There is one near where I live at Southern Armory LLC, a local gun store. I went out to see it today, but it was down waiting for parts.
One enters a room containing large flat screens with a special training gun; the pistol is a special Glock that projects a laser beam and that uses compressed carbon dioxide to actuate the slide and provide recoil.
The system contains numerous scenarios. The student encounters guys with guns and people who are unarmed and decides how to react. If the student misses, or does not shoot in time, and the other person or persons shoot first, the screen goes dark.
If the student scores a hit--even one that would likely not be effective in the real world--the target 'falls'.
There are facilities of this kind at Gander Mountain Academy locations. One of the Personal Defense Network Premium Videos takes the viewer into one with Rob Pincus, who is in a simulated store when the place is robbed. The video is called "Bystander During an Armed Robbery."
Two men enter the store, perhaps together or perhaps not. One shoots the clerk and turns the gun on Rob, who shoots three shots at him in 0.4 seconds. The other man appears, swings, around, and aims at Rob, who shoots five shots in 0.85 seconds. Some of Rob's shots miss.
The folks at Southern Armory tell me that the student will experience real stress and will be pumping a lot of adrenalin. Some of the local police are using it.
I intend to try it out, and I suggest that anyone who is near a Gander Mountain Academy look into it.
My first impressions are that this kind of training can be of much greater real value than just putting in more target practice on the square range; that those who glibly say that "placement is everything" are of course correct, but that that does not mean they will be able to do much about placement when the chips are down; and that one may well end up placing more priority on magazine capacity than before.
I'll report back after having tried it.
One enters a room containing large flat screens with a special training gun; the pistol is a special Glock that projects a laser beam and that uses compressed carbon dioxide to actuate the slide and provide recoil.
The system contains numerous scenarios. The student encounters guys with guns and people who are unarmed and decides how to react. If the student misses, or does not shoot in time, and the other person or persons shoot first, the screen goes dark.
If the student scores a hit--even one that would likely not be effective in the real world--the target 'falls'.
There are facilities of this kind at Gander Mountain Academy locations. One of the Personal Defense Network Premium Videos takes the viewer into one with Rob Pincus, who is in a simulated store when the place is robbed. The video is called "Bystander During an Armed Robbery."
Two men enter the store, perhaps together or perhaps not. One shoots the clerk and turns the gun on Rob, who shoots three shots at him in 0.4 seconds. The other man appears, swings, around, and aims at Rob, who shoots five shots in 0.85 seconds. Some of Rob's shots miss.
The folks at Southern Armory tell me that the student will experience real stress and will be pumping a lot of adrenalin. Some of the local police are using it.
I intend to try it out, and I suggest that anyone who is near a Gander Mountain Academy look into it.
My first impressions are that this kind of training can be of much greater real value than just putting in more target practice on the square range; that those who glibly say that "placement is everything" are of course correct, but that that does not mean they will be able to do much about placement when the chips are down; and that one may well end up placing more priority on magazine capacity than before.
I'll report back after having tried it.