Love the video Karl. I slapped up one of those targets at the range I shoot at and the guy with his girlfriend were in the bay next to me. Shoulda see the looks on their faces when the heart and pelvic girdle were being hammered.
This is so incredibly important. Especially for those who haven't been practicing in an objective manner. Every round fired should be in pursuit of a predetermined accuracy standard.
I know the guy who trained Mel Gibson for The Patriot, and told him that phrase. Mel liked it, and used it in the movie. "Aim small, miss small" - Mark A. Baker.
Man the more time I have to watch your videos, the more I realize how priceless the knowledge you share is! It would be a shame if RU-vid shut you down, like the purge that's going on with so many other content creators like you. I hope you've talked to John Lovell already, and had him back your videos up on the Warrior Poet Network. I'm not over there yet, but if things keep going the way they have been, it will be a price most of us would be willing to pay. Plus your videos would add so much value, I'm sure he would help you out. Alot of other gun channels have already hooked up with him. I'm definitely going to ride it out on RU-vid as long as possible, but if the commies get there way they will shut down anything that helps concerned citizens, become capable citizens. Either way thanks for another great video!!!!🤜🤛🇺🇸🇺🇸
I use this same concept while hunting, different quartering shots to get that heart. The body of an animal is more like a cube with the heart in the center.
@@davidwaltemath6649 I used to mag dump 3x5 index cards out to 25 m with my primary and backup pistols, but nowadays it is 5x8 at distances greater than 15 m and I can't run a whole mag without a miss or 2. But that was 20 yrs ago and those mags were 7 rds each. Now I shake a bit, can't see my front sight as clearly, and the mags hold twice as many rounds.
this is definitely a way of teaching "aim small miss small" i have never heard. absolutely love the incorporation of human anatomy, but i'm a little nerdy like that
When I hear aim small miss small, I think about the fact that if I miss the small (the high A zone). I will still land a pretty devastating shot that will disable the threat long enough for that second shot. Good video 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Karl -- I really appreciate depth and scope of your explanations. Very much helps me process what I'm learning from developing a specific skill, both for reinforcement or refinement. Awesome content, thanks!
Good information as always. To me it was always explained as keeping the shots in the triangle from the base of the throat to the nipples. Your explanation does help visualize where the heart is as any good hunter should. Real life doesn't have stationary squared off targets waiting for the perfect shot placement. Thanks again Karl
Hey I've been thinking about this lesson for the past couple of days and I just really wanted to thank you for making this, this is a great help to my training. I use visualization all the time so the way you explained it was perfect. Thank you very much! This has helped me so much. I'm already walking around visualizing that high A zone on people and looking at their chest and just visualizing where I shoot so I'm getting those mental repetitions all of the time now. Hooah.
I’m not checking her out, I was checking to see if she’s a threat. Lol, lot’s of comments like that, so it’s not original but it’s funny. Jokes aside, very good video, great anatomy lessons too.
shot high on the state B27. RO always climbed my ass for center mass. A state police SWAT instructor would draw adhoc circles on what he thought was hip joints and state that hit there would drop the bad guy in his tracks. I still shot high chest and belt buckle. This was before GWOT, even now I run into the instructional inbreeding of "this is the only way it works." syndrome.
We always used a sheet of printer paper. Then after we got good at that aka warmed up. We took a red solo cup.. finished it. Then drew a circle on the paper with that
Can you cover how often we should try to practice live fire on a limited budget? I do plenty of dry at home and cant afford much ammo. Ain't even my gun. Hoping to get one at taxes. Thank you for your time sir
I'm also on a limited budget. I shoot once a month with my shooting group (I take care of logistics, they share ammo!) and I'm a member of an indoor range, so I'll pop in and fire 2-3 magazines as much as I can. Dry fire is free though. If your gun budget is $1000 dollars, spend half on a gun and half on a class. Learn well, practice well. Remember: Practice doesn't make perfect. Practice makes Permanent. Perfect Practice makes Perfect Permanent.
More is better than less. Also, make sure that each round you fire is educational. The best instruction I have ever received was during a 4-hour class wherein we fired less than 100 rounds. Now, when I train others, the focus is on deliberate, thoughtful repetitions, rather than on pure quantity. Make every trigger pull count in training. It's much less expensive that way!
I have been using 8.5x11 copy paper and those small orange circle stickers used to mark file folders. For less then $10 i can make a thousand targets so after each mag i just put up a new target. Its funny watching the people who come and rent a gun and keep shooting the same target that is so torn to pieces you can even see if you are getting hits.
