The El Presidente Drill

Multiple armed assailants? Tactical reloads? Reflexive shooting? Rapid follow up shots? There is a classic handgun drill that helps hone all of these: The El Presidente

Imminent gun guru and master pistolero Lt.Colonel Jeff Cooper, USMC, developed this drill personally to gauge the skill of handgun shooters. He taught the drill at his American Pistol Institute in the late 1970s alongside other classics such as the Mozambique Drill. Working on the premise of firing at multiple targets, it included a rapid (and timed) reload and follow up shots. Since then it has become a standard drill often taught in security and law enforcement circles as well as to military and other tactical shooters. For decades, it has been used and speed raced in IPSC matches and USPSA events in gun clubs across the continent….(Find out more here) 

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