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He is correct. When I was a federal officer I taught handgun, shotgun and submachine gun as well as tactics. Effective training is key...and repeating that training regularly...daytime, nighttime, different weather (rarely done)...and one thing that is really rarely done...train as you fight! If you're a uniformed officer you train and practice in the same way you work...in uniform with all ten-twelve pounds or so of gear around your waist. If you hit the ground hard for any reason...all that gear can hurt when you land so you should be ready for it. Training in jeans doesn't cut it if you don'y work in jeans. The same goes for investigators...if you work in a suit you should train in a suit.
Studies have shown that under stress one reverts to training. If you lolly-gag and horse around and generally be unserious during training...you won't perform properly under stress.
I’ve never understood why some LEO firearms training doesn’t involve running 50-100 yards and then trying to shoot a target while you’re huffing and puffing.
I’ve never understood why some LEO firearms training doesn’t involve running 50-100 yards and then trying to shoot a target while you’re huffing and puffing.
You don't rise to the occasion, you fall back on your training.
I'm with you on this. When shooting deer, muscle memory has always racked my followup round for a shot if needed. Very seldom have I ever heard the shots, but have stayed focused on the task at hand.Let me start by saying I have no training or experience in self defensive shooting. I believe he is correct though.
Being a lifelong deer hunter and very experienced in shooting critters under "stress" (a completely different kind of stress to be sure), it's all about your training. Once your techniques become muscle memory, you WILL react appropriately, it will not require thought. It will become second nature (I don't like the term "instinctual"). "Train like you fight, fight like you train" someone once said.
I agree with just about everything, except I dont think his view on red dots is sophisticated enough. Shooting with a red dot is a different skill than shooting with open sights.
One of the biggest benefits of a red dot is specifically that it allows you to be threat-focused rather than sight-focused. By that, I mean your eyes are physically focused at the plane the threat us on. You then superimpose the dot on that threat and bang.
Open sights require you to manage three focal planes...the threat, front sight, and rear sight. You then put most of your attention on the front sight. They are too different to allow for valid skill transfer and should be considered two different shooting skills.
If your rifle only has a red dot, learn that first(although if you also shoot handguns, some of that sight-picture stuff can transfer enough to at least be useful if you must use opens). If it only has irons, learn them. If you're running redundant sighting with a red dot and also irons, you've got to spend time mastering both means of sighting so that you can use either skill.
I've only held a firearm on a man one time so I have precious little experience. I can tell you though, I was 100% focused and hyper aware of everything that was happening. It's a feeling I do not relish having again.
He didn't say that red dots were not good.
He said that it is best to learn the fundamentals with iron sights. THEN go to a red dot.
And if you battery dies, it is nice to know how to REALLY use the irons.
I’ve never understood why some LEO firearms training doesn’t involve running 50-100 yards and then trying to shoot a target while you’re huffing and puffing.
Yup, that's where I dont fully agree. As two separate skill sets, prioritize the one that is most useful to you. If you plan on running a red dot and have limited experience, learn on the red dot first. Military guys advocating prioritizing irons makes sense, as any gun they will come in to contact with will have irons, but may have a red dot.
Its ultimately best to learn them both, but I dont see anything wrong with a new shooter first learning on a red dot, provided that's what the shooter will use.