4 Drills to Help You Train for a Shooting Competition

Are you training for a shooting competition? If so, you’ll need to work on speed and accuracy, which are two essential aspects of any shooting competition. One of the best ways to train is to grab your Mark 12 rifle, head to the range, and run through specific drills that test your abilities. While there are dozens of drills out there, these four can help you become a more well-rounded shooter—and improve your chances of winning!

Train for Precision with the Dot or Ragged Hole Drill

The dot drill, also known as the ragged hole, is simple in concept but challenging to master. Pick a spot on your target and take a shot—you’ll be aiming for this spot for the rest of the drill. Start close with a few shots before moving back. Your goal is to hit the dot every time, creating a single, ragged hole on the dot. Start and end every range session with this drill to work on consistent shot placement, helping you increase your precision and accuracy.

The FAST Drill Trains Multiple Skills

The Fundamentals, Accuracy, and Speed Test (FAST) trains everything in the name. Begin with a magazine with two rounds loaded. Ready your MK12 rifle and fire the two shots into a 3-by-5-inch index card. You will need to perform a slide lock reload before firing a final four rounds into an 8-inch paper plate. The par time is 5 seconds for an expert, 7 seconds for advanced shooters, and 10 or more seconds for a novice. This drill tests multiple skills, helping you get faster at aiming and reloading while also testing accuracy.

Try the One-Reload-One Drill for Quicker Reloads

Ready your rifle in a low- or high-ready position. There should be one round in the chamber and an empty mag in the mag well. Keep a second mag and a single round close by and ready for reloading. Fire the first round, drop the empty mag, load the mag with a single round, and fire the last round. Your accuracy isn’t as important for this drill as your reloading speed. Since you’ll have an empty mag, you’ll have to charge the bolt, making speed paramount.

Use the Penny or Cartridge Drill for Smoother Trigger Pulls

Every time you squeeze the trigger, your barrel moves, but with enough practice, you can minimize this movement. Trigger pull discipline enables you to fire a shot without throwing off your accuracy. This is especially important if you shoot a longer barrel, like in an MK12 upper receiver compared to an M4A1 or SBR-length barrel, as the added length can magnify the slightest barrel movements. The penny or cartridge drill can help you train your trigger pull. This is a great dry-firing exercise. Put a penny or cartridge at the tip of the barrel and squeeze the trigger. The goal is for the object to remain in place after each trigger squeeze. Even while dry firing, this is an incredibly challenging drill for many shooters.

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