This standard, revised April 1997, is used to qualify both agents
and instructors.
| Target: | FBI "Q" |
| Ammunition: | 50 rounds service ammunition |
| Scoring: | Hits in or touching "bottle" count 2 points; misses and hits outside bottle count zero points |
| Qualification: | 85% to qualify; 90% for instructors |
| STAGE I |
18 ROUNDS |
| Starting Point: | 25 yard line
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| Time Allotted: | 75 seconds |
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Start with a fully loaded weapon. On command shooter draws and fires
6 rounds prone position, decocks, fires 3 rounds strong side kneeling
barricade position, 6 rounds strong side standing barricade position,
and 3 rounds weak side kneeling barricade position. Upon completing
stage I, the shooter will conduct a magazine exchange and holster a
loaded weapon.
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| STAGE II |
10 ROUNDS |
| Starting Point: | 25 yard line
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| Time Allotted: | 2 rounds in 6 seconds
4 strings of 2 rounds in 3 seconds each |
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Start at the 25 yard line. On command the shooter moves to the 15
yard line, draws and fires 2 rounds in 6 seconds, decocks, and returns
to low ready. The shooter will fire 4 strings of 2 rounds in 3
seconds, decock and return to low ready after each string. Upon
completing Stage II, the shooter holsters a loaded weapon [without
reloading unless gun capacity is only 10 rds --ed].
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| STAGE III |
12 ROUNDS |
| Starting Point: | 15 yard line
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| Time Allotted: | 15 seconds |
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Start at the 15 yard line. On command the shooter moves to the 7 yard
line, draws and fires 12 rounds in 15 seconds, to include a reload.
Upon completing stage III, the shooter holsters a loaded weapon.
Shooter then arranges remaining 10 rounds to have 5 rounds in the
weapon and 5 rounds in a spare magazine.
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| STAGE IV |
10 ROUNDS |
| Starting Point: | 7 yard line
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| Time Allotted: | 15 seconds |
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Start at the 7 yard line. On command the shooter moves to the 5 yard
line, draws and fires 5 rounds with strong hand only, reloads,
tranfers the weapon to weak hand and fires 5 rounds weak hand only.
Upon completing stage IV, the shooter will unload and holster an empty
weapon.
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Agents are required to requalify four times a year. 1,338 agents have
shot a perfect score during qualification (the FBI's "possible club").
The FBI presently employs 11,271 agents required to shoot this course.
[Information current as of December 1997]
Courtesy of >Steve Silverman.