Dot Drill
A fundamentals and zero-confirmation drill that fires tight groups on an array of small dots to test control and point of impact.
The dot drill presents a target printed with a grid of small dots, often two to three inches across at one hundred yards, and asks the shooter to fire a short string at each one. Because every dot is its own miniature target, the drill isolates fundamentals: any break in trigger-control, breathing, or sight picture shows up immediately as a flyer outside the dot.
Shooters use the dot drill both to confirm a zero and to measure consistency, since clustering several rounds inside each dot demonstrates a repeatable group. Holding every dot tight, ideally sub-moa, is a clean benchmark of rifle, ammunition, and shooter working together, and it scales well as a cold-start warm-up before more demanding practice.