Looks like it. Ok I'm gone, sorry to intrude
Ravage,
Don’t run off and don’t be afraid to ask a question. The first step to understanding what you do not understand is by asking a question. Over thinking shows interest and I am always willing to help someone with interest in what I enjoy. 82nd and SgtUSMC8541, are correct in both posts and it’s some great input/ advice.;)
Most LEO’s/ soldiers receive very basic instruction in marksmanship (basic mechanics, basic magazine changes, and a very dumbed down sight alignment and trigger control instruction). LEO’s like soldiers alike are taught simply enough to get them qualified for what ever qualification their state/ branch of service requires. What they modern tactical world has found, is that they fall under great scrutiny. Some punk lawyer ripping apart your training record, saying you were not trained well enough, or you missed here why? Not only is this happening, but you also see LEO’s and soldiers dieing from a lack of proper training, or in some cases they were trained to shoot on a range and not in a combat environment.
Since these issues have already been reviewed and diagnosed as problems, now you have to build a solution. Well most departments/ units do not have the ability or in some cases the trained instructor’s to train their force. So now you are looking for outsourced training. Well whom do you go too? Do you go to the local NRA bulls-eye shooter or do you go to the IDPA, USPA or IPSC shooter? What else is there?
The answer is that all forms of accurate shooting are developed through trial and error; some person gets out there on the range and tries out a new idea. Something that will allow them to improve their score of whatever course of fire they are shooting. The competitive shooter will refine their ability to shoot accurately to a level that is the best in their particular event. It’s the whole purpose for competing against another shooter, to become the best.
So now who do you pick, the practical/ tactical shooter or the bulls-eye shooter? It depends on the skill level of the shooter being taught. Bulls-eye shooters have the best sight alignment and trigger control and the practical/ tactical shooter has the best speed and employment. Personally I feel all shooters should start on a bulls-eye, until they have reached the ability and performance level to add speed. Then moving from standing still with no what if’s and slowly moves into the speed and employment of the weapon…
Now the issue of having competitive shooter training a LEO or soldier is very simple. They are training them to shoot, not to be LEO’s or soldiers. If Tom Jarret was showing handcuffing tactics in these video’s, well they would quickly be dismissed. However he is not, he is showing them to become safe, accurate and fast. All the tools needed to win in a gunfight.
The gunfight is won by the person who employs the weapon safer, faster and more accurately then the other person….:2c:
