F.B.1. Academy — Practical Pistol Course

The practical pistol course consists of 50 shots on the Colt silhouette target.
Scoring: Shots striking silhouette scored according to the “K” value
of that area. Shots only striking “D” areas are scored as misses.
Total time, six minutes and ten seconds.

VARIOUS FIRING POSTURES

PRONE

60 Yard Line
5 SHOTS FIRED

TRAINEE STANOS ON 60 YARO LINE
WITH LOADED GUN IN HOLSTER
AND WITH ONLY 35 ADDITIONAL
ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION - AT
COMMAND “COMMENCE FIRING”
TRAINEE ASSUMES A PRONE POS!
TION AND FIRES 5 SHOTS-RELOADS:
WHILE PRONE - HOLSTERING GUN
ADVANCES TO THE $0 YARD UNE.

(c) Drawing the gun with a side-
ways motion which momentarily
covers the shooters in the ad-
joining lanes.

The double action stanza, twenty
one feet from the target (against
time) may prove a stumbling block to
many, for there’s nothing more pre-
carious than double actioning your
way to a score. It may be dandy for
Hopalong Cassidy, but tricky in
reality.

Some people with plenty of am-
munition and a yen to learn, get out

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TWENTY-THIRD EDITION

50 Yard Line
20 SHOTS FIRED

TRAINEE FIRES 5 SHOTS FROM EACH
OF FOUR POSITIONS: SITTING,
PRONE, STANDING WITH LEFT HANO
AND STANOING WITH RIGHT HAND-
LOADING AND REHOLSTERING BE-

in a piece of pasture land with
nothing but the horizon in front of
them and pick up a little practice by
dusting a succession of shots into the
dirt, with the gun held tight to the
body at waist level. It’s a good idea to
start with a .22 Woodsman or Hi-
Standard with a clipful of ten shots.
Just watch where the first shot hits
and try and keep the rest around the
same spot, pulling the trigger at a
quick but steady clip.

Then you can try an empty half
gallon can at 30 feet and with a little
practice you can make it tumble
along in front of you.

Main trick is to keep the gun tight
to the body. Don’t try and direct the
aim by hand. Use your whole body.
It was either Elmer Keith or Ed
McGivern who said that gun, hand,
forearm and body should be like one
unit, so that if you wedged a shingle
under the shooter’s right toe, the

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7 Yard Line

10 SHOTS DOUBLE
ACTION FROM HIP

ON COMMAND “DRAW, TRAINEE:
DRAWS AND FIRES 5 SHOTS
ACTION FROM THE HIP - RELOADS
ANO FIRES 5 ADOITIONAL SHOTS IN.

IG SAME MANNER - 10 SHOTS TO
BE FIRED FROM THS COMMAND.

TO RETURN TO THE 60 YARD
WHERE TIMING AGAIN BEGOLS AT
TRUNCE FIRES 5 COMMAND “COMMSNCE FIRING” .
SHOTS STANDING

5 SHOTS STANDING LEFT HAND -
TOTAL TIME FOR STEPS 2, 3, 4 AND
31S FIVE MINUTES, FORTY-FIVE

ECONDS

bullets hit an inch higher up! Ex-
aggerated, but you get the idea.

In the F.B.I. course you don’t get
this slight advantage of “body Eng-
lish.” The gun’s got to be poked out
in front of you as you assume a
crouched position.

Most people find that when it comes
to double actioning the centre fire
weapon, the heavy pull back on the
trigger and the sudden release makes
the aim jump a little. The barrel has
a tendency to swerve to the left then
spring suddenly back to approxi-

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