Standby

The timer command that comes right before the start signal: you take your ready position on "Standby," then the beep fires at a random moment so you cannot anticipate it.

Standby is the moment of readiness before the shot timer beeps. The random delay after it is the whole point: if the signal always came at the same instant, you would train your memory of the rhythm instead of your reaction. At home a Standby command with a random start gives you the same honest first-shot time you would get at the range.

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Pistol Reload: How to Change a Magazine Without Losing the Target

The reload is the one link in the chain where the gun leaves the target and has to come back, and the clock never stops for it. Here is how the magazine drops free on its own, where your hands and eyes go during the change, and how to drill it at home with two magazines and a pillow.

9 min