“Remember, being healthy is basically just dying as slowly as possible,” Ricky Gervais
Former Delta.
I think to the question of practice I think for better or for worse many people do treat self defense / tactics as their hobby and prioritization needs to happen. But getting really good at shooting matches (the right way) means being able to apply the right level of shot confirmation prior to sending it, on any given target from a full USPSA at 2 yards vs partials/steel at 30-40.
I think it's also interesting that at my local club there was a time when we were putting up a lot of no-shoots behind steel targets - basically a no fail type shot (at least in a match context). During tear down I would rarely see more than a handful of holes in the no-shoot, for a match with 60+ shooters with skill levels all over the place.
Adding nothing to the conversation since 2015....
I’ve been thinking about the push for speed and “prepping” the trigger while presenting the gun. The more I contemplate it, the more I think it may be a bad way to train for a self defense scenario. Is this circumventing the assessment process? And setting one up for some unintended consequences?
If someone is training to fire no matter what every time they draw the gun, that's a huge problem. But, getting on the trigger as soon as the muzzle is pointed at the target can be a valid technique for a faster shot, assuming that shot must be taken. It seems to me that we need to train for scenarios ranging from
- Fire a shot as fast as humanly possible. See John Correa's numbers, listed in this article.
- Draw to a ready position, finger off trigger.
“There is no growth in the comfort zone.”--Jocko Willink
"You can never have too many knives." --Joe Ambercrombie
I'm going to break out some posts to RR/GD, where I'm hoping we can continue to argue respectfully.
I think there may still be value left in this thread. Stand by.
OK. Done. Carry on...
Last edited by Clusterfrack; 08-04-2022 at 06:13 PM.
“There is no growth in the comfort zone.”--Jocko Willink
"You can never have too many knives." --Joe Ambercrombie
There are times in dry fire that focus on vision and not working the trigger should be the focus. Hopefully during those times you don't find yourself prepping the trigger. I would also say when pushing speed on the draw you should isolate the draw and not working the trigger when you get to the sub .8 .7 draws