since building skill takes DISCIPLINED, intelligent effort. 
The old wild west test of draw speed was to put a coin on the back of the gun hand, reach for the holstered pistol, and drysnap the empty gun before coin can hit the ground. This takes a hair over 1/2 second to happen. With a bit of practice, anyone can achieve this level of speed, altho it is far faster than the average cop can draw his openly worn gun, even without the special "retention" devices now commonly used on "duty" holsters.
A modern specialist, using a concealable holster and gun, (not worn concealed, but not a "race rig" either) can drop the coin and get both hands on the gun, at eye level, with fully extended arms, before the coin hits the deck. A very few men can drop the coin, 'clear" a concealing garment and fire a hip level, one handed point shot before the coin hits the floor.
Maybe a dozen men on the face of the earth, using realistic concealment, can beat the coin drop. By that, I mean an IWB, inside the waistband holster, covered with a hung out T shirt. The weak side hand starts the draw, by brushing up the t shirt, so that is the hand that has the coin on it, for this particular timed event. Then the strong side hand draws the gun and dry snaps it before the coin hits the deck.
No accuracy is involved here, just hand speed, but such men can take another 1/4 second, put both hands on the gun, and reliably hit your chest, at 5 yds, from eye level, and then get as many more hits as you care to see, at a rate of .20 second per shot, or less.
The old wild west test of draw speed was to put a coin on the back of the gun hand, reach for the holstered pistol, and drysnap the empty gun before coin can hit the ground. This takes a hair over 1/2 second to happen. With a bit of practice, anyone can achieve this level of speed, altho it is far faster than the average cop can draw his openly worn gun, even without the special "retention" devices now commonly used on "duty" holsters. A modern specialist, using a concealable holster and gun, (not worn concealed, but not a "race rig" either) can drop the coin and get both hands on the gun, at eye level, with fully extended arms, before the coin hits the deck. A very few men can drop the coin, 'clear" a concealing garment and fire a hip level, one handed point shot before the coin hits the floor.
Maybe a dozen men on the face of the earth, using realistic concealment, can beat the coin drop. By that, I mean an IWB, inside the waistband holster, covered with a hung out T shirt. The weak side hand starts the draw, by brushing up the t shirt, so that is the hand that has the coin on it, for this particular timed event. Then the strong side hand draws the gun and dry snaps it before the coin hits the deck.
No accuracy is involved here, just hand speed, but such men can take another 1/4 second, put both hands on the gun, and reliably hit your chest, at 5 yds, from eye level, and then get as many more hits as you care to see, at a rate of .20 second per shot, or less.