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What Are Your Training Scars?
- Thread starter Mike H.
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The Night Rider
Hellcat
I don't know if the story is true but I've heard it from a couple of reputable trainers.
Off duty cop standing in line in the convenience store I think California. A guy tries to rob the store in front of the off-duty cop and as he practiced hundreds of times in training the off-duty cop snatched the gun out of the robber's hand.
As the also practiced hundreds of times in training as soon as he took the gun away from the bad guy he handed it back to him. Supposedly the robber was shocked.
According to the story he disarmed the guy again but he got shot in the process.
The very first time I fought in a karate tournament. I had been trained, number one not to actually make hard contact with my sparring partner and number two always to stop after a point.
So my first tournament I hit the guy and I stopped and I even stepped forward to apologize for hitting him hard and got punched right in the face.
Off duty cop standing in line in the convenience store I think California. A guy tries to rob the store in front of the off-duty cop and as he practiced hundreds of times in training the off-duty cop snatched the gun out of the robber's hand.
As the also practiced hundreds of times in training as soon as he took the gun away from the bad guy he handed it back to him. Supposedly the robber was shocked.
According to the story he disarmed the guy again but he got shot in the process.
The very first time I fought in a karate tournament. I had been trained, number one not to actually make hard contact with my sparring partner and number two always to stop after a point.
So my first tournament I hit the guy and I stopped and I even stepped forward to apologize for hitting him hard and got punched right in the face.
KillerFord1977
Emissary
Not really scars, but WTF moments.
Leading your target.
Unless your range target has the ability to rotate, folks shooting usually dont practice leading the target thats moving .
Hunting helps solve this with animals like coyotes, or hogs, etc …
When I first started to engage hogs or moving targets at the range, I was off. Static shooting didnt take into acct movement.
I was WTF on rounds missing my aim point with a .45 on a hog. Well, muscle memory didnt take into acct movement. Fast movement.
That has since changed, but the first couple times, you scratch your head in disbelief.
Leading your target.
Unless your range target has the ability to rotate, folks shooting usually dont practice leading the target thats moving .
Hunting helps solve this with animals like coyotes, or hogs, etc …
When I first started to engage hogs or moving targets at the range, I was off. Static shooting didnt take into acct movement.
I was WTF on rounds missing my aim point with a .45 on a hog. Well, muscle memory didnt take into acct movement. Fast movement.
That has since changed, but the first couple times, you scratch your head in disbelief.
BruceMc
Elite
When you train "muscle memory" you must be mindful of unintended results. I was a Taser instructor and one of the first to train weak side carry and weak hand deployment. I also trained before shift spark testing to verify readiness, not complete cycle but just a few crackles and turn it off to preserve battery life. There in was a mistake of muscle memory. The short spark test resulted in a shortened cycle during actual deployment, definitely not a good thing. Had to back up and retrain.
BruceMc
Elite
Now back to the original article concerning the troopers having spent cartridges in their pockets. Those stories were enough to effect our firearms training. Breaking in back in 1979 training and qualifying with a revolver we trained using our cartridge dumps or loops for our first 18 rounds of qualification then we used a carpenters nail bag to hold the remainder of the 60 rounds we used in equals. We were never allowed to have or put ammo or spents in our pockets.