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HANDGUN STANARDS

Archangel Defense Standards: Handgun
7 Drills with a cumulative time for your standards. It truly tests speed and accuracy, and truly knowing your capabilities.

Have Fun and it’s Ran Cold !

🤙🏻Get After it and sign up for one of our performance based events for your chance to earn the patch.

Only 32 Pro Standards patches with over 500 attempts in courses & only 8 Archangel Standards patches!

Rules
-5YD DISTANCE
-IF YOU BREAK THE LINE FOR CENTER MASS ZONE/HEAD ZONE IT COUNTS AS A CLEAN HIT. Vitals are the target zone and including the spine. Head target is a 5” circle/brain
-A MISS OUTSIDE TARET ZONE COUNTS AS A HALF+ (.50) SECOND PENALTY (IN SILHOUETTE),MORE THAN 3 MISSES IS A FAILED ASSESSMENT
A COMPLETE MISS OF THE TARGET IS A FAILED ASSESSMENT (OUTSIDE SILHOUETTE)
• IF YOU RUN ALL STAGES IN 20 SECONDS OR LESS YOU WILL RECIEVE A PRO PATCH FOR PROFESSIONAL STANDARD, 15 SECONDS OR LESS YOU WILL RECIEVE THE GOLD WINGS PATCH FOR THE ARCHANGEL STANDARD (earned in events only)

Holster Penalties
Non Retention OWB - +2.1 seconds on overall score
Concealed & Level 2 Retention - 0 penalties
LVL 3 Retention -2.1 seconds off overall score

Stages
1. Draw 2 shots CM
2. Draw 1 shot head
3. Draw 2 shots CM, 1 shot head
4. Draw 6 shots CM
5. Draw 1 shot both hands CM, 1 shot strong side only CM, 1 shot support side only CM ( this is one flow system, 3 shot string of fire)
6. Draw 2 shots CM Target 1,transition, 2 shots CM Target 2 (target 1 yard apart)
7. Draw 2 shots Center Mass, emergency reload (empty) 1 shot to the head

Competent: 30.0sec - 25.1 sec
Advanced: 25.0sec - 20.1 sec
Professional: 20.0 sec- 15.1 sec
Archangel: 15.0 sec or less

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8x11 or 11x 17 format ⬇️
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Handgun Dynamics (10/10-11) Marianna, PA

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​Psalm 144:1 - Blessed be the Lord my rock, who trains my hands for war and my fingers for battle.
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