Aim Small Miss Small | Tactical Rifleman

[@pr0_tr0ll]

This is why I enjoy this channel. He's not the pew pew tacticool guy. The real deal and tells it how it is. Again, keep up the great job.

[@TacticalRifleman]

Thanks for watching

[@jamesswain100]

Daniel Watson you should train with him man! Karl no only tells it like it is but also WHY it is. You won’t be disappointed

[@pr0_tr0ll]

@@jamesswain100 I'd like to one day, but I need the time and money.

[@LegendOfBread]

What a great video. Love SOF training channels like this.

[@TheReaper-xt4hq]

These guy are the only one I would get a course from except maybe vigilance elite but I'd choose these guys first

[@mcekim2]

My biggest take-away from this video: Honey, I'm looking at her heart.

[@tom_olofsson]

And she has a lot of heart.

[@wargamingsupernoob]

A lot of heart and pelvis!! Forget the T-box! I won't aim for it any more!!! Too small!!!

[@lifesaninsidegame7751]

Haha. Same.

[@lifesaninsidegame7751]

High A-zone. Got it. 😉

[@user936]

If I get to one of Carl's classes I'm sooooooo going to turn up wearing a vital zone square t-shirt :D

[@c.r.chandler5905]

Love the video Karl. I slapped up one of those targets at the range I shoot at and the guy with his girlfriend were in the bay next to me. Shoulda see the looks on their faces when the heart and pelvic girdle were being hammered.

[@TacticalRifleman]

Funny stuff

[@RSPDiver]

Excellent physiological description of “incapacitation” areas and purposes.

[@TacticalRifleman]

Thanks

[@parabellum3205]

This is so incredibly important. Especially for those who haven't been practicing in an objective manner. Every round fired should be in pursuit of a predetermined accuracy standard.

[@americanpatriot6918]

Man the more time I have to watch your videos, the more I realize how priceless the knowledge you share is! It would be a shame if KZbin shut you down, like the purge that's going on with so many other content creators like you. I hope you've talked to John Lovell already, and had him back your videos up on the Warrior Poet Network. I'm not over there yet, but if things keep going the way they have been, it will be a price most of us would be willing to pay. Plus your videos would add so much value, I'm sure he would help you out. Alot of other gun channels have already hooked up with him. I'm definitely going to ride it out on KZbin as long as possible, but if the commies get there way they will shut down anything that helps concerned citizens, become capable citizens. Either way thanks for another great video!!!!🤜🤛🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@drkushajagadeesh6347]

Damn, you're gonna get me in trouble with my wife, brother. "Looking at her heart"... She'll shoot me in the high A zone!

[@bryanw4582]

Lower P zone

[@wargamingsupernoob]

@@bryanw4582 Nooo!!! I don't wanna lose my pelvic girdle!! I've still got the rest of my life with it!!!

[@protector326]

Better hi A zone than low d zone if you get my drift

[@ourvaluesarewhoweareinadem4093]

"Hey there sexy, that is a nice High A Zone you got there!"

[@InfuriatedHawk]

"First of all, these are C cups. . ."

[@skyofstorms]

*gun bunnies want to know your location*

[@sebastianaquino7454]

If she smiles back... she is the one brother.

[@tarvokallaste8327]

Thank you so much Karl, turns out I was born to be tactical. Always checking out the heart and the back of the pelvic girdle!

[@TacticalRifleman]

Nice!!!

[@mattm757]

Karl -- I really appreciate depth and scope of your explanations. Very much helps me process what I'm learning from developing a specific skill, both for reinforcement or refinement. Awesome content, thanks!

[@nunyadambidniss]

Yeah but what's this got to do with the wisdom of "Aim Small, Miss Small" ?

[@0dayExploit]

I visualize a short-sleeve shirt on the target. The ends of the sleeves line up with the vertical location of the heart.

[@rafschar]

Anatomy 101 AND marriage advice from Karl in the same video. 👍🏻

[@texasviking1]

When I hear aim small miss small, I think about the fact that if I miss the small (the high A zone). I will still land a pretty devastating shot that will disable the threat long enough for that second shot. Good video 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@JimPepperTactical]

People who hunt understand this. The one time being a hunter could make you a better self defense shooter.

