A few of us talked about the "Tueller Drill" last night... Xavier Thoughts had a great summary:
A common test of handgun skill is to start with one’s hands at shoulder level with a holstered gun and place two shots on a target 21 feet away within 1.5 seconds. Typically, those well trained with handguns can complete the drill in about one and a half seconds, although a select few can place the two shots on target in under one second.
Over two decades ago, Sgt. Tueller wondered how quickly an attacker with a knife could cover those same 21 feet. So he measured as volunteers raced to stab a target. He determined that the distance could easily be crossed in 1.5 seconds. These results were first published as an article in S.W.A.T. Magazine in 1983 and in a police training video by the same title, “How Close is Too Close?”.
Here is the original article by Dennis Tueller.
YouTube has a few videos of this drill - most suck - but the following is from a match. The target clears the distance a bit fast and the shooter is a high masters level competitor, but you get the picture just how fast things happen...
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