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Liko81 wrote:Find a range that allows holster draws and a shooting buddy with a whistle, and a few dozen B-27 targets. If no local range allows holster draws, get some target holders and go outlaw in a vacant field; remember municipal gunfire bans and proper backstops/runoff when choosing a location. Do draw-point-shoot drills. From an everyday stance, hands at your side, at the whistle you must free, aim and fire your weapon just like you would in a real-life situation; as fast as possible while putting shots on target.

Here's a fun one used by sniper teams; it probably won't help much with real-world unless you're a sniper though. Get balloon-making equipment (balloons, helium, ribbon/string, etc) and an off-road r/c vehicle. Find a good spot for some outlaw shooting that the car can handle, fill two balloons of different colors to about head size, and tie them with a foot or two of ribbon to the same point on the R/C car. Designate one color the thug and the other the hostage. Your buddy will drive the car around a given distance away, the balloons will twist around each other, wave in the breeze, and generally give you a difficult target. You hold your aim on the BG, positioned so you're roughly at the level of the balloons (kneeling or prone work). On a whistle or "GUN!" call from your buddy you have one second to shoot the thug without hitting the hostage. It's really hard, really fun, and really increases your ability to make a fast shot. It's usually a rifle exercise, but it can probably be done at the appropriate distance for a handgun. You can TRY a draw-point-fire exercise but you'll probably have issues as it'll be difficult to get the targets up to stay around chest height and still get the same behavior without some tinkering with the car to add a tall rod out the top for the tie point.