USCCA Protector Academy Qualifications Level 3

REQUIREMENTS: Take a live-fire, six-hour firearms course with a certified firearms instructor. Add your course into your Protector Academy™ account after completion.

SUCCESS CRITERIA: You must complete each drill within the time allotted. Additionally, you must hit all designated target areas on your USCCA DSF Target based on the requirements for each drill.

COURSE OF FIRE: You will complete a series of drills meant to test

your speed and precision. Each drill will be timed.

***You MUST be facing downrange at your target BEFORE you fire.***

***You MUST begin each drill from the HIGH COMPRESSED READY position with your gun’s barrel pointing downrange.***

DRILL SET 1: SPEED-FOCUSED

You must complete these drills within the time allotted and with 100% of your hits inside the 8-inch high-center-chest square of your target. Load five rounds into each magazine. You will complete this course of fire twice, with the first attempt serving as a warmup.

3-YARD SPEED DRILL

• Place your target 3 yards downrange.
• While facing your target, assume the high compressed ready position with the barrel of your firearm pointing downrange at your target.
• Insert one five-round magazine and chamber a round.
• Start the drill and timer.
• Engage your target by firing all five rounds at the high-center-chest square.
• Clear the firearm and return it to the table.

5-YARD SPEED DRILL

• Place your target 5 yards downrange.
• Repeat the steps you already executed from 3 yards.
• Clear the firearm and return it to the table.

7-YARD SPEED DRILL

• Place your target 7 yards downrange.
• Repeat the steps you already executed from 5 yards.
• Clear the firearm and return it to the table.

First time through: Warmup

Second time through: Qualification

REQUIRED TIMES FOR DRILL SET 1:

• 3-Yard Speed Drill: 100% hits in 2 seconds
• 5-Yard Speed Drill: 100% hits in 3 seconds
• 7-Yard Speed Drill: 100% hits in 5 seconds

DRILL SET 2: PRECISION-FOCUSED

There is no time limit. You must hit each numbered circle in numerical order before moving to the next numbered circle, and you must successfully complete this task at the 3-yard line before moving to the 5-yard line.

3-YARD DRILL

• Load one magazine with six rounds.
• Place your target 3 yards downrange.
• While facing your target, assume the high compressed ready position with the barrel of your firearm pointing downrange at your target.
• Insert your magazine and chamber a round.
• Start the drill.
• Fire one round into each numbered circle in numerical order.
• Come back to the high compressed ready position between each shot.
• Only proceed to the next number after you have hit the one before it.
• Any miss ends the drill at that point. You do not pass that qualification attempt and must start over from the beginning.
• Clear the firearm and return it to the table.

5-YARD DRILL

• Load one magazine with six rounds.
• Repeat the previous drill but with your target placed at 5 yards downrange.
• Clear the firearm and return it to the table.

ASSESSMENT: If you successfully placed 100% of your shots into the high-center-chest square of your target at both distances in the allotted times in Drill Set 1 (speed-focused) and if you hit all six numbered circles on your target at both distances without a miss in Drill Set 2 (precision-focused), you have completed your Level 03 USCCA Qualification.