Regional Training Coordinator, Idaho Peace Officer Standards and Training
Firearms Instructors, Jamie Borden is hitting on a specific issue here. Our eyes cannot focus on two separate objects at the same time. How does front sight focus driven training affect the issues Jamie is discussing here? Are there alternative training methods, particularly at close distances which would affect this? Think gaze, or target focused shooting. Over aiming is another term floating about. If we know 90% of officers feloniously killed are done so at 20 feet or less, 57% of them are killed at 5 feet or less, is taking the time for front sight focus effective over target focused aiming? What about red/green dot electronic sights? Do they offer an advantage? The answer may surprise some. The answers to these questions may not be completely found on a live fire range. We have to think, plan, study, train better. And that does not mean 100% live fire training, 100% of the time. Greg Williams Al Bello, MScTRM ┃ PhD Candidate Myles Cook Jeff Johnsgaard Allen Bloodgood Ken Murray Michael Musengo Steve "Pappy" Papenfuhs
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1moTarget focus shooting can be accomplished with the right style of training from the start. Some equipment setup makes it easier to accomplish than others: i.e., fiber front and blacked out rear versus stock sights or three dot night sights. I think there's a reason why some of the best production or limited shooters in USPSA configure irons that way. Front sight focus is counterintuitive to what the eyes naturally want to do and the opposite of what happens in an OIS or critical incident (threat focus). It is also harder to track sights under recoil or with a moving target since the focal yo-yo between planes results in additional tenths of a second while also potentially losing visual reference of where the target actually is. I think LE would be far better off served with a target focus being part of a training block of firearms curriculum with iron sights, or bindon aiming/occlusion for those shooting optics. I think Idaho LE is due for a paradigm shift where a blend of principles-based, performance-style shooting will result in better outcomes for all once things like tactics need to be introduced. Everything is the application of fundamentals at speed, and the at speed component is often missing in training.