1/27/2015 - 22422 Drill Again with a Timer

After downloading a free shot timer app on my iphone, I decided to try my hand again at the 22422 drill.  Next time I'll put the targets a little closer together, after watching the drill online again after my outing, but I digress.  Althought the app on the phone isn't totally ideal, it did the job and I got some interesting results.

I shot the drill 3 times, twice with the Aero Precision AR, and the last time with the LRWC AR.  Each time I got a little faster than the time before.  The longest delay is the time to the first shot on the first target, since you only have the gun at the ready, but not on the shoulder.  By the end of the drill, all three targets should have four holes in them.  12 shots in all.  For this exercise I was simply using printer paper with a big black dot I had colored in with a Sharpie pen.

Since the very amazing Travis Haley can do this drill in around or under two seconds flat, I figured four seconds should be my par to begin.  To my surprise I was almost exactly that!  You hit the timer and it counts down from a preset time such as 2-3 seconds, then it beeps to signal the timer has begun.  With the gun at the ready (about a 45 degree angle to the ground) I waited for the signal.  At the beep, I brought the gun to the shoulder and fired the first two shots.  That first shot happened at .94 seconds with the second coming .17 later.  It took .5 seconds to swing to the next target with the follow up coming .18 later.  The second swing was .45 seconds and then three quick shots in  succession at .18, .17, and .16 seconds.  A swing is needed for the 9th shot and that took .38 seconds with the follow up shot coming .17 later.  The last swing took .47 seconds with the last shot coming at .18 later.  All told, the 12 shot string took 3.95 seconds!  I had four hits in the first target, three hits in the second target and four hits in the 4th target. Not too bad for a first time of actually timing the drill.

The second string was a bit better, with the first shot coming at .76 seconds, a marked improvement over the first string.  The overall time for the second drill was 3.87 seconds. Throughout the 3 drills, the swings between targets were talking between .35 and .5 seconds.  All the follow up shots were between .15 and .19 seconds with most at .17 seconds. 

On my third string the first shot was at .8 seconds and was 3.81 overall.  As mentioned, that means I got faster each time.  Next time, I'll need to bring more paper so that I can switch them out between each drill to really make sure of how many hits I'm making each time.  It's a fun exercise to do. 

Can you see the LWRC in plain sight?