Four things that dictate how you engage a target
How aggressively you can engage a target is dependent on four things: first and foremost your current skill level, specifically vision and grip for getting predictable behavior out of your gun. Second, the size of the target. Third, distance to the target. And fourth, the risk associated or precision needed for the target.
On a recent practice day at the range, I made things more challenging with an open target, a partial, a tuxedo, and lastly, a port.
Skills focus was primarily vision, vision, and vision. I’m working on keeping the gun up when hunting targets and blending and flowing smoothly. I’m also looking to maintain consistent grip pressure and not get lazy.
Developing vision and grip is the backbone of my training. Training focuses on essential concepts to help you build the hard skills you need to run your gun with speed and accuracy.
Pistol Proficiency classes include dynamic target transition drills like this to teach you to run your gun more aggressively.
You’ll run increasingly challenging courses of fire, incorporating time constraints, varying distances, movement and transitions. You’ll develop repeatable skills for on-demand performance that you can implement in any context you need.
Come out and train.