On August 1, 2026, Jordan Salinas arrived at an In-N-Out Burger in Twin Falls, Idaho, as people were fleeing a mass shooting. After realizing what was happening, Salinas moved toward the gunfire and engaged the rifle-armed attacker with a suppressed, iron-sighted FN Five-seveN. ABC News
The engagement pushed a concealed handgun far beyond typical defensive distances. Salinas has since described the problem in terms of 50, 70, and 90 yards, and later reporting describes a malfunction that he cleared before reengaging. There are no confirmed hits attributable to Salinas, but police credited the armed resistance with helping drive the attacker from the scene and preventing further casualties. We Are The Mighty
This drill recreates those core challenges on a controlled range: a seated start, concealed handgun, extended-distance shooting, and an unexpected malfunction.
Can you do better?
Materials Needed
- Handgun in your normal concealed-carry configuration
- Holster
- 10 rounds of ammunition
- 1 snap cap or inert dummy round
- Shot timer
- Full-size silhouette or IPSC-style target
- Eye and ear protection
- Optional barricade or barrier
If possible, have someone else randomly load the dummy round into your magazine so you don’t know when the malfunction will occur.
Setup Instructions
- Set up a target at 50 yards, with additional positions at 70 and 90 yards.
- Shooter begins seated with firearm concealed.
- Load 10 live rounds and one randomly placed snap cap or dummy round.
- Use a shot timer or have someone call the start.
- Optionally use a barrier near the firing position to simulate the concealment available during Salinas’s engagement.
The 50-, 70-, and 90-yard stages represent the distance problem Salinas has described; they are not intended as a shot-for-shot reconstruction of his movement during the incident.
Drill Instructions
On the start signal:
- Rise from the seated position and draw from concealment.
- At 50 yards, fire 4 rounds.
- At 70 yards, fire 3 rounds.
- At 90 yards, fire the final 3 rounds.
- When the dummy round produces a stoppage, recognize and clear the malfunction, reacquire the target, and continue.
- Time stops after the 10th live round.
If your range uses a fixed firing line, move the target between stages rather than the shooter.
Scoring / Challenge
There is no historical par time or confirmed hit count to use as a legitimate Salinas standard.
Score the drill by recording:
- 50 yards: ___ / 4
- 70 yards: ___ / 3
- 90 yards: ___ / 3
- Total: ___ / 10
- Total time: ______
Run it cold and record your result. Then train and try it again.
Hits come first. Time breaks the tie.
Coaching Tips / Variations
Run the drill with the handgun and sighting system you actually carry.
Have someone else load the dummy round so the malfunction remains unexpected.
Run it cold at the beginning of a range session for an honest baseline.
Don’t have a 90-yard range? Use proportionally reduced targets at 25 or 50 yards to approximate the visual difficulty of the longer shots. The ballistic problem changes, but the accuracy and malfunction challenges remain.
Salinas has also discussed reconsidering his equipment and ammunition after discovering that an encounter he had prepared for at roughly 10 yards could instead demand performance much farther away.
Snap Caps & Malfunction Training
The dummy round isn’t included simply to make the drill harder. It recreates one of the problems Salinas reportedly encountered and forces the shooter to recognize a stoppage, clear it, and get back into the exercise.
→ What Are Snap Caps? Uses, Benefits, and Choosing the Right Training Round
→ Shop Snap Caps & Dummy Rounds
Recommended Target
Use a full-size silhouette or IPSC-style target at full distance.
For indoor or shorter ranges, use a reduced-size target to approximate the visual difficulty of the 50-, 70-, and 90-yard stages.
→ Shop IPSC & Silhouette Targets
Continue Your Training
This drill is part of the MidAtlanticMunition Shooting Drills & Firearms Training Hub, a growing library of handgun drills, rifle drills, dry-fire exercises, training standards, and downloadable targets.
→ Explore the Full Shooting Drills & Firearms Training Hub
Salinas has announced that he is developing his own drill based on the Twin Falls engagement. This is MidAtlanticMunition’s independent training interpretation, not Jordan Salinas’s official drill. When his version is released, we’ll link to it here.
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A range can recreate the distance, the handgun, and even the malfunction. It cannot recreate the decision to move toward a rifle-armed attacker when lives are at stake.
Salinas made that decision. Whatever your score, remember which was the harder test.