IF U CAN'T GRASP DOUBLE-TAP IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES, U'RE VERY DIM
MOST OFTEN, ESPECIALLY IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, YOUR NERVES AND EMOTIONS TAKE HOLD OF YOU AND YOU LOSE CONCENTRATION. PPL OFTEN FREEZE UP. ADRENALINE CAN BE A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING AND THE VIOLENTLY LOUD SOUND THAT BURSTS OUT CAN MAKE MOST PPL DO JUST THAT
Wait a minute. I though the triple tap was standard fare as far as law enforcement is concerned....I've known about it for years, having not even seen "Heat" or "Collateral".
You guys really need to stop thinking that ideas or concepts that have been around for ages were thought up by Hollywood. Hollywood just steals ideas, or uses ideas others have found. It's as nauseating as people calling Debussy's Claire de Lune that "Twilight piano piece."
Who cares of IPSC rules, in the real world this is what you do to stop that threat immediately. If the tango still standing after that you must have done something vewy vewy wong, put two more to the head.
Question for IPSC and other game shooters: In a possible future, given a choice between keeping your McMansion and current lifestyle by turning in your guns and freedom, or having to literally fight and risk it all (like the Founding Fathers), what would you choose, REALLY? (No insult intended--just asking you to really think about it. From a vet.)
I like how the vast majority of the people watching this video and argue over stupid nitpicks about it will never actually have to shoot a gun at a real person to employ this technique, much less have the courage to do so
I'm not a shooter, but i want to ask this for all the ppl that said this is not a MD because you have to double tap ... stop to assess, then shoot for the head. How exactly do you stop to check the target condition (in this case a dummy)??? If you do hat i'm pretty sure the shot to the head is not needed.
If you used, say a crash test dummy that chin shot may not be a chin shot at all.
Can flame all you want but imo all your arguments are flawed
@shootingcoach I have this problem where I blink after every shot, I would not really call it a flinch but I can't track the front sight properly. I have tried to iron out the problem by shooting many hundreds of rounds practicing with my ruger mk.iii but I just can't seem to stop it. My groupings are always pretty good, I'm just missing out on some speed. Do you have any suggestions?
@robs104 Im not the ownerof this video but I can offer some advise. If youre an involuntary blinker & practice isnt helping try to focus on muscle memory w/ regard to your draw and aim sequence. Pull the weapon up to your chest and then out towards the target instead of rotating the weapon up with outstretched arms from the holster draw. Focus on pushing the weapon out in proper alignment everytime. When you achieve this, your first shot will be accurate w/out spending alot of time aiming it
@markquimby82 That's a great tip, thanks! The funny thing is that I blink WORSE when shooting my MKIII than say my Glock 17. It's funny how people just assume you can pick up a firearm and be proficient with it, everything you do from how you draw from your holster judges how successful you'll be. I'll add that to my practice routine!
Awesome! Would it be possible to do a vid of you performing a double tap or failure drill from a concealed holster? It would be of great benefit to your viewers to see these techniques utilized with real world carry options (yes I know some people still open carry, but it's safe to assume that the majority of us CCW).
If you hit the target low in the chin with the rapidness of your 3 shots, since the target would be falling from the impact of the first two, I'd think that you would probably tap in pretty damn straight for the execution; Just my opinion.
people can argue all day long whether that was a 'perfect' drill or not but you sure can't argue the fact that this was some lightning fast drawing and shooting
Don't know who taught you how to score, but in any IPSC match I've been to (which is several thousand including severa championships), that would be scored a "B".
@shootingcoach do you even know how many several thousand is??! You would have to, at the very least, go to one everyday for 5.5 years! I think you should re-evaluate your exaggeration.
@BumJuiceDrinker this drill was used n the mozambique airport when mike rousseau was approached by a guy armed with an AK47, he popped him twice in the chest, which failed to drop him, so he shot him in the head.
Thats a great showing of the mazambique drill. I practice them quite often, and they are very effective. I use my 45.'s recoil to my advantage and walk the three shots up the target. Start at middle chest and let the firearm work for you. Great video. 5/5
wouldn't 3 aimed shots center of mass be more applicable in a stress induced situation, because the more shots on target results in a exponential curve of fatality, and, three shots center of mass, is a lot easier then 2 aimed shots, reassess, 1 more shot to the head, and all of the factors of target crumpling or flinch would make a headshot relatively small.
The late Jeff Cooper coined the term. It was based on an incident one of his associates faced in Mozambique. If you scroll down, there are at least two detailed explanations of the incident in earlier posts.
According to the Marine Corps definition, assessment before the third shot is a Failure to Stop Drill, whereas a Mozambique Drill is assuming the first two shots were insufficient and a third is automatically intended.
