Over at pistol-training.com, ToddG and Scott Warren of Warren Tactical were working on a new drill. Here’s the skinny:

Earlier this week, I [ToddG] was shooting with Scott Warren (of Warren Tactical) and we worked on something he’s adapted from one of Rob Leatham’s drills. It’s a pretty straightforward transition routine. You start withfour steel chest plates at a range of 10yd, spaced three yards apart. On the buzzer, draw and engage one shot per target back and forth for 20 rounds. Goal is 100% hits in less than 10 seconds. Note that you do not “double” the targets on the end, you shoot them once and then reverse direction. So the sequence is: T1-T2-T3-T4-T3-T2-T1-T2, etc. There are no makeup shots. If you miss a plate, it’s a miss … move on to the next plate.

Trouble is, the drill needed a name, so ToddG had a contest on the website to name it.

I posted my submission:

1. “Target Transition Drill”. Not a sexy name, but a practical one. Tells you exactly what the drill is about.

2. “4×20 Transitions Drill” (or “4×20 Target Transitions Drill”). Again tells you what’s going on, and can even open the door for variations to be made and appropriately labeled, e.g. 5×25, 3×10. Once you know the base drill (and name), it’s easy to perform variations on the drill by just calling out the numbers.

That’s all I’ve got for now.

I just got an email from ToddG saying that I won!

The drill is going to be known as the “4×20 Transition Drill”. I don’t know why the name was chosen (ToddG didn’t say), but I’d like to think it may have to do with my explanation. That is, once you know the drill, you can just change up the numbers (5×25, 3×10) and viola you have variations… as this drill was a variation on a Rob Leatham drill, it’s fitting.

Now that I think about it, I do wonder if the name should be revised slightly, e.g. “4x20x10” that is, 4 plates, 20 rounds, 10 seconds. But that’s up to Scott I guess.

Anyway, I won a set of Warren Tactical Glock sights. Now I just need a Glock to put them on! 🙂  I have been eyeing a G20.

Whoo!