Читать книгу The Gun Digest Book of Combat Handgunnery онлайн

156 страница из 158

Each shooter finds his own pace. The hands of the shooter in the background are beginning to separate as he prepares to reload his Beretta while transitioning from standing to left-side kneeling; the officer at right is already in a kneeling position and has just fired the first shot from that position with his Glock.

Firing prone from 50 yards. Note that each officer has a slightly different technique.

Let’s get our head right. We’re going for the title of top dog, or in this case, top law-dog. That engenders pressure. There’s a little more of that on you and me than on most of the others. One person has to be the defending champion from last year, and that raises the price of the ego investment bet on the table. That person, right now, is us.

We get the briefing on the course of fire. There has been a last-minute change in rules. At the barricades, we cannot touch the wall with either gun or hand to stabilize for the shot. OW! Particularly at 50 yards, this hurts accuracy: we’re firing free-hand instead of with support. The good news is everyone has to do the same. It’s fair, a level playing field. We are awfully glad, you and I, that we have a lot of experience shooting at long range with a pistol held in unsupported hands from the standing position.