https://airsoftshottimer.com/en/tags/ernest-langdon/ Recent content in Ernest Langdon on Airsoft Shot Timer Hugo en Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0800 https://airsoftshottimer.com/en/posts/fast-drill-guide/ Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0800 https://airsoftshottimer.com/en/posts/fast-drill-guide/ <p><img src="https://airsoftshottimer.com/images/posts/fast-drill-guide/cover.jpg" alt="The F.A.S.T. Drill"></p> <blockquote> <p><strong>The F.A.S.T. Drill in 60 seconds (BLUF)</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>What it is:</strong> Six rounds at <strong>7 yards</strong> on one target — a <strong>3×5 inch card</strong> in the head and an <strong>8-inch circle</strong> in the body. Draw with <strong>exactly two rounds in the gun</strong>, fire two at the card, <strong>reload from slide lock</strong>, fire four at the circle.</li> <li><strong>Why it hurts:</strong> The hardest shots come <strong>first and cold</strong>, then the gun runs dry on purpose. A slide-lock reload tears your grip apart, and you have to rebuild it while the clock runs.</li> <li><strong>Ratings:</strong> 10+ seconds Novice · under 10 Intermediate · <strong>under 7 Advanced</strong> · <strong>under 5 Expert</strong>.</li> <li><strong>Penalties are the whole game:</strong> every miss on the 3×5 card adds <strong>2.00 seconds</strong>; every miss on the 8-inch circle adds <strong>1.00 second</strong>. A 4.84-second run with two dropped body shots scores 7.34 — a Novice-to-Advanced fall from one bad grip.</li> <li><strong>The coin:</strong> A clean <strong>sub-5.00</strong> run, done in front of an authorized instructor, twice. Since 2007 exactly <strong>26 people</strong> have earned one. There is also a &ldquo;half pin&rdquo; for a clean sub-7.00.</li> <li><strong>Train it anywhere:</strong> Load two BBs in a GBB airsoft pistol and the slide locks back for real. With a <a href="https://airsoftshottimer.com/en/posts/shot-timer-app-guide/">free shot timer app</a> you get the same draw, the same reload, and the same honest number — without burning 600 rounds finding out.</li> </ul> </blockquote> <p>Most shooting drills flatter you. You pick the distance, you pick the pace, and you stop when the group looks good. The F.A.S.T. does the opposite: it hands you a small target, an empty gun, and a stopwatch, and then it tells everyone in earshot exactly where you actually are. Ernest Langdon — the man Todd Green authorized to carry on as arbiter of the F.A.S.T. Coin — puts it bluntly in his own classes: <strong>&ldquo;It is a test specifically. It&rsquo;s not something you practice.&rdquo;</strong></p>