[@mikeb.2925]

Good information as always. To me it was always explained as keeping the shots in the triangle from the base of the throat to the nipples. Your explanation does help visualize where the heart is as any good hunter should. Real life doesn't have stationary squared off targets waiting for the perfect shot placement. Thanks again Karl

[@TacticalRifleman]

Thanks for watching, TR

[@richardtaufi14]

I love your videos detailed straight to the point no BS thank you for your service from one Vet to another Semper Fi

[@TacticalRifleman]

Thanks for watching and thank you for your service. Strength and Honor, TR

[@PistoleroSoluciones]

Quiet Professionals are a different breed of their own. Excellent video.

[@TacticalRifleman]

Thanks for watching, TR

[@RobThePatentGuy]

Another practical lesson and some similarities to hunting game quartering towards or quartering away. Thanks for the great explanation and detail.

[@TacticalRifleman]

Thanks for watching, TR

[@jacobharrod6912]

Hey I've been thinking about this lesson for the past couple of days and I just really wanted to thank you for making this, this is a great help to my training. I use visualization all the time so the way you explained it was perfect. Thank you very much! This has helped me so much. I'm already walking around visualizing that high A zone on people and looking at their chest and just visualizing where I shoot so I'm getting those mental repetitions all of the time now. Hooah.

[@wargamingsupernoob]

That and then some...

[@blueridgebushcraft8294]

Excellent. Remember high A zone and pelvic girdle. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

[@CA.0verview]

I would of never l guessed thats where the heart would rest from a side profile . Thank you for yet another educational video!

[@liberty9348]

Good stuff bud. Glad you're helping others be safe out there

[@TacticalRifleman]

Making concerned citizens into Capable Citizens

[@UkrainianPaulie]

I know the guy who trained Mel Gibson for The Patriot, and told him that phrase. Mel liked it, and used it in the movie. "Aim small, miss small" - Mark A. Baker.

[@TacticalRifleman]

Cool, I heard it in Sniper School back in 1989. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@Patrickjohnphotography]

" look at the curves of HER spine!" Carl, Thank you for the videos. You make a difference.

[@TacticalRifleman]

Thanks for watching, TR

[@justpassinthrough7]

I use this same concept while hunting, different quartering shots to get that heart. The body of an animal is more like a cube with the heart in the center.

[@Singleandlovinit]

Amazing product. Karl dropping knowledge

[@charlesdriggers199]

Excellent. I have used that same phrase for a while .

[@George21113]

My X-wife's heart is much smaller than that. More "grape size".

[@dashcammer4322]

Are you sure she actually had one?

[@zpduff01]

Wonderful information. Thanks Karl

[@TacticalRifleman]

Thanks for watching

[@WasabiSniffer]

this is definitely a way of teaching "aim small miss small" i have never heard. absolutely love the incorporation of human anatomy, but i'm a little nerdy like that

[@russellrudolph4051]

Mel Gibson the Patriot.

[@jaykeller4225]

Another great video TR. Thank you guys for what you do!!!

[@TacticalRifleman]

Thanks for watching, TR

[@CENTURION737]

Great information as usual TR.

[@TacticalRifleman]

Thanks for watching, TR

[@JohnW-yv6yp]

I’m not checking her out, I was checking to see if she’s a threat. Lol, lot’s of comments like that, so it’s not original but it’s funny. Jokes aside, very good video, great anatomy lessons too.

[@TacticalRifleman]

Thanks for watching and the comment. TR

[@retnav92]

Note to self: Next time at Kroger buy some small "pie-sized" paper plates for range use. 👍

[@TacticalRifleman]

Agreed

[@davidwaltemath6649]

5×8 index cards work well also.

[@larrytaylor1222]

that is what i use and put a small dot of black spray paint in the center to focus on.

[@Shinobi1Kenobi]

@@davidwaltemath6649 I used to mag dump 3x5 index cards out to 25 m with my primary and backup pistols, but nowadays it is 5x8 at distances greater than 15 m and I can't run a whole mag without a miss or 2. But that was 20 yrs ago and those mags were 7 rds each. Now I shake a bit, can't see my front sight as clearly, and the mags hold twice as many rounds.

[@Shinobi1Kenobi]

Good idea. I always have cheap paper pie plates, 3x5, and 5x8 index cards, a roll of safety orange duct tape, and a staple gun in my range bag.

[@jason2800]

As always, nothing but knowledge bombs. Thank you sir!!!

[@TacticalRifleman]

Thanks for watching, TR

[@Shinobi1Kenobi]

Good explanation of the principle and reasoning behind it.

[@wargamingsupernoob]

As well as a great excuse...

