Another point-shooting lesson
Sharpen your skills
I thought I would describe another point shooting lesson that I use at the indoor range to sharpen students skills.
This technique is valuable in that it teaches the new student several skills at one time.
1. When to engage a target
2. Adjusting to continuously changing sight pictures
3. Shooting pace establishment
4. Multi-target engagements
The most important requirement for this lesson is to have access to an Indoor Range that has a continuous ?hot? firing line ??.. and uses motors and guide wire system to move targets out beyond the firing line. Next you will need a buddy that is willing to ?move? the targets as you are firing.
Materials:
Large poster Board [ paper ] OR man-sized silhouette targets
Paper plates [ Cheap ] 100 to a pack 9 inch size
Duct tape ? one roll
SET_UP:
Place the large poster board on the Target carrier -- or you can turn the silhouette target backwards so the clean white backside is visible.
Next you will roll a small piece of duct tape to make a double-sided piece of tape.
Use this to secure 3 Plates to the poster board. Spread them apart as much as you can AND during the lesson you will change their positions often ! Make as many different patterns as you can think of when placing the plates onto the poster board. NOW send the target as far down the range as it will travel ??? and stop.
TASK:
The target will begin to move [controlled by a friend ] towards the shooter at a constant pace. At this time the shooter will grab his weapon and load in a magazine and prepare to fire. It will be up to the shooter to decide when to fire the first shot BUT ?. This is KEY ??. His first shot MUST hit a paper plate. IF a FIRST SHOT miss occurs ?? the exercise stops ?? and everything is RESET. The shooter?s task is to hit all 3 paper plates 2 times each. He can select any order in which to engage the targets ???. The targets are always on the move and only come to a stop when all 3 plates are hit 2 times each OR they breach the NO-FIRE zone of the range. At our range, that is anything closer than 10 feet to the shooting benches.
What is accomplished : The shooter learns his own limitations and skill level about how close a target needs to be to insure a first strike HIT. He learns that as the targets get closer to his position ??he can speed up his shooting pace and still secure HITS. Each student is different ??? some students are able to achieve first HITS from a good distance and therefore have more time to engage the 3 targets. Sight pictures are constantly changing ??? therefore a good point shooting technique will help where standard sight pictures [using your sights ] are not feasible. This exercise is fun and FAST paced ???.. and an excellent form used to create competition amongst shooters. You can use over all times OR the remaining distance the target stops from the shooter ?.. as a gauge.
Changing the paper plates are a breeze ??? duct tape is a great man-tool ! I use ?colored? poster board to add great contrast to the white paper plates.
Have fun ???and sharpen those close combat skills. Fast pace shooting should become second nature ??..and just might save you life one day. It works best if the motor control moves the targets at a brisk pace.
Lets us know how this lesson works for you. I use it all the time, after point shooting techniques have been taught and practiced.
JF.
Sharpen your skills
I thought I would describe another point shooting lesson that I use at the indoor range to sharpen students skills.
This technique is valuable in that it teaches the new student several skills at one time.
1. When to engage a target
2. Adjusting to continuously changing sight pictures
3. Shooting pace establishment
4. Multi-target engagements
The most important requirement for this lesson is to have access to an Indoor Range that has a continuous ?hot? firing line ??.. and uses motors and guide wire system to move targets out beyond the firing line. Next you will need a buddy that is willing to ?move? the targets as you are firing.
Materials:
Large poster Board [ paper ] OR man-sized silhouette targets
Paper plates [ Cheap ] 100 to a pack 9 inch size
Duct tape ? one roll
SET_UP:
Place the large poster board on the Target carrier -- or you can turn the silhouette target backwards so the clean white backside is visible.
Next you will roll a small piece of duct tape to make a double-sided piece of tape.
Use this to secure 3 Plates to the poster board. Spread them apart as much as you can AND during the lesson you will change their positions often ! Make as many different patterns as you can think of when placing the plates onto the poster board. NOW send the target as far down the range as it will travel ??? and stop.
TASK:
The target will begin to move [controlled by a friend ] towards the shooter at a constant pace. At this time the shooter will grab his weapon and load in a magazine and prepare to fire. It will be up to the shooter to decide when to fire the first shot BUT ?. This is KEY ??. His first shot MUST hit a paper plate. IF a FIRST SHOT miss occurs ?? the exercise stops ?? and everything is RESET. The shooter?s task is to hit all 3 paper plates 2 times each. He can select any order in which to engage the targets ???. The targets are always on the move and only come to a stop when all 3 plates are hit 2 times each OR they breach the NO-FIRE zone of the range. At our range, that is anything closer than 10 feet to the shooting benches.
What is accomplished : The shooter learns his own limitations and skill level about how close a target needs to be to insure a first strike HIT. He learns that as the targets get closer to his position ??he can speed up his shooting pace and still secure HITS. Each student is different ??? some students are able to achieve first HITS from a good distance and therefore have more time to engage the 3 targets. Sight pictures are constantly changing ??? therefore a good point shooting technique will help where standard sight pictures [using your sights ] are not feasible. This exercise is fun and FAST paced ???.. and an excellent form used to create competition amongst shooters. You can use over all times OR the remaining distance the target stops from the shooter ?.. as a gauge.
Changing the paper plates are a breeze ??? duct tape is a great man-tool ! I use ?colored? poster board to add great contrast to the white paper plates.
Have fun ???and sharpen those close combat skills. Fast pace shooting should become second nature ??..and just might save you life one day. It works best if the motor control moves the targets at a brisk pace.
Lets us know how this lesson works for you. I use it all the time, after point shooting techniques have been taught and practiced.
JF.
