While "stand and deliver" is probably the right method to work on fundamentals, defensive handgun skills shouldn't neglect movement and one of the transitional spaces in which training is meaningful is in and around vehicles. Whether the threat is carjacking, road rage, armed robbery, or a vehicle ambush, being able to draw, move and put shots on target in and around vehicles is a salient skill. Like all self-defense, protective skills around cars isn't limited to weapons-handling. One of the best tools we have is the vehicle itself which can be both a powerful weapon and a fast means of escape. I don't want to ignore vehicle-handling skills, but I'm focusing on handguns because that's the relevant forum topic here.
There are a few video lectures/demos on drawing and getting a handgun on target when seated in a vehicle. I think I saw one with Clint Smith and I know Gunsite and other reputable academies do vehicle classes. But what I want to highlight is what I see in force on force training.
In this video, the first 10 minutes are lecture. At about 10:00 they start FOF with simunitions. The "criminals" don't do a very good job because they broadcast their intent and weapons too soon and of course the defenders are anticipating. It's not a use-of-force simulation which is probably better done in a video simulator. Instead it's more like a FOF shootout around cars and some of the shots look pretty wild. Is this "spray and pray?"
Here's another FOF event. The lecture part is chopped up in the edit, but it looks like the exercise starts from driver's seats following a head-on vehicle collision. Shooters try to get hits on their opponent. In the beginning of the video, the trainer appears to be reviewing (maybe the editor cut the review up front) and he describes two outcomes: "just sending shots" and "Tom and Jerry". A third outcome he describes is the "OK Corral" or "Blaze of Glory." You've probably done that at least once if you were ever in a dart gun fight.
Ideas on how to do it better? Are these outcomes a result of having a lot of ammo and little concern about "sending shots" or "spray and pray" because they're just wax? How does that translate to live fire? Should we be sure to have plenty of 18 round magazines, and if we do will we use the same tactics?
There are a few video lectures/demos on drawing and getting a handgun on target when seated in a vehicle. I think I saw one with Clint Smith and I know Gunsite and other reputable academies do vehicle classes. But what I want to highlight is what I see in force on force training.
In this video, the first 10 minutes are lecture. At about 10:00 they start FOF with simunitions. The "criminals" don't do a very good job because they broadcast their intent and weapons too soon and of course the defenders are anticipating. It's not a use-of-force simulation which is probably better done in a video simulator. Instead it's more like a FOF shootout around cars and some of the shots look pretty wild. Is this "spray and pray?"
Here's another FOF event. The lecture part is chopped up in the edit, but it looks like the exercise starts from driver's seats following a head-on vehicle collision. Shooters try to get hits on their opponent. In the beginning of the video, the trainer appears to be reviewing (maybe the editor cut the review up front) and he describes two outcomes: "just sending shots" and "Tom and Jerry". A third outcome he describes is the "OK Corral" or "Blaze of Glory." You've probably done that at least once if you were ever in a dart gun fight.
Ideas on how to do it better? Are these outcomes a result of having a lot of ammo and little concern about "sending shots" or "spray and pray" because they're just wax? How does that translate to live fire? Should we be sure to have plenty of 18 round magazines, and if we do will we use the same tactics?