5x5 Rifle Carbine Drill

The 5×5 Drill is a great way to practice and benchmark basic gun handling skills, accuracy, strong-hand shooting, slide lock or emergency reload, and transitions from fast to slow while maintaining a low round count.

The Drill
The drill is called the 5×5 Drill because you are shooting five strings of five rounds each for a total of 25 rounds fired. You are shooting against a timer for this drill, so this may not be a drill you can run on an indoor range. You may be able to at least practice it at a slower speed, but to really get good results, this may have to be run outside.
Start with an IDPA cardboard silhouette target at 10 yards. Your starting position is with the gun loaded, holstered and your arms at your side. Each string is fired separately and then the time totaled up.
The course of fire is:
String 1: engage target with five rounds
String 2: engage target with five rounds, Head shot only!
String 3: engage target with five rounds, reload from slide lock and reengage target with five more rounds.
String 4: engage target with four rounds to the body and one round to the head