Your description of the Double Tap explains why you teach MD in such a strange way. MD is a in-battle-discovered technique for a situations where a DoubleTap fails and one last AIMED shot has to be delivered to the head to finish the bad guy off. You shoot a ROUGH, but extremely fast Double Tap to the torso, and then you immediatelly get ready for an AIMED head shot while checking oponents condition - he still stands, he gets a head shot.
Every shot fired should be aimed. In the actual incident this drill came from (Mike Rousseau in Mozambique), Rousseau actually missed the head and hit his target in the collar bone, but the T died anyway. Cooper felt that this would be a useful practice to adopt, so he coined the name and the doctrine. Except as he taught it, it was two to the body, assess, then one to the head. Taking time to assess could prove fatal. Most of all, it is an excellent training drill that teaches change of pace.
Taking time to asses doesn't mean you wait with the shot here - it's more like "taking the time for a precise head shot", than waiting for what is going to happen there.This is because, the prior DoubleTap was most likely shot the "point shooting" way.
We call this the 'Failure Drill' in the USMC and find that the M4/ACOG works particularly well for the technique. While every shot is indeed an 'aimed shot' the ininitial double tap is a single, gross sight picture with BOTH EYES OPEN during which the reticle chevron is placed center mass and the hammered pair is delivered. Should the target still be standing (which it often is w/greentip 5.56) a fine aimed, (weak eye closed tip of the dog house on the sweet spot) shot is delivered.
I've always heard of this referred to the Failure Drill. Do this when your rounds fail to stop the target because of drugs or whatever protection they might be wearing.
Because the chest shots are easier/faster to get. The idea is you shoot for center mass and when that doesn't work, you go for the harder/slower head shot. It is designed as a response to body armor (the torso shots won't stop him), or other form of failure to stop (subject is crazy, drugged up, or you just miss vital organs in the chest)
I am just a couch commando but what about muscle spasms ?
If say BG is holding a gun pointed to a hostage, should a shooter be worried that some form of involuntary muscle movement could occur that would cause the trigger being pulled of the gun Being held by the now dead BG even if the the brain stem is successfully hit?
The medulla oblongata is the only "instant off" in the entire body. The next best thing is the pelvic shot, which takes out the integrity of the femur sockets causing the legs to crumble
yes. as a matter of fact, between the brow ans gum line takes out the central nervous system, so a death twitch wont cause him to squeeze off a round. so its bang, lights out
nice shooting. even though the original mozambique technique states that you should assess the effects of your target after the first 2 shots before placing the third, your headshot was pretty precise nonetheless.
thats what the first 2 shots are for. you should have already assessed that it is hostile before firing the body shots. it is suppose to put the threat down. the third shot to the head is optional based on outcome of the assessment. If there is no assessment in between, you may as well dump your mag into the threat if you just wanted to be on the safe side.
That was supposed to be for the guy moving to South Africa.
And the only reason I'd mention a police officer etc is because often it's cop who rob you and pubs etc in SA. :-/ No offence to the good cops out there and in South Africa.
"The Mozambique Drill is another good sight/trigger skill builder. For the layman, it is 2 hits to the "A" zone, 1 to the head." as stated in "more info" to the right --->
Mike Rousseau was a student of Jeff Cooper, the famous firearms advocate and trainer. Mike Rousseau coined the term after his tour and experience in preforming this self-taught act while on duty in Mozambique.
I have found, that in many shootouts involving those outside of the Special Operations community...if you come out on top...it's not because you were better than the other guy...
it's because the other person was more lame than you...
There is absolutely no substitute for realistic training...training correctly and training often!!!
Not to be terribly critical, but I'd say "uh-uh" on the headshot. I firmly believe that in a real defensive shooting, we perform half as well as our best day training. Therefore, we strive for perfection in our training. Just ok in training equals failure in the real world.
You base that assumption on what evidence? This is another of those strange ideas that permeates some of the training culture. There is nothing to support the contention that you will perform at a lower level in a real incident than you do in training. Do you really think that Delta or SEAL operators perform in real combat at half the level they do in training?
I base this on the fact that police officers statistically hit their target 17% of the time, civilians about 11%. We're talking apples and oranges. Few civilians train at that level. We don't operate in teams. Encounters are spontaneous one-in-a-lifetime events, not planned operations that are part of our employment. We're talking apples and oranges, sir.
Actually, we aren't. Your statistics are skewed and I'd be interested in where you got them. How you perform is based on your skill level. If you are well trained, you will perform well. If you are not, you will not. But the notion that you will perform at x% of you skill level in practice is bogus.
