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Originally Posted by Dantilla
I'm a good shot when I have time to aim.
Curious how I would do with an adrenaline dump coursing through my bloodstream.
Police officers are not usually expert marksmen. They are trained to minimum police standards, and a large percentage of officers never practice more than what's necessary to qualify.
Just like driving skill. Trained to much higher standards than the average soccer mom, but most Porsche nuts with some track experience can drive circles around the average police officer. "High-low-high" is kindergarten level compared to an advanced PCA track day hitting the proper apex.
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Considering the high miss rate for handgun combat, 90 percent or so at 21 to 25 feet and 70 percent inside 10 feet, it is understandable.
When I was a range rat, there used to be a bunch of local LEO that would show up for their quals. Some of these individuals, you would swear, were afraid of their weapon. As Dantilla stated, they usually only have annual quals.
Now the LEOs that enjoy shooting for more than just work are great. SWAT members are very good, good fire discipline also. BUT, the best shots with a handgun are detectives that have worked undercover, they shoot like their lives depend on it. SWAT and UC Detectives also have a very calm presence of mind as well, very comfortable with firearms. I learned a lot from them.
The one thing that I still practice to this day is proximity shooting, without aiming. It gives one a feel for your individual weapon. For me and my Sig 220 it is perceived center mass from a low ready to firing and two inches up. This is what muscle memory on my Sig gives me very high rate of center mass shots at 20 - 25 feet, that is how I think of it, what little thinking there is. From the hip inside 10 feet it is point and shoot. Most conventional training gives an inexperienced shooter the perception that you must "aim", where as reality shows getting the rounds there and with proximity training ( a lot of it) you are more than likely going to get hits, and with a 45, usually stoppers or dissuaders.