Anyone familiar with this physical fitness task/ test using a handgun

[GON]

Seeing a new physical fitness task/ test using a hand gun. I did a google search/ youtube search to see the test being performed, but came up empty.

Anyone take/ familiar with the below fitness test:

Handgun Stability *Dry Fire

• Complete five consecutive dry fire trigger pulls with the index finger in the standing position, with both the left and right hand, holding the barrel within a 5-inch ring without touching the sides of the ring.
• While holding the handgun with both hands, the applicant must transition to the kneeling position and dry fire the pistol five times while holding the barrel inside a 5-inch ring without touching the sides of the ring.
• After the exercise is complete, the applicant is required to return to the standing position and using both hands pull the slide to the rear locked position therefore displaying a safe weapon.

 

[AZjeff]

Where did you find this?

 

[WeyounDS9]

Not this exact sequence but I have done many drills that included physical effort in combination with shooting.

The hardest was a 3 mile uphill run with a ruck followed by immediate transition into the State Depts course of fire test. (was not with State, just something we tried, we also tried the FBI course of fire).

Other lighter drills are; to get updrill commands onto steel targets while performing a high crawl ( not low crawl) and then transitioning to targets that are kneeling, standing, prone targets in rapid succession.
A mere 5 years ago I was still able to do all that and do it well.
But alas now is not then.

 

[burbguy82]

Not this drill exactly, but I have done many drills having to do with physical stress and marksmanship and or weapons handling. The drill sounds a bit weird....good for steady controlled handling under stress.....a bit weird, but I can see its value

 

[GON]

Where did you find this?

Some large law enforcement agencies are getting away from the physical fitness tests of pushups, situps, and a distance run, and this is one of the replacement physical fitness tests.

 

[goblin]

Weeds out shaky hands and carpal tunnel issues too.
This sounds a bit like the regular IT support requirements. Must be able to crouch, bend, lift 30lbs, etc. Basically making sure that you can get under a desk to pull the plug off a tower when it's stuck.

 

[gfh77665]

That would be a learned skill, I would think. Someone who has never or rarely fired a weapon wouldn't have any specific muscle memory of that established. Sort of like the worlds best insanely athletic soccer player might not be very good sinking a free throw or hitting a baseball.

 

[CleanSump]

Many shooters pull or jerk a handgun to one side or the other when pulling the trigger without even knowing it. There is the unconscious tightening up or pushing the muzzle down anticipating recoil, again unconscious. Training and practice can overcome this.
Muscle memory is also important in always gripping the same way every time a handgun is held.

 

[AZjeff]

I wonder how this is conducted? Many handguns are single action and after the first dry fire you have a dead trigger until it's cocked again. A pretend trigger pull against a released trigger isn't the same as a dry fire trigger pull.

 

[WeyounDS9]

I wonder how this is conducted? Many handguns are single action and after the first dry fire you have a dead trigger until it's cocked again. A pretend trigger pull against a released trigger isn't the same as a dry fire trigger pull.

Good Point!

 

[4wd]

I wonder how this is conducted? Many handguns are single action and after the first dry fire you have a dead trigger until it's cocked again. A pretend trigger pull against a released trigger isn't the same as a dry fire trigger pull.

Yes, have owned (2) single six Rugers forever - and still have to beat into my head that “single” takes two actions …
My S&W’s (2) and my Taurus are squeeze me’s …

 

[Stumpy]

That is an OLD AND OUT DATED TEST. Quite frankly, you should steer clear of any agency using that test. It goes back to the days of when nearly every LEO carried a double action revolver. To determine if you had the hand strength to pull the trigger smoothly and properly, they designed this test. A lot of women who didn't have the hand strength would have to SNAP or crack the trigger using the entire arm and thus would hit the sides of the circle. I don't understand the pulling the slide to the rear unless this agency uses a DAO hammer fired semi-auto.

 

[GON]

That is an OLD AND OUT DATED TEST. Quite frankly, you should steer clear of any agency using that test. It goes back to the days of when nearly every LEO carried a double action revolver. To determine if you had the hand strength to pull the trigger smoothly and properly, they designed this test. A lot of women who didn't have the hand strength would have to SNAP or crack the trigger using the entire arm and thus would hit the sides of the circle. I don't understand the pulling the slide to the rear unless this agency uses a DAO hammer fired semi-auto.

The pulling of the slide to the rear is a safety feature to support the ability to clear a weapon. Provides numerous checks to include a visual check for a round not to be present. Additionally, it also provides a task to ensure the person being evaluated can follow instructions.

 

[Stumpy]

The pulling of the slide to the rear is a safety feature to support the ability to clear a weapon. Provides numerous checks to include a visual check for a round not to be present. Additionally, it also provides a task to ensure the person being evaluated can follow instructions.

 

[Stumpy]

The pulling of the slide to the rear is a safety feature to support the ability to clear a weapon. Provides numerous checks to include a visual check for a round not to be present. Additionally, it also provides a task to ensure the person being evaluated can follow instructions.

Yeah, I get that, but the trigger pull test, as I explained is a left over from the DA revolver era. Is this agency using a DAO non-striker fired auto? Most striker fired handguns require much less hand strength that DAO or DA/SA auto's. LIke I said, real weird they are still using this. Shows how backasswards many agencies still are in this day and time.

 

[dbias]

I was city Fire marshal for almost ten years and we had to regularly qualify with our county sheriff’s department and local state police detachment. There was a course set up whereby it required us to hit a series of targets, metal knock down type, and there was brisk walking between stages with both left side and right side cover being used and multiple magazine changes during the timed course. Last time I qualified I hit one of the targets and took a direct ricochet back to my left upper thigh just an inch or so from the boys.
The target had jammed and didn’t fall but the scorer’s gave me credit for it once I showed them the welp lol. They asked why I kept going and i told them it honestly didn’t occur to me to stop.
I’m naturally left handed but shoot right handed and always scored 97 to 98 percent both ways.