I was doing some drills on the range the other day and a deputy from the local sheriff's office asked me if I had tried "threat focused" shooting techniques before and would I like to see a few drills.
I always enjoy hearing how people explain shooting to me because it often tells me about the type of instruction they recieved and whether or not they actually understand the theory behind what they were taught.
That said, this deputy explains the fundamentals of what he described as "threat focused shooting" and I have to tell you that I am concerned at the lack of actual shooting fundamentals he demonstrated.
Basically, the techniques that were being showed to me were designed for arms length distance or "contact distance". The only problem was that we were standing on the 25 yard line.
If I may, I'd like to clear up some of the jargon that I believe instigates the beginning of the problem. When this deputy said "threat focused shooting" I knew that what he was talking about is also known as "point shooting". In it's simplest form, point shooting is a combative style wherein you are so close to the target that you don't have time to aquire your full sight picture. Sight picture being the correct positioning of alignment of your front and rear sights over the target. It's an effective technique for close encounters.
However, when you are farther away from the target the smaller your target appears and the more likely you will miss when you don't use basic fundamentals.
That said, "threat focused shooting" should not be confused with "contact distance" shooting. You're still focused on the threat no matter what the distance is away from the target.
Just understand that your threat and the techniques you use to engage that threat change based on your environment and the distance you are from your target.
Nuff said?
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