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Dan W:
New Concepts of Precision in Defensive Shooting
 by Grant Cunningham
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Posted: June 21, 2011

http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/articles/tactics-defensive-issues/precision-defensive-shooting/?utm_source=saf&utm_medium=email&utm_term=read-more&utm_content=precision-def-shooting&utm_campaign=SAFJuly2011



--- Quote ---I was sitting in on a Combat Focus Shooting Instructor Development course in Washington state when my ears perked up. Rob Pincus, the lead instructor and developer of the course, had drawn a couple of rectangles on the whiteboard. One depicted a target with shots evenly distributed within its area, and the other the same number of shots tightly grouped in the center.

“What can you say about these targets?” he asked the instructor candidates. “Good shooting!” exclaimed one student, the others joining in the ensuing laughter.

Rob looked a little puzzled. After all, the goal in defensive shooting is to make the bad guy go away using the least amount of time and energy necessary. Was spending time and energy to achieve smaller groups really a mark of good defensive shooting -- or simply a display of meaningless athletic prowess?

“I don’t think,” he said, “that shooting more precisely than the target needs is good shooting.” He looked at me and said, “Grant, is there such a thing as too much precision?”

The implications of my answer caused me to rethink the whole notion of precision as a hallmark of defensive shooting.
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bkoenig:
I agree with the premise of the article.  Perfect is the enemy of good enough. 

bullit:
I too agree with article's premise.  My two cents... we should practice to perfection hoping that we are lucky enough perform at 10% of that in Condition Black.  As it stands, most of didn't act fast enough to get in on the ground floor to make money writing esoterical articles and open shooting schools devoted to such "higher thinking".

sparky:

--- Quote from: bullit on July 15, 2011, 09:22:45 AM ---we should practice to perfection hoping that we are lucky enough perform at 10% of that in Condition Black.
--- End quote ---
I really agree with that line of thinking.  If you can barely get a group at 10' in a controlled enviroment then how do you expect to do that with someone shooting back at you.

Lorimor:
The ability to fire small groups builds confidence, at least for me.  However I do work on speed and try to push myself.  Maintaining absolutely perfect focus on the front sight isn't needed up close and personal.  I still need to improve my speed IMHO.

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