POINT SHOOTING

DRILL Crowded House: Move To Find Your Targets
shooting more difficult. In order
to be successful, you will need
to move effectively to change
your shooting angles to create
open shots at your bad-guy
targets.
While you are on the move,
you should be giving verbal
commands such as “Don’t
move! Drop the gun!” Continue
to move until you have found
an open firing lane and can
make a clear shot with no danger
to any of the “bystanders.”
To make things more realistic,
put an element of simulated
cover on each side of the target
area and “fight” your way to
that cover, barking your orders
and taking only open shots
on your way to or from behind
the simulated cover. It could
be that, in a real situation, your
need to get to cover is more
important than your need to
engage the shooter.
In the real world, you might
also be forced to hold your fire
because you are never afforded
a clear shot. This is not so much
a shooting drill as it is a decision-making
drill that combines
several elements of pistolcraft
into a series of actions.
SAFETY
CONSIDERATIONS
Keep things close to the berm.
Remember, you will be moving
and shooting, very likely using
your entire 90-degree field of
fire. If you wish, you can start
your target setup by drawing or
painting a line on the ground
to serve as a safety reminder.
It is also a good idea to have a
Range Safety Officer overseeing
the shooting sequence with
a good, loud whistle to signal
cease fire should it appear that
any shooting angles even come
close to breaching your safety
zone.
I cannot stress enough that
this drill is not about speed. It is
about movement, shot selection
and paying attention to the
front sight. This drill teaches the
shooter to deal with multiple elements
throughout the training
sequence. Do not rush it.
Many public ranges will not
allow this type of training, but
the scenario is easy to set up if
you have the space and a safe
shooting location. Again, this is
not a static training event. Use
extra caution.
WHY DO THIS?
If there is one element oft
repeated by anti-gunners,
it is that concealed carriers
will run amok shooting innocent
people during a deadly
force incident. Drills like this
will help reinforce your decision-making
skills. If you don’t
have a shot, just get to good
cover and do what you can
to stay alive. If, during this
drill, you don’t have a good
shot, do the same. Then, if
you wish, reset the targets to
provide the opportunity for a
shot. Learn what it takes to
make that shot.
Be realistic. If you figure out
during training that you are
not capable of making such
a shot, you will know that,
during a real incident, you
should hold your fire.
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›› It cannot be overstated that
movement needs to be incorporated
into your training regimen, and this
is one of the most fundamental and
important drills in the game.
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