Triangle Tactical - Uspsa | 3 Gun | Idpa | Competitive Shooting

If you've been shooting USPSA for any length of time, you've probably heard someone say "Don't draw to steel!" while walking through a stage before it's shot. It's something that's become conventional wisdom in practical shooting, and I think it's complete hogwash. If you approach an array of targets like the ones below, and draw to the steel target first, your time to first shot might be slightly longer, but at the same time, your time to shoot the plate if it's the last target will probably take just as long, so I think it's a wash. So, Here's what I did: Draw to steel on far left then shoot to the right. Mean HitFactor = 8.9833 Draw to paper on far left then shoot to steel on the right. Mean HitFactor = 8.9952 Draw to steel on far right then shoot to paper on the right. Mean HitFactor = 8.5273 Draw to paper on the far right then shoot to steel on the far right. Mean HitFactor = 7.9567 Basically, it doesn't matter. Personally, I think the slight fall off on the last one I shot down to a 7.5 hitfactor was m