We at Grip Force are introducing the EBP HS Reload Challenge drill. Many people ask what the "HS" stands for in the drill title. It could stand for High Speed, or it could also stand for "Holy S**t!"

Watch the EBP introduction video, try the Challenge Drill yourself, and tell us what it stands for!

Drill Setup

This drill must be shot using a Grip Force EBP installed on the reload magazine. The reload magazine (outfitted with the EBP) is stored in the shooter's magazine pouch. 

In order to win an EBP HS Reload Challenge coin, the shooter must perform the drill described in Version 1 (see below) and match or beat the split time/shot-to-shot reload time of 1.77 seconds. 

Range: The shooter stands 6 yards from the target.

Target: The target is a (5" x 5") square with an EBP spot in the center (used as the shooter's aiming point). *For practice, a reload challenge target can be any (5" x 5") square on a piece of paper, cardboard, or painted on steel. *To win an EBP HS Reload Challenge coin, this drill needs to be shot on an official EBP target (link above) 

Drill Execution

Start Position: The weapon starts loaded with a round in the chamber and an empty magazine in the receiver. The shooter is standing, relaxed in a transition/high compressed ready position, with a two-handed firing grip on the pistol. For this start position, the inside of the shooter's bicep/tricep muscle must be touching, or next to, the side of their rib cage when they are at their ready position. The upper section of their arms should be in line with their torso. The reload magazine (outfitted with the EBP) is stored in the shooter's magazine pouch. 

On alert from the timer, the shooter goes to extension and fires one shot to the target zone area (5" x 5" square), causing the pistol to go to slide lock.

The shooter then performs a slide lock reload, chambering a round using their preferred technique method (see versions 1, 2, or 3 listed below).

After the reload, the shooter reacquires their two-handed firing grip, goes back to extension, and then fires a second round into the same (5" x 5") target zone on the same target.

This drill must be shot using aimed fire, not point shooting. 

Variants

Version 1 - As seen in the EBP introduction video must be shot wearing gloves and must use the slingshot chambering method with a belt-mounted vertical mag pouch. The shooter must have their belt-mounted open-top vertical reload magazine pouch in the same location as the shooter in the video (set four inches in front of the forward point of the hip bone on their support side). The 'point of the hip bone' location is a competition term taken from the USPSA description/rules. Shooting this challenge with either iron sights or a red dot is acceptable. The official record was set with the shooter using an iron-sighted pistol. *This is the only version eligible to win an EBP HS Reload Challenge coin (Version 1). 

Version 2 – Uses the slide stop/slide release chambering method, with the magazine pouch in any location, with a par time of 2.5 seconds. *This version is not eligible to win an EBP HS Reload Challenge coin.

Version 3 – Uses the overhand rack chambering method, with the magazine pouch in any location, with a par time of 2.5 seconds. *This version is not eligible to win an EBP HS Reload Challenge coin.

If attempting to win an EBP HS Reload Challenge coin, please download and print the official target. When printing the target, please make sure your printer settings are correct to ensure the 5" x 5" target box prints correctly. Measure the box after printing to verify.