The Box O' Truth #18 - Sight Off-Set - Page 1

A recent thread on an online forum discussed the attributes of a Handgun vs. a Shotgun vs. a Rifle in home defense.

Several advantages for each type of weapon were discussed.

I'd like to expand on one of those of the rifle, i.e., increased accuracy potential.

At Thunder Ranch in the Urban Rifle course, we were sent through the Terminator, a building with halls, rooms, and bad guy targets. The instructor held us by the collar of our flack vest and walked behind us as we cleared the rooms.

At the end of the run, I cleared a hall and sliced the pie of a room on my right. There was a target with the bad guy hiding behind a "hostage".

The instructor (as the bad guy) hollered, "I've got a knife at your kid's throat! Drop the weapon!!"

I had one second to "solve" the problem. I shot the bad guy through the forehead. The instructor patted me on the back and said, "Good job. He's DRT."

He later told me that some folks will freeze-up and not know what to do in that scenario.

A couple of issues:

1. When shooting for a head shot, be sure not to shoot low.

Clint related a story about a police officer that shot a bad guy in the jaw with a .44 Magnum, and blew most of the guy's lower face off. But the bad guy still killed the officer.

A good head shot should be in the forehead, eyes and above. This will cause damage to the brain and stop hostilities.