Access to Force on Force & Simunition is expensive and very hard to come by.
Here in my big city area of 8.5 million people there is only 1, yes, 1 FvF training center open to the public. Its expensive to rent by the hour, the simu guns cost to rent and it is $1 per round used of simunition. bottom line, it's not cheap and it is out of the realm for almost all gun owners. very cost prohibitive.
-Simunitions IS A GUN GAME !!! that sort of training is a game. trying to be realistic as possible, but if it's not an actual real life shooting, it is PRACTICE = Game
-Training for competitions, shoot n move, run and get heart rate up or even just standing punching paper IS training.
-Not all have the ability to train FvF. whether is cost, mobility issues or other. FvF is not the be all training.
you of all people apparently understand that most situations do not lead to FvF. the attacker and you may not even come in physical contact with each other. at all. some do lead to physical contact. some dont. equal opportunity here, so training to pull your pistol and shoot IS training.
- patrol officers rarely retrain for FvF, shootings or even quals for their pistol after the academy. sure the specialty units do, but most officers rarely train for gun battles or quals. Its expensive to retrain or train officers to be off the patrol and do FvF or shoot scenarios. thus it rarely happens. thus it is the specialty team. thus it holds true for most gun owners as well.
TIME & EXPENSE.
- training whether it is punching paper, shoot n move, conceal/cover, IDPA, failure drills, Mozambique, 3 gun or other time spent with your firearm is better than it sitting in a safe. muscle memory is taught for driving a car, flying a plane, using a laptop or using a firearm. practice with a firearm teaches muscle memory. that is quality training.
A lot of members here comment on your insistence on a certain type of training. this thread is that insistence.
it is valuable training but it is not the perfect situation for everyone. it is not the perfect situation for police depts. it is not the perfect training for a lot of things or reasons.
to get to FvF or even head shots at distance, you have to practice basic and medium skill levels first to even get to those training situations. some take different paths to get to that training. most of the training is very adequate to defend oneself or others without resorting to your insistence on methods. even a hostage paper drill is specialized for certain teams in law enforcement. your avg patrol officers does not even train for that shot. I know 6 active duty officers of various rank in depts from very large to small and they have NEVER practiced a hostage shot. the only ones that have are part of SRT or SWAT. so once again, FvF or hostage shots are out of the normal course of training realm.
Range time with a box of ammo is within a lot of folks budget and time. Course of study, private lessons and training combined with advanced training is not. there are those of us that are fortunate to be able to do all that and more. there are those of us that cannot. your methods are not the definitive guide to training. they are available to citizens, but they are not cheap and are time consuming. I've done a lot of training and even have the ability this fall to shoot from a helicopter. that is $$$ and not within the scope of most folks, yet I dont tell folks they are wrong for not learning to shoot from a helicopter. if things were cheap, then every car would be engineered like NASCAR and F1 and every gun owner would be SRT trained. not happening on either instance.
Training for a real-life gun fight or street fight is shooting paper, it is IDPA, it is failure drills, it is 1000 different things. You have to train with your pistol from step 1 to be mentally and physically prepared to defend oneself. i have not done FvF in 30 years. I still know some of the technique, but that doesn't mean I'm not prepared to use my pistol if needed. I don't need FvF to learn to draw, shoot and defend myself. doesn't mean it's wrong. competition holsters and pouches for speed loads have very valuable training. it allows the shooter to determine what works for their needs when it comes to daily wear. needing to get to a mag quick for a reload transcends into what one wears daily. it drives thought to how and where one can have a mag to ease of access if I need a reload. training drives all sorts of mental guidance on firearms. holster type, gun type, ammo type, clothing type, etc, etc. folks that learn more adapt to what works for them in their situation. training drives that thought. even paper punching.
you have this perception that we must always be training and walking around as if we are in combat.
we do not. that is not reality and that is not daily life. everyone adapts to their situation and lifestyle. their lifestyle, needs and fears are not those of yours. far from it. you state you are offering advice, but almost always it is criticism. folks do things the way they want to do things. this isnt the military and a law enforcement agency. we have choices on how we train, what we wear and what we use. a lot of it doesnt sit well with you, and that's fine, but get off your insistence on FvF and head shots. thats cool for you to do all the time, but that's not most folks do. I can do them to your specs, but that took a long time and $$$$$. time and equipment.
so drop your insistence on methods and putting down those that dont do the methods you state so modestly are real life training and nothing else.
As for pictures. pictures are worth a thousand words, so I like my pictures. it can quickly give a paragraph in one pic.
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