Aim for Success:
How Target Selection Affects Defensive Performance
An often overlooked aspect of training and practice for defensive shooters is the selection of which type of target to shoot. This is an important consideration for a number of reasons. It has long been accepted that "you will play the way you practice," that is, you will do in a fight what you repetitively do on the range, whether that action is good or bad. This means we need to conduct defensive shooting practice on targets that accurately reflect the size and anatomical configuration of the target we will face on the street.
Before we get into the actual target selection process, let's first take a realistic look at human anatomy as it relates to handgun wounds. First, we need to accept that typical defensive handguns are not very powerful, especially compared to . . . (to read the remainder of this article, please log in below.)
