Think Move Shoot Course - DEC 5

[Danny]

i was taught not to shoot in time and to add a little pressure each time your sight picture is good and one of the times the sight picture is good you will add just that little bit more pressure that breaks the shot. Of course experience comes to were this happens very fast and you dont have to wait for a certain part in your stride.

Another down fall of shooting in time is you may break a shot when you dont need to. Point is apply pressure when your sight picture is right, regardless of where you are in your stride. At least thats how i was taught, but then again i have never been ina gun fight so i cant tell you how its working for me under stress. lol

And yes, the class covered alot as the point seemed to be to learn as many things as possible so you can practice on your own, vs learn a couple things and learn to do them well. I canappreciate both teaching styles really, and wouldnt really want one with out the other.. if that makes any sense.

[Truegiant]

I like teaching my timed method on carbines only. ITs an easy beginner tool because you are keeping all factors of your shot consistent. I can teach you to focus on making informed inputs in your stance, movement techniques, trigger squeeze, target acquisition, etc. Plus when I have 5-6 people on line I can analyize who is making the wrong basic mistakes at any point in time. As time progress' on and you can actually hit a target I start to let soldiers start getting more freedom. I have found that in combat situations shooting while moving is extremely ineffective anyways. It works great for suppresive fire and to keep the enemies head down, but unless your within about 7-10 yds hitting your target on the move with any kind of real speed is extremely difficult. Of course the movies and drills look high speed when people are moving at a crawling pace and engaging targets.. But when that first bullet flies by your head.. I can promise you there is no "walking" towards the enemy and yelling at them "stand still focker so I can shoot you because we never practice shooting moving targets on the move"

Anywho..

Like we have both come to learn.. Use what works for you and tweak what doesnt!