[@nosurrender4824]

Another solid video! Keep em coming Sir! 👊👌🇺🇸

[@Gunit0121]

Thank you sir...always love the refresher..and extra knowledge

[@TacticalRifleman]

Thanks for watching, TR

[@MrKyogre14]

Skeleton targets so we can always be ready for spooktobers

[@turdferguson236]

What an eye opener how much training we have all done with squared off target Thanks again for another excuse to send some lead

[@hillbillyholdout6437]

Another great video thank you

[@scottevans5038]

Great video as always. Thanks Karl

[@bobbysmith6871]

The 3 D’s Distance, direction and description. Stay vigilant

[@robertleonard4903]

AWESOME! Truly.

[@mikeb4245]

White t shirt w a box in the cleavage kill plumbing area would be good sims training tool.😂👍🏻 Great video👍🏻

[@ScottyM1959]

Great lesson here Top.

[@TacticalRifleman]

Thanks Scotty

[@ferebeefamily]

Thank you.

[@damirjalali]

Thx for ur Videos. I am a resident of one of the Dictator states which is Massachusetts. I love to take some classes with you. Cheers 🍻

[@TacticalRifleman]

You should move to America

[@xusmico187]

shot high on the state B27. RO always climbed my ass for center mass. A state police SWAT instructor would draw adhoc circles on what he thought was hip joints and state that hit there would drop the bad guy in his tracks. I still shot high chest and belt buckle. This was before GWOT, even now I run into the instructional inbreeding of "this is the only way it works." syndrome.

[@tmaddrummer]

Thanks and Blessings!!!

[@farmerwayne1404]

Great "Heartfelt " video!

[@kingduckford]

Dead on, especially with the handgun and its limited terminal performance. If you don't hit anything of high value, you may not be making hits that count in the worst scenarios. And, yes, the dynamic creature that is man will shift, so should your ability to read and target him. But of another note, there seems to be a strange psychological function in man, that if he gives himself too much leeway he tends to screw up things that are relatively easy. If you really need to hit a 12 inch steel target, treat it like a 4 inch target in your mind, aim for that dead center and don't give yourself that leeway and slop. If you shoot for the center of the target like hitting the dead center of that X is the only way, even your misses will hit the broad target. If you act as if you have 12 inches of room for error, you're misses will almost magically be off target. Concentrate and focus, act is if you don't hit the man in the heart you won't stop him, and even your poorer shots will be likely to hit the other organs in the torso. Act as if you only have to hit a man, don't be too shocked when you miss him completely. And as always, great video.

[@user-jr2ue9nu6y]

American Patriots: Will this help me WIN the Boog. Karl yes Boog approved.

[@135791113ful]

whats a boog?

[@LYFPingBot]

@@135791113ful The Boogalo aka Civil War II: Electric Boogaloo aka the Big Luau aka the Big Igloo. All names for the 'coming' civil war.

[@135791113ful]

@@LYFPingBot thanks. i never heard all this.

[@user-jr2ue9nu6y]

@@135791113ful If you see the boog its already too late.

[@BullsMahunny]

LOL the Big Luau.

[@jakehansen3418]

Well... Sat down made sure my gun wasn't touching the floor for my late mourning shit and boom the notification went off you never dissapoint Carl.

[@jakehansen3418]

And it looks like information that's relevant to my life as a civilian with a ccl.

[@TacticalRifleman]

Very relevant

[@cbrucesbiz]

I bought a small AR500 piece of steel. I had several larger to choose but the smallest one is about the size of a heart.

[@thomasnugent7602]

Very good, Thank you very much

[@babyhuey1878]

Karl appreciate the 411. Good work

[@TacticalRifleman]

Thanks for watching, TR

[@kentuckybrandon7448]

As always Karl great information!! I couldn’t get by I was looking at her heart with my wife , she would pistol whip me with my own gun and say I knew you were looking at her rack! Lol

[@michaelmckee8700]

Another good reason to practice headshots

[@dashcammer4322]

In your experience, is your target more likely to move off the X toward their strong side or toward their support side?

[@harvey_weenstain8857]

"Samuel, I want you to reload for your brother Nathan" Fuckin love the patriot

[@TacticalRifleman]

Great movie

[@rileyen4608]

Another perfect video.

[@dillydoor]

Can you cover how often we should try to practice live fire on a limited budget? I do plenty of dry at home and cant afford much ammo. Ain't even my gun. Hoping to get one at taxes. Thank you for your time sir

[@TacticalRifleman]

Every 21 days minimum.

