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"FBI
Pistol Qualification" Course
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 |
| Time Allotted: |
75 seconds |
| 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 |
| Time Allotted: |
2 rounds in 6 seconds
4 strings of 2 rounds in 3 seconds each |
| 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 |
| Time Allotted: |
15 seconds |
| 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 |
| Time Allotted: |
15 seconds |
| 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]
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