes from a lot of dry fire and live fire practice.

Your skill set must be accessible on demand and under stress, or it is not a skill set you own.

When assessing your skill ask yourself is it consistent? Is it repeatable? Or is it a one time lucky circus trick?

Is it based on evidence and data of your actual live fire performance or is it your perception of how you think you'd perform?

Check out the video to see how I ran the drill.