This is Rangemaster’s “Drill of the Month” – a piece that has become a part of our feature rotation. It is part of that company’s monthly newsletter. As always, start slow before trying to progress. If you’re not familiar with use of the holster – especially from concealment – and, not familiar with the most dangerous thing you’ll do at the range, putting the gun into the holster – seek education first. You can shoot the whole thing from low ready, just to see how you do. The Rangemaster instructors travel. Check the website.
From the Rangemaster newsletter:
DRILL OF THE MONTH
Throughout 2026 we will be running a Drill of the Month in each edition of the newsletter. The goal is to help motivate folks to get to the range and actually shoot their defensive weapons, and to have some fun in the process. Each month we’ll post a drill or a short course of fire. You are encouraged to go to the range, shoot the drill, and then post your thoughts and a photo of your target on the Rangemaster Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/groups/rangemaster/.
AMBIDEXTROUS SKILLS
This simple 10-shot drill tests your ability to draw quickly and shoot accurately with both hands, and with either hand, plus a quick reload under time pressure. The target is a B-8C or FBI IP-1, scored as printed. The range is 7 yards. Use a timer to measure the time for the drill.
To evaluate your success, use hit factor scoring: At the end of the course, count the points. Then divide the total points scored by the total time it took to accomplish the tasks. Your goal is a score of 6 or higher.
A seriously bad number - not a bad target, but brain fade on moving from reload to dominant hand only cost time.
Start with 5 rounds (only) in the gun, with the gun worn holstered and concealed. On the timer’s beep, draw and fire 5 rounds, using both hands. The gun should lock open on the empty magazine. Conduct an empty gun reload, then fire 3 rounds using the dominant hand only, (safely) switch hands, and fire 2 rounds using the non-dominant hand only.
(Editor’s note: a word about transferring a loaded gun from hand-to-hand – don’t rush the process.
In image 1, starting from a firing position above; below, image 2 has the thumbs “roll over” the tang,
opening the space for the other hand. The next frame shows the space to fill; the gun is tilted down.
Image 5 sees the gun fed into the other hand by the dominant hand.
Image 6 has you back in line, one-handed with the nondominant hand.
Note that the gun used in practice is a nonfiring analog - a good plan for practicing this move. If you drop the gun let it go. Do not clutch at it as it falls; that invites a digit into the trigger guard as the muzzle sweeps you, with disastrous consequences. – Rich Grassi)
– Tom Givens, Chief Firearms Instructor, Rangemaster Firearms Training Services