My two favorites were:
Keep the front sight post both clear and centered in the rear sight aperture.
B.R.A.S.S breath relax aim stop squeeze.
If you remember these you would do fine on the range. In a fire fight these may not apply unless your sniping.
“B.R.A.S.S breath relax aim stop squeeze.”
Stop what?
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that's why IPSC is so nice....transfers very easily to firefight. The ability to "stress fire"...using the same clothes or same concealed holster ...whatever. Pulling your weapon, applying the front sight to target and squeezing.....a couple of thousand times...then doing the same week in and week out 50-100 times. Muscle memory...draw, sight, fire, reacquire fire,on and on...
I'm not saying the pucker factor will go away, but I've been in firefights that lasted "hours" and looked at my watch and 10 minutes had gone by...hahahahahaa...
Sometimes I heard this guy cussing his head off and yelling, I found out, it was me.
You're right, nobody knows what they'll do in combat, firefight, fist fight till he does it a couple of times....then it's like anything else. You get used to it. some people have the temperment for fighting and some people think to much and die.