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emschris · 04-02-2005, 07:00 PM

REF: What do ya think, General Forum.

In that same gun club (an indoor range). The two guys behind the counter were talking. One them stated that the center of the target should always be at shoulder height. This way you are always shooting perpendicular to the floor and straight on to the back stop.

This seemed pretty stupid to me. You would be training to take head shots, not center of mass, unless attacked by Shaq'el O'Neal. And what about new shooter, one badly anticipated round and it might not even hit paper.

[TASF]Overkill · 04-02-2005, 07:04 PM

Well, the back stop is designed to accept bullets from a certain angle... And while you probably SHOULD try to accomodate that, I can't imagine that a handgun is going to cause any damage to a backstop, even if you fired it perpendicular to the surface. Just make sure all of your shots HIT the backstop, and not the floor or ceiling, and I think everyone would be happy.

And, I don't know anyone who trains to take just headshots. I'd say COM are your most important shots to work on... I mean, headshots are nice, but the majority of your shooting should be to as small an area COM as possible, right?

NExd · 04-02-2005, 07:12 PM

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Overkill]Well, the back stop is designed to accept bullets from a certain angle... And while you probably SHOULD try to accomodate that, I can't imagine that a handgun is going to cause any damage to a backstop, even if you fired it perpendicular to the surface. Just make sure all of your shots HIT the backstop, and not the floor or ceiling, and I think everyone would be happy.

And, I don't know anyone who trains to take just headshots. I'd say COM are your most important shots to work on... I mean, headshots are nice, but the majority of your shooting should be to as small an area COM as possible, right?

I agree COM.

emschris · 04-02-2005, 07:30 PM

COM, I believe this also. But I haven't shot much at indoor ranges.

But if the COM is at head height, wouldn't that trow you off just a bit?
I couldn't believe that a few degrees off would make that much of a difference to the backstop.

mcb · 04-02-2005, 07:46 PM

The problem is that if you have a target that's bull's eye is low even only as low as say your belly or waist and you are shooting at close range relative to the total length of the range then suddenly you have the very real likelihood that the bullet might strike the ground in front of the bullet trap. At this point the bullet’s final trajectory is more in question. You want the bullet to hit the plate at the back of the range first and the leveler your shots are the more ensured you can be the bullet trap will function correctly.

mcb

04-02-2005, 07:00 PM	#1
emschris XDTalk Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 79	Is this right? REF: What do ya think, General Forum. In that same gun club (an indoor range). The two guys behind the counter were talking. One them stated that the center of the target should always be at shoulder height. This way you are always shooting perpendicular to the floor and straight on to the back stop. This seemed pretty stupid to me. You would be training to take head shots, not center of mass, unless attacked by Shaq'el O'Neal. And what about new shooter, one badly anticipated round and it might not even hit paper. __________________ Stupidity Kills, but not nearly enough.

04-02-2005, 07:04 PM	#2
[TASF]Overkill XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Lynchburg, VA Posts: 2,446	Well, the back stop is designed to accept bullets from a certain angle... And while you probably SHOULD try to accomodate that, I can't imagine that a handgun is going to cause any damage to a backstop, even if you fired it perpendicular to the surface. Just make sure all of your shots HIT the backstop, and not the floor or ceiling, and I think everyone would be happy. And, I don't know anyone who trains to take just headshots. I'd say COM are your most important shots to work on... I mean, headshots are nice, but the majority of your shooting should be to as small an area COM as possible, right? __________________ "Semper facere bonum, an a amare odium, vita mors." [Do good always, whether through life or death, love or hate.] "He who relies solely on warlike measures shall be exterminated; he who relies solely on peaceful measures shall perish." Photo thread is back! (Until next disaster)

04-02-2005, 07:30 PM	#4
emschris XDTalk Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 79	COM, I believe this also. But I haven't shot much at indoor ranges. But if the COM is at head height, wouldn't that trow you off just a bit? I couldn't believe that a few degrees off would make that much of a difference to the backstop. __________________ Stupidity Kills, but not nearly enough.

04-02-2005, 07:46 PM	#5
mcb XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: North East Ohio Posts: 2,054	The problem is that if you have a target that's bull's eye is low even only as low as say your belly or waist and you are shooting at close range relative to the total length of the range then suddenly you have the very real likelihood that the bullet might strike the ground in front of the bullet trap. At this point the bullet’s final trajectory is more in question. You want the bullet to hit the plate at the back of the range first and the leveler your shots are the more ensured you can be the bullet trap will function correctly. mcb __________________ If at first you don't succeed; RELOAD _ _ _ _ My web site

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