Comments on: Likely Radicalized

By: Isegoria

Isegoria — Sun, 09 Oct 2016 12:40:12 +0000

That competition video focuses on the shooters, not the targets, because it's for their own consumption, as a training aid. The targets are generally static, but some are runners, swingers, drop-turners, etc. They don't move unpredictably, but they do move. And the whole competition is shot for time, too, not just accuracy.

By: Lucklucky

Lucklucky — Sun, 09 Oct 2016 01:28:41 +0000

I don’t know how that video training can be representative of several real world situations.

I didn’t saw any target moving, running, changing positions.

By: Lucklucky

Lucklucky — Sun, 09 Oct 2016 00:27:50 +0000

It depends on position he was in relation to the target trajectory/speed.

By: Isegoria

Isegoria — Sat, 08 Oct 2016 16:36:11 +0000

Considering how he only hit with six out of 10 shots, I doubt his shot placement was ideal — which surprises me, because he sounds like the kind of guy who should be able to draw and put six shots into the A-zone (6″x11″) in two seconds, on demand.

By: Borepatch

Borepatch — Sat, 08 Oct 2016 14:43:58 +0000

I wonder if he would have needed 6 hits with .45 hollow points. But I suspect that the shooter used his service weapon which is almost certainly a 9mm. There’s also a chance that the bullets were JHP.

Bottom line: bullet choice counts.

By: Isegoria

Isegoria — Sat, 08 Oct 2016 12:56:44 +0000

Yeah, I strongly suspect he shot 10 rounds because he had 10 in the gun.

By: Isegoria

Isegoria — Sat, 08 Oct 2016 12:55:20 +0000

If you want to see what practical shooters do, this video from the IDPA Nationals a few years ago shows two competent hobbyist shooters (Expert class, not yet Masters) going through a variety of stages.

By: Lucklucky

Lucklucky — Sat, 08 Oct 2016 08:25:46 +0000

Another sign that high capacity is important.

By: Talnik

Talnik — Sat, 08 Oct 2016 03:44:08 +0000

I concur with the previous commenters. Competitive shooters do not shoot under duress, heart racing and adrenaline pumping, at moving armed targets with brains (or at least one hopes they don’t). Six out of ten is excellent.

By: Bomag

Bomag — Fri, 07 Oct 2016 22:42:09 +0000

I’m sure this will be a case study for those in the business.

Six out of ten times under duress against a dodging target with any distance is pretty darn good in my book. Compare to the incidences in our “vibrant” areas where there are multiple shots and few hits. Most of the police shootings we hear so much about are at point blank range.