Practical A-Zone

FAST Drill (Langdon)

Overview The FAST Drill (Fundamentals, Accuracy, Speed Test) was created by the late Todd Louis Green and is now maintained by Ernest Langdon. It is a compact 6-round drill that tests draw speed, accuracy on a small target, emergency reload, and transitions — all in one string of fire. Setup Target: 1 FAST target — a 3×5-inch head box above an 8-inch body circle (or use index cards and paper plates on a backer) Distance: 7 yards Round count: 6 rounds (2 in the first magazine, 4 in the second) Start position: Gun loaded with only 2 rounds, concealed, hands at sides Course of Fire On the buzzer, draw and fire 2 rounds into the 3×5-inch head box. Perform an emergency (slide-lock) reload. Fire 4 rounds into the 8-inch body circle. Scoring Time is your primary score — lower is better. Any round outside its target zone adds a penalty: +2 seconds per miss on the body circle, +5 seconds per miss on the head box. Classification par times: Advanced — under 7 seconds clean; Intermediate — under 10 seconds clean. Record whether the run was clean (pass) or had penalties.