If you are looking for a drill to improve your reload times with a minimum of fuss, here it is:

1. Load your magazine to capacity.
2. Load your magazine into the handgun and chamber a cartridge.
3. Remove the loaded magazine and insert an empty magazine.
4. Place the loaded magazine in your primary magazine pouch.

To execute the drill, you draw and fire one shot. The slide will lock to the rear on an empty magazine. Using the magazine release, dump the empty magazine. Draw the fresh mag from your primary magazine pouch and load it into the handgun. Release the slide with either the slide stop lever or with the “slingshot” method. Regain your two handed grip and fire one shot, center mass to end the drill.

This drill is great to objectively evaluate your reload speed. If you are using a shot timer the “split time” between the two shots is your reload time.

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