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Dot Torture is humbling and I love/hate it

Rangium Community TeamStarter contentApr 14, 2026

If you've never run Dot Torture, it's 50 rounds across ten different small dots with various drills, and you only pass if you hit all 50. I've been shooting two years and I still can't clean it at 5 yards. It exposes every weakness in your trigger control and it's the most useful 50 rounds I shoot all week. Anyone else use it as a regular benchmark?

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I run it cold at the start of every range trip. No warmup. It tells me where I actually am that day, not where I am after 100 rounds.
Dot Torture at distance is a great honesty test. Start at 3 yards until you can clean it, then move back a yard at a time. Most people start way too far back and just get frustrated.
Two years and not cleaning it at 5 is totally normal. Plenty of experienced shooters can't. It's a marathon target.
Pro tip: it's a slow-fire accuracy drill, not a speed drill. Take the time you need on each dot. The clock isn't the test, the hits are.
The strong-hand and weak-hand only dots are where I bleed points every single time. Humbling is the right word.