I was about to mention the “El Presadente”.
Probably a better practice for self-defense.
3 targets at 7 yards.
Back to targets, turn, draw and put two in each target, re load and two more in each target.
The story I was told was it is based on an assassination attempt on the President of Mexico, and the actions of a skilled body guard
no it's not. The range is 10 yds, targets 3 yds apart, edge to edge. Cooper told us, when we set up the iPSC in 1976, that he came up with it at the behest of some guys that he trained in S america. His inspiration was some guy in beirut, who bumped into 3 guys who had slung aks. He had a 1911 in a shoulder rig, drew and hammered all 3, got behind cover, swapped mags and left. The guy said he did it so fast, he didn't know if he got them all, but nobody chased him.
El presidente is much too slow. The range is too long, too many shots, at too many targets to be practical You're standing there, fully exposed for at least 2 seconds. That's a long time to let enemies shoot at you. The range should be 10 ft, the targets much closer together, and you'd better get it done in 1.5 seconds, or the third guy is going to get off a couple of shots at you. and the second guy is going to get off one shot. Jeff thought that if you could get 2 on each of 3 in 4 seconds, that was "fast enough'. Ha! the third guy would get to empty his magazine at you if you were that slow,
