Point shooting or Sighted shooting?

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2 жыл бұрын

Sight or point shooting?
A two minutes breakdown video.This question came up often in the comments recently. So I figured it might be good to share a short insight into my take on PS / SF, as filmed in a shooting class. Of course, this might be oversimplified, but I hope it sparks some learning for the viewer.
The objective is, to use our sights. There is no question about it. However, human reactivity to close sudden and high threat encounters may diminish that capability to a certain amount of time. The key is the understanding that Defensive fixed reaction patterns may alter or render our training absolute within the context of self-preservation. As such, we do need to relook how we train, integrate, and prioritize one target acquisition mechanic over the other.
We need to understand that Marksmanship is subject to context. When the stakes are high and time is short - we do "something". Perhaps not the best, maybe not what we would see as optimal. Instead, it will be fast, cheap, and "good" as it gets. The focus here is on fast. Now, no time.
Alternatively, now we have the time, and the stakes are in our favor, in the sense that we feel safe as we perceive ourselves to be in less of a risk. That’s where we do things in high fidelity. One of the components of optimal response is time. It takes time. To some more, to some less - here we see how the level of training impacts performance.If someone tells you it's too much-overthinking shooting and that its all about groupings and shot timer results and reps - id like to remind you that reality is complex. And failing to understand context will result in the inability to transfer training into real-world application. Consider this: OIS shootings lead to a costly process where lives are lost, careers ruined & billions of taxpayer dollars are spent on investigation and litigation costs.

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@namelessschool7616 2 жыл бұрын

This is the Gospel of Sights. I truly believe that discussing the aiming spectrum as a sliding scale, with sights gradually going from reference points to actual sights, is really all the discussion that needs to take place. I will shout this vid out to my students. Thanks.

@3f228 Ай бұрын

What is a reference point in this context?

@ParrotTactical 2 жыл бұрын

As a civilian, I don’t have the experience to prove this but always knew threat focus was more realistic than front sight focus, so that’s how I practice. Glad to see a pro validate that even the true bad@sses will threat focus or point shoot rather than try to look at their front sight.

@JeremyBell 4 ай бұрын

It's crazy how gun twitter with all their expensive gucci red dots will lose their minds if you tell them they won't see they're red dot in a self defense shoot. They refuse to confront reality.

@Protector64 2 жыл бұрын

Perfect explained the advantage of reddots, thats the fact, detection of the enemy. Thats the way of CQB.

@FrogToadBug 2 жыл бұрын

Doing shooting competitions like IDPA or USPSA is a good way to drill this kind of thinking. The hits don't need to be perfect, they just need to be good enough. you start to learn exactly how much of your sights you need to see at different distances to get 2 good hits as quickly as you can. I use a red dot but with practice you can be accurate enough within 15 yards by point shooting