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Originally Posted by Stealhead
Everyone is forgetting one key factor the stress of a real life situation and the unpredictable movement factor of a real threat.
A person can be a crack shooter at a gun range but might be a horrible shot in a life or death situation.Even well trained soldiers can miss and for many reasons..
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In my other post I was actually agreeing with you. Doing as I described, is actually an eye opener. A body sized target is huge. You'd think, "how can i miss that?". Well, you can, and you do, with the target is running right at you, even as big as it is. The only stress in that scenario is trying to be fast and accurate, which isn't much, but it's enough to make you realize that how you do against a stationary target, and how you do at a moving target under even a small amount of pressure, even one running right at you, is vastly different.
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As an aside, it occurs to me, everyone in this thread is an "expert". (I don't claim exemption) Also, I think JIT training is a bunch of BS. Something I'm sure Stealhead knows about being prior Air Force. The more you practice, the better you get. I garuntee, if you have to use your firearm, you'll do a lot better with it if you practice regularly , then if you hadn't. Of course how much better is all relative to the individual.