Ok that's reassuring. I have heard some instructors make you shoot from the hip, anyone else ever hear this? I dont understand why you would do this, Im not going to meet one at high noon for the fastest draw.
I don't know about where you live, but here in Texas, the shooting part of the class doesn't require anything like that at all.
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You fire in total 50 shots. You shoot from a "ready" state. Which is your hands on the gun, the gun off the "bench" and not pointed at the target yet. Usually the gun is pointed down. The instructor will yell out "fire" and you will shoot when he/she tell you to shoot. And you will shoot the amount they tell you to shoot. Here the target is placed at 3 yards, then 7 yards, then 15 yards.
So here is how it works exactly. You get in front of your target. It is set to 3 yards out. The instructor will say load up 5 shots. Than when they yell "Fire" that you will fire 1 shot. You have 2 seconds after he says fire to shoot once. You'll start from the ready position of having the gun in both hands, but pointing slightly down with your finger off the trigger. After you fire 1 shot, you'll go back to the ready position and wait. The instructor will call out "Fire" again. You shoot 1 shot again and repeat that pattern of 1 shot when called up to 5 shots.
After the first 5 shots, you'll do "double" shots of shooting twice in 3 seconds. You'll load up 2 shots. They'll say fire, and you shoot both shots. Then you load up 2 again when they tell you. You do that 5 times for a total of 10 shots.
Then you load up 5 shots again like before. The difference is where at first you fired only 1 shot when called to fire, this time you'll fire all 5 after being told to fire.
That means you'll put 20 rounds into the target at 3 yards. You do a similar drill at 7 yards for another 20 shots. At 15 yards you'll shoot only 10 times total at the target.
It's really not that hard. The further the target is away, the more time you have to shoot at the target.
The instructors want you to pass the tests. Trust me. Many of those I've seen taking the tests when I head to the range are first time shooters lately. I haven't seen anyone not pass.