Same. I use work dock bills that are tossed in the recycle by the thousands. Only thing I buy are 1 inch orange spot stickers from Birchwood Casey's. Cheap😉
Why not a 2 inch centerline strip running from the top A zone to L2/3 on the target? The CNS is the only definite and immediate fight stop. With the heart, you're just going to be fighting someone that knows they're dead in 20 seconds.
As always Karl great information!! I couldn’t get by I was looking at her heart with my wife , she would pistol whip me with my own gun and say I knew you were looking at her rack! Lol
I caught a bunch of shit at a range on the 300m lane from the RSO for using them, because in his mind it promoted "killing people". I told them I was a B4 Army Sniper and killing bad people who "just needed killin' " was my business. I used them anyway.
So much A person can learn while taking a dump. Are those cartoons targets available on Amazon? Thanks for the video SGM! I now have one mission to complete today. Order different targets.
Wish they would teach this in the Marine corps school of infantry! Great knowledge sir ! Thank you! Back in the 80s they were teaching triple shot. Twice to chest once to the head.
As always an amazing video! I'm not sure I'll be able to make Operation Valkyrie this year hopefully next? I'm gearing up for lots of training and you're on the list for sure.
Dead on, especially with the handgun and its limited terminal performance. If you don't hit anything of high value, you may not be making hits that count in the worst scenarios. And, yes, the dynamic creature that is man will shift, so should your ability to read and target him. But of another note, there seems to be a strange psychological function in man, that if he gives himself too much leeway he tends to screw up things that are relatively easy. If you really need to hit a 12 inch steel target, treat it like a 4 inch target in your mind, aim for that dead center and don't give yourself that leeway and slop. If you shoot for the center of the target like hitting the dead center of that X is the only way, even your misses will hit the broad target. If you act as if you have 12 inches of room for error, you're misses will almost magically be off target. Concentrate and focus, act is if you don't hit the man in the heart you won't stop him, and even your poorer shots will be likely to hit the other organs in the torso. Act as if you only have to hit a man, don't be too shocked when you miss him completely. And as always, great video.
What about threats who may be wearing armour plates? Hitting the A zone may not be useful anymore, as it won't kill. Should you aim for the head or the pelvic area? I personally prefer the pelvic area as it is a much bigger target, but the head is a more lethal option.
The "High A" zone is still the best target as it is larger and presents more often than pelvic shots, and larger than head. If target is wearing plate, hits to "High-A" still knock them off balance while you stay on the trigger walking rounds to the T-Box (Head) or pelvic girdle. Always train center mass. Thanks for watching, TR
Shit just got real! Imagine if the wrong sort of person watches these videos!!! People like me lol I'm sure my neighbors wouldn't be to happy that I know how to end their life efficiently!!!!
Head seems similar in size, neck too, if he is stationary for a second, im going for the head. Has an added benefit of not hiting a plate of armor if he has one. Dont get me wrong, upper chest is great but I like to shoot for the nose when on range
I was told by gun defense attorney, head shots can be interpreted as “assassin shots” and not defensive shots. May diminish argument that you acted entirely for self defense.
Milan Djuric He told us the attorney for the poor family of the deceased bad guy will try to convince jury that a head shot demonstrates more than defensive intent. The arguments used are 1) that purely defensive use of a gun doesn’t permit time for a carefully placed head shot, 2) every training for defensive purposes uses the ‘2 to center mass’, 3) a head shot is a ‘kill shot’ as opposed to defense shot, and 3) the Israel Assignation shot is “2 to the plumbing and 1 to the electronics.” Not sure I agree with all of that but it did come from an experienced self-defense attorney. I guess it depends on situation. If I had time to access the situation and knew the bad guy was on drugs, I’d place one in the electronics. In real life I think few have time for all these assessments especially when you consider most gun fights are within 5 feet and over within 3 seconds. Another argument for “point gun at torso and rapidly pull trigger” method.
Milan Djuric Yes, but you would be surprised the impact a grieving widow, 2 orphaned kids and a good attorney has on a jury that is not your peers. I saw a jury award $6 million because they decided the guy pumping gas into a helicopter should have advised the pilot of his limited fuel reserve. Noware in the FAA regs is anyone but the pilot responsible for that. But the widowed passenger had 2 kids and the city employee pumping gas represented “deep pockets”.
@@TacticalRifleman that makes it even better. I'm 33 so I was a child when that movie came out but that is the most simple and important thing any shooter can remember in my opinion. thank you for your service and highly informative videos.
