Observations from a Combat Marksmanship Trainer

OOOOOooooo this sounds like something that I, as a USPSA/IPSC competitor, should consider anathema!

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And last but not least,
Competition Shooting Competition shooting is fun and exciting, but can actually be hazardous to your long-term health should you ever get in a gun fight and apply some of the 'match winning' techniques to try and win the gunfight. You don't get a staged walk-through in a life-or-death situation, and there is no range officer to tell you to load and make ready. I bring this up because I have seen students in classes who shoot a lot of competition and repeatedly begin a drill with an empty weapon. This in an era when over 40 states have concealed carry! Unreal.

Nope.  I've got no problem with what he said. He's right.


In competition we are accustomed to a "Cold Range" environment.

That's fair; USPSA is like a box o' Chawklets, you never know what you're gonna get.

Some of the folks who show up at a match ... well, most of them are very competent.  But it takes a while to build the skills, so we're all just as happy that it's a Cold Range Policy.

So we're accustomed to the "Belt AND Suspenders" philosophy of Range Safety.  Because we just want everyone to go home at the end of the day, and we are way finicky about "blood on the range".

But a lot of folks put away their competition gear at the end of the day, and when they start their drive home, they're back in Condition One.

Because when you drive out the gate, you're in a whole different world.