[MarkL]

Can, and has she, done such in/on the battlefield being we all know a competition environment is not an actual battlefield environment? Just wondering is all. Well done though.

High power matches, or for that matter, most competitive shooting, have very little in common with combat marksmanship, other than the basics. Though someone with increased skill levels will naturally be at an advantage in combat. Still, the level of skill involved at that level of competition takes many years of dedicated training, and very few people will ever reach even a fraction of that skill level.

Mark

[USNBandit]

High power matches, or for that matter, most competitive shooting, have very little in common with combat marksmanship, other than the basics.

Yeah, but sometimes the basics really help. Here's a picture of Carlos Hathcock after winning the 1000 yd match at Camp Perry.

[marktwain]

“High power matches, or for that matter, most competitive shooting, have very little in common with combat marksmanship, other than the basics.”

Perhaps so. When I asked George (Tex) Ferguson, the second most decorated American soldier in WWII, a good friend of mine, what was the best marksmanship training for combat, he unhesitatingly said “The National Match Course”.

He was a gifted shot and instructor, and was the Army coach to the pistol team that went to Russia to compete with the Russians.

He did a great deal after the war. Many have said that he was a CIA assassin. I do not know, but how many people have their own government issued MAC 10? I never saw it, but others did and I have the case that he carried it in, which his family sold after Tex passed on.

Also, Jim Cirrillo, the famous New York City police officer who was such a successful gun fighter said that competition in formal matches was something that should be looked for in selecting personnel that would be at high risk of gun fights.

From the link below:

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BQY/is_3_54/ai_n24232224/

“More than anything else, Cirillo emphasized mind-set and preparedness. He noted hunters made good stakeout men, not because they were accustomed to shooting for blood so much as because they were accustomed to waiting patiently and keeping their focus as they looked for certain signs. Best of all, he said, were the hunters who were also competition shooters, because when the gunfire started, shooting under pressure was already second nature for them.”