How to Shoot Like a Navy SEAL: Combat Marksmanship Fundamentals by Chris Sajnog

Author:Chris Sajnog [Sajnog, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, pdf
Tags: How to shoot a pistol, Combat, Defensive Shooting, Marksmanship, Tactical Shooting, Navy SEALS, Navy SEAL, How to shoot a gun, Shooting, how to shoot an M4, Shooting book
Publisher: Center Mass Group, LLC
Published: 2013-11-20T00:00:00+00:00

Another way we like to miss shots is what I touched on earlier — lack of visual patience. You’re waiting for the shot to break and it’s taking longer than expected, so you just start slapping the trigger like it owes you money. In the process, you lose sight alignment … and the round. Don’t get anxious for the round to go off. Relax and let your mind process what’s going on. If you’ve been told to just keep steady pressure on the trigger until the gun goes off, make sure you also keep your foot on the gas as your car spins out of control. Don’t feel bad, I was taught the same thing, but treat your trigger like a gas pedal and if you’re losing control, let off the gas! Once you’re back in control, let your eyes control the trigger as you keep the sights aligned until the shot breaks. Remember, you can only shoot as fast as you can see. You need to wait as long as it takes to see what you need to see before you shoot. The only other option is missing the shot. You’ll then need to make up the shot (if possible) and hopefully you didn’t hit something you were not willing to destroy. As the saying goes, Speed is fine — accuracy is final.

This is why I like to refer to sight refinement, rather than sight alignment. For me, to align something is a one-time deal — line up the sights and then go to the next step — pull trigger. But refinement is something that continues — you line up the sights and keep them aligned as you go to the next step. Think in terms of sight refinement instead of sight alignment. It’s not a one-time thing (align and shoot), it’s a constant process that needs to be adjusted and managed until the follow-through. Missing one-hundredth of a second of visual input is enough to make you have no idea where your shot went. If this slight change of words helps you remember to keep adjusting (refining) your sight alignment as you press back on the trigger, then use it. If you’ve used the term sight alignment for 20+ years and you know you need to keep aligning them, then use that. I don’t care what you use as long as it helps you put effective rounds downrange.

Since we’re talking cars, is it better to drive with one eye open or two? I’m not a professional racecar driver, but I’m guessing the answer would be two. Two eyes are needed to locate threats quickly and it’s physically impossible to close one eye without affecting the other at least slightly. I read one study that said vision is degraded in the opposite eye by as much as 20 percent and that the pupil will compensate for the closed eye by dilating. Normally this is a good thing as it lets in more light, but the amount of dilatation is not consistent with the lighting and this further deteriorates vision.

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