Designing courses of fire is a very personal thing.
We often fault police and other agencies for having unrealistic
qualification requirements, but how do our own methods stack up?
For example, is firing at a high-contrast bullseye at 100 measured
yards a good indicator of how our guns would fare on a hunt or in
combat. Here's an en example of a marksmanship test that helps sharpen multiple skills. It works particularly well on ranges with grass rather than concrete.
Why does this drill work so well? For one, you have a low contrast target, brown against brown, tan and green backdrop. That's reasonably similar to a camouflaged foe, as the age of the bright uniforms has long passed. Grocery bags are good approximations of a torso in size. Unknown distance that has to be estimated or ranged is another real-world problem. The shooters are under a time pressure and have to choose between shooting rapidly and aiming more accurately. At over a hundred yards, most cannot make out holes in paper, so there's no certainty of having scored a hit. Calling a hit without getting one loses the competition. Hitting the target but not calling it before the other shooter also loses it, provided the other competitor got a hit as well.
More @ Cheaper Than Dirt
I wish I had somewhere to practice that without having to rent the whole tactical part of the range. $$$
ReplyDeleteWe have done it, but had the instructor with us. It was a good day. Included team tactics with wife and moving for cover while shooting. Learned a LOT.
Terry
Fla.
Me too. At Dixieland I can shoot off the back porch, but here, I have to put all the stuff in the car, drive about 20/25 minutes, pay, take all the crap out and then get stopped from shooting every few minutes. Pain in the butt and I do it seldom.
DeleteThe late 3%4 Freedom recommended 5 gal buckets with water and bright food color. Bucket also represents kill zone. At distance food color shows hits well.
ReplyDeleteChina
III
Thanks. A good idea
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