This Saturday, myself and Sgt. Watson (T-County SO head firearms instructor) taught basic one man CQB to a church security team. The majority of the shooters have been attending our defensive pistol training for the last 1.5yrs. They are authorized to carry concealed in the church, have their State issued CCW, pass the Ohio LE qualification exam every year. They are all good shooters and far exceed the shooting capability of the majority of the LE in my county.
None of them have had any real live fire experience in a building environment.
The shoot house was nothing more than a simple "barrel house" which means that it wasn't anything complex or hard (like one would find at Blackwater).
The reason for the background info on the shooters and description of the shoot house is to make sure that readers realize that the shooters were not some village idiot picked up off the street and that the shoot house was not anything exotic (read very basic).
The first time through the house, the shooters were given ZERO instructions. They were just told that there were armed bad guys in the house and they needed to deal with them (using at least 2rds and preferably 4rds). All targets in the house were shoots (no decision targets were used at this time).
The problems encountered:
1. Poor decision making ability.
2. Poor/no pieing knowledge.
3. Poor use of cover.
4. Poor accuracy /thrown rounds off target (max shot was 21ft).
5. Most shots placed were not in "A" zones.
6. Seeing part of a target through a doorway and leaving that unknown target to look for another one (instead of dealing with that one).
7. Clearing rooms with finger on the trigger.
After everyone had gone through, we explained all the errors witnessed and how to do it the right way.
Second run had new targets put up. These are what I call "decision making targets". Targets are full color, life size, and at least one person in the target has a weapon (lot of hostage targets).
Shooters again entered the barrel house one at a time.
Problems encountered:
1. Slow decision making ability (long periods of time spent on trying to identify who the threat was while exposing themselves to the threat).
2. Rounds fired into a room (clearing it), then backing out of the room (instead of entering it).
3. Moderate use of cover.
4. Poor accuracy /thrown rounds off target (max shot was 21ft).
5. Most shots placed were ineffective hits.
6. Most shooters shot just 2rds. One shot was typically a "C" zone hit with the other round put on the bad guys weapon hand.
7. Hostages shot (on purpose).
8. Clearing corners with finger on the trigger.
9. Crowding walls.
10. Not seeking cover during a tactical or emergency reload.
One of the things that combat veteran instructors always teach is that they only way you will know that your gun is empty is because it will stop making loud noises.
In one instance, a shooter ran out of ammo and the weapon was in slide lock. He started to pie a corner, raised his gun to the threat and realized that he had no BB's in his BB slinger.
I think it should be MANDATORY for folks that have a CCW or plan on using a firearm in the defense of their home to do some CQB based training. It is such an eye opening experience for people and they would benefit GREATLY from it.
This thread's purpose was to open some eyes, have people think about what they don't know and discuss the subject a little. Please feel free to share info and ask questions.
C4
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