[@roybiv7018]

I'm also on a limited budget. I shoot once a month with my shooting group (I take care of logistics, they share ammo!) and I'm a member of an indoor range, so I'll pop in and fire 2-3 magazines as much as I can. Dry fire is free though. If your gun budget is $1000 dollars, spend half on a gun and half on a class. Learn well, practice well. Remember: Practice doesn't make perfect. Practice makes Permanent. Perfect Practice makes Perfect Permanent.

[@DatsDaven]

More is better than less. Also, make sure that each round you fire is educational. The best instruction I have ever received was during a 4-hour class wherein we fired less than 100 rounds. Now, when I train others, the focus is on deliberate, thoughtful repetitions, rather than on pure quantity. Make every trigger pull count in training. It's much less expensive that way!

[@miketaylorID1]

Target w the wraparounds looks like an old bookie I knew. Bet big. Loose big!

[@Quamperfectum]

Or bet big win big. Depends how you look at it.

[@miketaylorID1]

WakeUpWeJacob you’re clearly not a degenerate gambler 😆 House always wins.

[@Quamperfectum]

taylorID1 Hahahahaha.

[@xORLOCKx]

We always used a sheet of printer paper. Then after we got good at that aka warmed up. We took a red solo cup.. finished it. Then drew a circle on the paper with that

[@greoricm771]

Why not a 2 inch centerline strip running from the top A zone to L2/3 on the target? The CNS is the only definite and immediate fight stop. With the heart, you're just going to be fighting someone that knows they're dead in 20 seconds.

[@Victor-hb4hj]

Thank you sir

[@TacticalRifleman]

Thanks for watching, TR

[@oliveiratom]

Great vídeo! Honestly, i always aim At chest, but this área, like 5x5 inch, is a bit harder for me to doubletap hits.

[@RolandLowhorn]

Grandma says aim at the little nuts raise it up and you hit the heart every time

[@Glatidoz]

What about threats who may be wearing armour plates? Hitting the A zone may not be useful anymore, as it won't kill. Should you aim for the head or the pelvic area? I personally prefer the pelvic area as it is a much bigger target, but the head is a more lethal option.

[@TacticalRifleman]

The "High A" zone is still the best target as it is larger and presents more often than pelvic shots, and larger than head. If target is wearing plate, hits to "High-A" still knock them off balance while you stay on the trigger walking rounds to the T-Box (Head) or pelvic girdle. Always train center mass. Thanks for watching, TR

[@Glatidoz]

@@TacticalRifleman Makes sense. Thanks for the reply, keep up with informative content, we really enjoy learning from it. Cheers!

[@randomtvninja]

As always an amazing video! I'm not sure I'll be able to make Operation Valkyrie this year hopefully next? I'm gearing up for lots of training and you're on the list for sure.

[@TacticalRifleman]

Thanks

[@DanaOrtiz]

loved it!!

[@2001yz250rider1]

I have been using 8.5x11 copy paper and those small orange circle stickers used to mark file folders. For less then $10 i can make a thousand targets so after each mag i just put up a new target. Its funny watching the people who come and rent a gun and keep shooting the same target that is so torn to pieces you can even see if you are getting hits.

[@xmachine7003]

Same. I use work dock bills that are tossed in the recycle by the thousands. Only thing I buy are 1 inch orange spot stickers from Birchwood Casey's. Cheap😉

[@patriotplumber4694]

So much A person can learn while taking a dump. Are those cartoons targets available on Amazon? Thanks for the video SGM! I now have one mission to complete today. Order different targets.

[@birddog4015]

Great video as normal, are you still carrying a g19 stock or with the new trigger ?

[@TacticalRifleman]

I have not got my hands on the new Glock Trigger yet. I saw it at SHOT Show, but have not shot it yet. Someday.

[@slappy1031]

Thanks Mel Gibson

[@scottmurphy650]

I caught a bunch of shit at a range on the 300m lane from the RSO for using them, because in his mind it promoted "killing people". I told them I was a B4 Army Sniper and killing bad people who "just needed killin' " was my business. I used them anyway.

[@TacticalRifleman]

Piss on them. You do the right thing.

[@scottmurphy650]

@@TacticalRifleman I do what I need to do to maintain proficiency. Screw them it it insults their fragile sensibilities.

[@nunyadambidniss]

@@scottmurphy650 Yeah but it aint like you can't just overlay in your mind what you know about human anatomy over a standard target anyway ;)

[@m.a.vestal8253]

Head shots rule!!!... Right between the eyes...

