I've been paying attention, brother.
I have great respect for the demands placed on the military, physically, psychically, legally.
Had the good fortune to train both alongside and under the tutelage of some excellent members of the armed services. Our own, as well as some elite units from abroad.
There's nothing civil about this war.
Superb post -- thank you. Lends substance to something that was briefly touched on in the "Good article by Tam" thread: how training purely for a smooth draw and good hits can engender an indiscriminate reflex to shoot once the decision to draw has been made, short-circuiting critical -- here's the operative word -- assessment factors that might otherwise turn a "go" into a "no-go" between draw and trigger pull.
Any recommendations for introducing an assessment element into daily dry fire practice and range drills?
Hain’t we got all the fools in town on our side? And ain’t that a big enough majority in any town?
Spot on brother. Situational awareness and tactical response are linked; however, if you have #1 (Situational Awareness) you can often avoid #2 (Tactical Response). LEO's and citizens who lack #1 are often caught flat footed and into #2 before they know it. Those with #1 may not understand exactly what they are seeing, but they know that "hair raising on the back of the neck" feeling that something is not right, not good, and not to be pushed.
I agree, articulation of these "feelings" is essential to defend oneself against the armchair quarterbacks and REMF's who inhabit the safe zones. They may never have experienced any of what you describe (barring having seen it on a video game...).
If ever I was asked where the bar was set on Pistol Forum, I'd send them this with the introduction: "Gold Standard." Folks, it just doesn't get any better than this.
Thanks to Wayne and Darryl, once again.
I'm not sure this really answers your question, but during dry practice I like to practice draws to a low ready position as well as draw and shoot. The low ready I prefer has the muzzle slightly offset to the left or right instead of pointing at the potential target.
Alongside Mark's advice, ensuring that you keep your finger off the trigger, whether blue gun or real gun used for training, will assist with ingraining good habits in the field.
It's too easy to go to the trigger automatically in training when one is "expecting" to employ the weapon. Doing so in the real world may lead to unintended consequences.
Simple, and perhaps obvious...but important.
There's nothing civil about this war.
Timely post.
I had to draw my gun last week due to a few unleashed large dogs, my wife, infant, and a small dog. Kicking and harsh words solved the problem but my gun was out and I was quite aware of the front sight on the lead dogs shoulder.
I am great full I didn't have to shoot the dog. Hopefully the owner learned a lesson.
Interestingly, I was just doing some training at local range and the range cadre designing the scenarios had us do this many times to validate trigger finger placement (off the bang switch). Going to have to add this to my dry fire routine.
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