Pat wrote:hammAR wrote:I need to add, that in most low-no light situations you should be more focused on acquiring and identifying targets, you will only have milliseconds. With target ID and all other things going on and consuming you brain, if you have not prepared for the when/what, but rather the what if, your brain will be attempting to incorporate the 12 steps of Self defense, re: analyze the legal ramifications of the situation, fight/flight, move and cover, etc, etc,.......I assure you that you will not mentally or physically be able to locate, let alone use, the sights, this is not paper punching.....get used to it, it is reality, and you should be practicing as such.......
Precisely why I don't participate in the various pistol games. While I'm sure they are a lot of fun and really help to popularize shooting in general, I would be afraid of ingraining bad habits which are not conducive to combat situations. The combat pistol training I have done has really opened my eyes.
I think that the school of thought that says playing gun games will get you killed is total BS. It's not training. It's a game. But it is good trigger time and it teaches the shooter to perform under stress and with a little adrenalin in their body.
Playing the games is not a substitute for good, professional training. But saying the games will get you killed is like saying that playing softball/baseball makes one unable to defend themselves with a bat.