[@burhanettinhasdemir4964]

Good trick. My girlfriend knows that I am a gun guy so I can trick her like "Hey honey, I am looking her high A zone." :)

[@lt.redhawk2361]

"im looking at her heart" I gotta use that one day.

[@wargamingsupernoob]

Told a family member that, and he thought I was freaking crazy!!!

[@stevenmiller45]

Hey Karl is that Randy in the fist video demo ?.

[@blakemakison5296]

I could hang out with this guy.

[@cd4playa1245]

I have a theory that if you train for accuracy then you’ll still be good at point shooting from intimate distances as well.

[@wargamingsupernoob]

Lmfao

[@CIAG4PNP]

Wish they would teach this in the Marine corps school of infantry! Great knowledge sir ! Thank you! Back in the 80s they were teaching triple shot. Twice to chest once to the head.

[@TacticalRifleman]

We still teach it today.

[@mmusibogopane2225]

I feel bad for anyone who ever tries to rob this man's house

[@WTF-vv8ic]

Baby, I’m just looking at her heart to see what else is fake.

[@themadminuteman]

VTAC is a boss target with so many uses from zeroing, precision shapes and the reduced A zones, head box, etc

[@countryfamilyalways7280]

2 to high A zone 2 to cranium and repeat ?

[@jonvilla1159]

I haven't heard heart anatomy since emt school ten years ago..

[@TacticalRifleman]

Sorry about getting too medical, but I think sharing the anatomy helps students get the mental picture

[@simonostinelli493]

Shit just got real! Imagine if the wrong sort of person watches these videos!!! People like me lol I'm sure my neighbors wouldn't be to happy that I know how to end their life efficiently!!!!

[@Rangebrostv]

good video bro

[@milandjuric8043]

Head seems similar in size, neck too, if he is stationary for a second, im going for the head. Has an added benefit of not hiting a plate of armor if he has one. Dont get me wrong, upper chest is great but I like to shoot for the nose when on range

[@bw162]

I was told by gun defense attorney, head shots can be interpreted as “assassin shots” and not defensive shots. May diminish argument that you acted entirely for self defense.

[@milandjuric8043]

@@bw162 What in the 7 hells? Why? Never the less, thanks for the tip

[@bw162]

Milan Djuric He told us the attorney for the poor family of the deceased bad guy will try to convince jury that a head shot demonstrates more than defensive intent. The arguments used are 1) that purely defensive use of a gun doesn’t permit time for a carefully placed head shot, 2) every training for defensive purposes uses the ‘2 to center mass’, 3) a head shot is a ‘kill shot’ as opposed to defense shot, and 3) the Israel Assignation shot is “2 to the plumbing and 1 to the electronics.” Not sure I agree with all of that but it did come from an experienced self-defense attorney. I guess it depends on situation. If I had time to access the situation and knew the bad guy was on drugs, I’d place one in the electronics. In real life I think few have time for all these assessments especially when you consider most gun fights are within 5 feet and over within 3 seconds. Another argument for “point gun at torso and rapidly pull trigger” method.

[@milandjuric8043]

@@bw162 yeah, I gess it seems legit for an argument. But still, if somebody attacked you first, i would say it is selfdefence wherever you shoot

[@bw162]

Milan Djuric Yes, but you would be surprised the impact a grieving widow, 2 orphaned kids and a good attorney has on a jury that is not your peers. I saw a jury award $6 million because they decided the guy pumping gas into a helicopter should have advised the pilot of his limited fuel reserve. Noware in the FAA regs is anyone but the pilot responsible for that. But the widowed passenger had 2 kids and the city employee pumping gas represented “deep pockets”.

[@alandavis1173]

Excellent teaching... how do I register for your classes ?

[@TacticalRifleman]

A full list of upcoming classes are on tacticalrifleman.com you can sign up there. Thanks for watching!

[@clifjr954]

KZbins definitely gonna be mad at this one

[@TacticalRifleman]

Yep

[@classfive123]

Is that William Macy with a gun?

[@will_da_beast7207]

And hydration pouch

[@caseyfryback8271]

Some ranges ban "humanoid" targets

[@TacticalRifleman]

That’s exactly why I showed the IPSC target outline with the high A zone

[@vray48]

No tag limit in places with ferrel hog problems

[@vray48]

Practice and help at the same time

[@BigTickett21]

Where did you get your holster from?

[@TacticalRifleman]

Safariland