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evaluatingyouandhelpmegiveyouthefeedbackyouneedtoimprove.Whereyoustarttopaternonthedot wiltranslateintowhatyouneedtodotoimproveyouroveralMMS.Hencetheplethoraofdiferentdot targetswithfeedbackwritenonthetargetsthemselves.Ascheesyastheymayseem,whenyouhavenoone withyoutohelpcritiqueyou,theycanbeusefulasastand-alonetrainingaid.EvenRTGhasaversiononour websiteasafreePDFdownload.
Thereissomuchgoingoninthemindofanewshooter.Anunclutered,simpletargetisthebestthingfor them touseastheyfocusonthebasics.Atargetwithmultipledotsisalsoagoodwaytotrackprogressas youshoot.Ifyoushootaspecificnumberofroundsormagazinesatonedot,thenmovetoanother,youcan seehowyourshotgroupschangeandcompareyourmistakes.Italsogivesyouthechancetoseehowmuch yousuck,takeadeepbreathandmovetothenextdot,startingoverfresh.Atfirst,youwanttohaveaslitle stressaspossibletoalowyoutoconcentrate.ThetimeforstressiswhenyoumakethetransitiontoCMMS.
So,doesusingdotshaveaplaceafteryouunderstandMMSandmoveontoCMMS? Youbet!Almost everytimeIgototherangeIdowarm-updrilsusingdots.Theonlyexceptionsaretrainingdaysthatwewant toseeourperformancecold.Itdoesn’tmaterifitiscarbineorpistol.Iwiltakethetimetoshootamagof singleshot,folowedbyamagofcontroledpairs,andthenamagofstringsof3-6roundsinarhythm.Iwil usualyfolowthisbyahalf-and-halfdril,orsomethingsimilar.Thisisaltostartthedayrightandbrushof anyrust.Afterthiswarm-up,weputonkitandgoaboutthedayintheshoot-houseorwhateverisplanned.
theendoftheday,itisagoodideatoshootthesametypeofdrilasthewarm-up.Thisway,youend onagoodnoteandreinforcecorectshootingprinciples.
Ifone were to only use silhouete-type targets,or tacticalcombattargetsasIwastoldinmyconversation (evenif3Dtargetsareonlyusedtohelpkeepitreal),itis nearlyimpossibletocorectlyevaluatetheoneshooting. Thisjustreinforcessloppinessonthepartoftheshooter. Thestudentwilfinditnearlyimpossibletoprogressto thepointtobeabletocaltheirownshots.Theywilnever
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e able to know whatrightfeels like.Now the key to thosestatements,andtheargumentIhavebeenhearing asoflate,isONLYuse.Thesetypesoftargetsarejustas essentialtotheoveraldevelopmentofacombatshooter. OneofthereasonsIdesignedtheRTG 1and2targets whileIwasonactivedutywastomakeatargetthat wouldalowmyteam toseamlesslytransitionfrom MMS
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oCMMSasweshot.Ijustaddedthediferentshapesin placeofonlydots.So,wecanusethesetargetsfora warm-up,andthengoimmediatelyintodiferentdrilsfor CMMS.
Iam justastudentofthegun.IfindthatthemoreIgo back to the basics, the m ore I understand about shooting.Continualyusingdotsasawaytoevaluate
andimproveyouroveralshootingabilityisessentialif youtrulywanttobecomethebestthatyoucanbe.I
suspectthatthosewhodon’tfindthem usefulasatoolhaven’treal lybeenthereandarejusttryingtobemore hardcorethanyou,tomakeupforthatfact.
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