Interesting perspective

[OpticsPlanet]

https://medium.com/war-is-boring/top-army-marksman-explains-why-gun-nuts-shoot-better-469f8dfd917f

Very interesting article from a man with a very interesting perspective.

We say part of survival is the ability to adapt, but we quickly give adaptation a backseat to tradition/ego.

So take from it what you will, but personally I am using it as a reminder to challenge my methods/drills...try to periodically objectively assess if they can be improved or need to be changed altogether to meet my ultimate objectives.

-Matt S.

 

[g.willikers]

“There were guys in their eighties—barely held together at the seams—who were out-shooting me,” he recalls.

Not all that unusual.
More often than not a new shooter from a military or police background would be very surprised at that.
The response all to often was they never came back.

 

[Shadow 7D]

Consider, while many people who carry every day 'in the line of duty'
do so with minimum of training
they aren't out shooting every weekend unless they are ALSO a gun nut.

 

[taliv]

Scott definitely knows his stuff! He's an outstanding shooter and an awesome trainer. I think he won another sniper match this past weekend. I believe he will be teaching a lot of open enrollment classes later this year and next.

interesting article for sure

 

[200Apples]

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Thanks for the link to some good news regarding a much-needed, newfound openmindedness to changes in training tactics


Only one point in the article troubled me.

He takes aim at many old school “secrets” to shooting that he believes derive from flawed reasoning. In particular, he lambasts the commonly repeated advice that shooters should “squeeze” the trigger in such a way that they feel surprised when the weapon goes off.

“I consider that a negligent discharge,” Satterlee says. He’s firm that surprise is never something a soldier should feel while handling a firearm.

“You should know when you’re going to shoot something,” he declares.

It's as if he's taken the "surprise break" concept entirely out of context. On the other hand, his results in competition speak for themselves. I'd like to know more of his preferred technique for achieving a smooth trigger pull when operating under extreme pressure.

Thanks again for the great post topic.

 

[JohnKSa]

...personally I am using it as a reminder to challenge my methods/drills...try to periodically objectively assess if they can be improved or need to be changed altogether to meet my ultimate objectives.

If you watch some of the videos Jerry Miculek has posted on his youtube channel you'll hear him voice this idea when talking about how he has developed (and continues to develop) his shooting techniques.

 

[SFsc616171]

I agree that the Sarge's perspective IS interesting AND thought-provoking.

For we who do not wear the uniform, to have the mind that, wherever we roam, might turn out to be our own 'Hogan's Alley', could be our own challenge.

For those of us who ONLY have the typical indoor range, without the benefit of space, or movement, as we travel about, for the mental exercise of, 'what if', by measuring where we are at, what do we see, how would it fit for us, what could we do or not do, might open our own eyes, some.