.....A lot of people I know can draw and fire one shot from the holster in 1.5 seconds...repeat shots at that point are usually in the .25 to .40 area...so four more shots adds only 1 to 1.5 seconds.
It was why a lot more shooters made the two shots in 1.75 seoconds than made the one shot in 1.25 seconds...their second shot took a lot less time once the gun was up and going.
Bob
Back in the day when I was an Embassy Marine, the standard we trained to was 2 shots in 2 seconds, from a snapped holster. Distance 3 yards.
We had other stages at 3, 7, 15, and 25 yards. Model 19 Smith & Wesson, all DA of course.
After my embassy tours I taught at Quantico for a couple years, training Marines for Embassy Duty. It always amazed me how well training works. We practiced the draw, and dry fired more times than you can imagine, before going to the range. Some students had bloody blisters on their trigger fingers, just from the dry firing. But it sure did instill muscle memory.
