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Handgun Standards

Archangel Defense Standards: Handgun
7 Drills with a cumulative time for your standards. It truly tests speed and accuracy, and truly knowing your capabilities.

Have Fun and it’s Ran Cold !

🤙🏻Get After it and sign up for one of our performance based events for your chance to earn the patch.

Only 32 Pro Standards patches with over 500 attempts in courses & only 8 Archangel Standards patches!

Rules
-5YD DISTANCE
-IF YOU BREAK THE LINE FOR CENTER MASS ZONE/HEAD ZONE IT COUNTS AS A CLEAN HIT. Vitals are the target zone and including the spine. Head target is a 5” circle/brain
-A MISS OUTSIDE TARET ZONE COUNTS AS A HALF+ (.50) SECOND PENALTY (IN SILHOUETTE),MORE THAN 3 MISSES IS A FAILED ASSESSMENT
A COMPLETE MISS OF THE TARGET IS A FAILED ASSESSMENT (OUTSIDE SILHOUETTE)
• IF YOU RUN ALL STAGES IN 20 SECONDS OR LESS YOU WILL RECIEVE A PRO PATCH FOR PROFESSIONAL STANDARD, 15 SECONDS OR LESS YOU WILL RECIEVE THE GOLD WINGS PATCH FOR THE ARCHANGEL STANDARD (earned in events only)

Holster Penalties
Non Retention OWB - +2.1 seconds on overall score
Concealed & Level 2 Retention - 0 penalties
LVL 3 Retention -2.1 seconds off overall score

Stages
1. Draw 2 shots CM
2. Draw 1 shot head
3. Draw 2 shots CM, 1 shot head
4. Draw 6 shots CM
5. Draw 1 shot both hands CM, 1 shot strong side only CM, 1 shot support side only CM ( this is one flow system, 3 shot string of fire)
6. Draw 2 shots CM Target 1,transition, 2 shots CM Target 2 (target 1 yard apart)
7. Draw 2 shots Center Mass, emergency reload (empty) 1 shot to the head

Competent -30.00sec - 25.01sec
Advanced- 25.00sec - 20.01 sec
Professional- 20.00 sec- 15.01 sec
Archangel - 15.00 sec or less

Practice target print out available on our website -
8x11 or 11x 17 format ⬇️
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Rifle Standards

​Archangel Defense Standards: Rifle
7 Drills with a cumulative time for your standards. It truly tests speed and accuracy, and truly knowing your capabilities.

Have Fun and it’s Ran Cold !

🤙🏻Get After it and sign up for one of our performance based events for your chance to earn the patch.

Only 62 Pro Standards patches with over 800 attempts in courses & only 8 Archangel Standards patches!

Rules
-5YD DISTANCE
-IF YOU BREAK THE LINE FOR CENTER MASS ZONE/HEAD ZONE IT COUNTS AS A CLEAN HIT. Vitals are the target zone and including the spine. Head target is a 5” circle/brain
-A MISS OUTSIDE TARET ZONE COUNTS AS A HALF+ (.50) SECOND PENALTY (IN SILHOUETTE),MORE THAN 3 MISSES IS A FAILED ASSESSMENT
A COMPLETE MISS OF THE TARGET IS A FAILED ASSESSMENT (OUTSIDE SILHOUETTE)
• IF YOU RUN ALL STAGES IN 25 SECONDS OR LESS YOU WILL RECIEVE A PRO PATCH FOR PROFESSIONAL STANDARD, 20 SECONDS OR LESS YOU WILL RECIEVE THE GOLD WINGS PATCH FOR THE ARCHANGEL STANDARD (earned in events only)

Your position of Low (45degrees at the ground)or High Ready (Stock inside of arm pit)Start.

Stages
1. 2 shots CM
2. 2 shots head
3. 2 shots CM, 2 shots head
4.  10 shots CM
5.  2 shots T1 (left) tac reload with safety engaged, stow mag, engage T2 (right) (targets are 1yd apart, if you drop the mag, it’s a +10sec penalty)
6. 2 shots CM Target T1 1,
,transition, 2 shots CM Target 2, 1 shot head T2 transition 1 shot head T1 (target 1 yard apart)
7.  2 shots Center Mass, emergency reload (empty) 1 shot to the head

Competent-35- 30.01sec
Advanced- 30.0sec - 25.1 sec
Professional- 25 sec- 20.1 sec
Archangel - 20 sec or less

Practice target print out available on our website -
8x11 or 11x 17 format ⬇️
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Card Splitters Club

🔥 CARD SPLITTERS CLUB CHALLENGE 🔥
Think you’ve got the skill to split a playing card? Welcome to the Card Splitters Club — where precision, speed, and control decide everything.

THE RULES ⬇️

🎯 Distance: 5 yards
🎯 Strings: 5 total
🎯 Attempts: 5 per string
⏱️ Time Limit: 10 seconds per string*

Starting Position:
The playing card is placed sideways so neither the front nor back is visible.

🔹 STRING BREAKDOWN 🔹

String 1
• Draw on the shot timer
• Both hands

String 2
• Draw on the shot timer
• Strong hand only

String 3
• Draw on the shot timer
• Transition to support hand

String 4
• Opposite sighting system
(Example: If you used a red dot earlier, this string is irons only)
• Draw on the shot timer
• Both hands

🔥 String 5 – THE FINISHER 🔥
• No time limit
• Card now faces you
• 13 total shots
• Use existing bullet holes to cut the card completely in half

💥 Precision matters.
💥 Control matters.
💥 Only clean splits count.

Think you’ve got what it takes? Drop a comment, try the challenge, and welcome to the Card Splitters Club. 🃏💪
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Riggs Drill

🎬 THE RIGGS DRILLS 🎯
Built to feel cinematic—but it demands real discipline and real precision.

Set at 5 yards, this drill crushes time, pressure, and accuracy into one unforgiving test.

🔥 8 rounds
⏱️ 10 seconds from the holster | 8 seconds from compressed ready

No freebies. No excuses. Every second matters. Every round counts.

😈 The target says it all: a Lethal Weapon–style smiley face that makes you want to rush.
To pass? 7 out of 8 hits. Miss more than one and the drill wins.
This isn’t about dumping rounds or chasing speed for ego.
It’s about composure under pressure, clean execution, and finishing strong when the timer is screaming and the target is laughing back at you.

⚔️ Train sharp. Shoot clean.
​Earn it.
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Be Safe, Keep Training & God Bless!
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​Psalm 144:1 - Blessed be the Lord my rock, who trains my hands for war and my fingers for battle.
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