These statistics were provided by Texas DPS, comparing LEO shootings to justified civilian (generally CHL) defensive shootings. I'll concede that the 50% isn't accurate. It's simply illustrating the fact that we will not perform as well in a live fire defensive shooting as we will in training. Training cannot accurately simulate the variables encountered in an actual encounter. Training is, at best, an approximation of real life.
Those statistics are deceiving. You can't simply take the number of shootings, divide the number of shots fired by the number of hits and come up with a meaningful answer. You have to first look at the shots fired per participant, then at the skill level of each participant. If you do, you will find that the higher the skill level, the higher the hit percentage. Don't forget the first rule of statistics: Correlation does not equal causality.
There are plenty of instances where people score a higher hit percentage in real life than in training, yet no one makes the claim that you will perform better than you will in training. Why is that? There are myriad variables that can't be duplicated. But if you reach a level where you can hit the target quickly and shoot subconciously, then that part is really a non issue. That is the purpose of training.
Once again, I understand that statistics are not necessarily representative of every incident, and training improves your odds of beating the statistics. The fact remains that demanding better results in training will net better results IRL.
I don't teach the Moz because I don't recommend using it IRL. We generally teach double-tap to the A zone or zipper. For 'head shots', we teach 2x brain stem (1"x2") at 21'. I favor limiting drills to techniques we might employ in an actual gunfight.
To be clear, I think you're a very good shooter and your tactics are generally sound. We simply have a philosophical difference on the level of perfection we demand from training and how that translates to the real world.
The head shot is a critical shot, with no latitude for error. A poorly placed head shot in training will likely equal a miss in the real world. I'm responsible for the round and the collateral damage. I can't afford to miss.
I'm sure there is a broad spectrum of things we agree on. This isn't one. I don't train people to use the Mozambique Drill in real life. We teach to shoot until the threat is removed. But it is a very good skill building drill. The "poor" placement of the head shot is a non issue. As you point out, there are many variables. The target may be in the process of crumpling, so the hit may be in the center or turning so it is in the side. Either is acceptable in real life.
Yes, it is a good skill building. I believe in "As we train, so shall we fight." I, therefore, recommend drills that will be used IRL. Poor placement in training equals poorer placement IRL. Sorry. I guess we'll have to agree to disagree.
Mozambique drill is a double tap to the mass then you must recess, examine the situation for a sec and then shoot at the head and then look and clear the area remaining at the target while you do this. It looks like a mozambique. Military and contractor drills have a goal and speed is not always it. Also your arm extention is wrong. A mozambique is a close quarter combat drill and you must do it whit your arms not fully extended. Again nothing to do whit IPSC...
So many people try to correct something they don't really know. If you scroll through the posts, you'll see the origins of the Mozambique Drill. According to Cooper, it is 2 to the body, assess, 1 to the head. No set time for assessing. It's not 2, wait x seconds then 1. Also, it is not done without full extension. More importantly, it (like "Double Tap") is a doctrine, not a technique. Indirectly it does have to do w/IPSC since cooper was one of the founers.
This is not a Mozambique drill at all. You are a great shooter and have also a great knowledge about shooting but this time you are wrong. And I know for sure. This looks more like a flashy IPSC training...
It's splitting hairs. Technically Cooper said 2 asses then one. Never specifying how long to asses. There are two issues with that. Taking the time to asses can get you killed (so it's not good to teach students to do that imo) and it removes the training value. One of the best things this teaches is to make the transition from an open full target shot (requiring little precision) to a shot that requires quite a bit more precision. By stopping after the first two, you lose the training value.
So is this drill as it is taught in the video meant for training defensive shooting or for working on skills used in competition? If we are talking about a defensive use, why not put several shots to center mass (the easier target) say, six shots. When under stress, its going to be a lot harder to hit the head, even if you train for it.
Scroll through the comments. This issue has been addressed more than once. The mechanics of shooting are the same whether it is for defense or competition. Don't let anyone fool you. Also understand that this is a drill, not a doctrine. Big difference.
right... cause that is not a "human" silhouette target...
WTF apparently there are PC gun clubs... Oh well, you're from FInland so that explains that. Here in America we call a spade a spade and that is a human target and therefore the "top square" is supposed to represent a head.
I guess that works if you are planning on defending yourself against Herman Munster or Frankenstein but most folks in this scenario will need to face humans with a "head."
yeah but let´s ll don´t forget that if he hits a humans neck he will damage the spinal nerve wich leads to paralyzis and death and that´s what this tecnique is supposed for.
What about the Hair??? im just joking you are completely right any thing above the waist is pretty much fatal. That is unless you some how hit in between every major organ and artery.
That's because your club chooses to do so. I don't believe in what we call here "political correctness". While it is a piece of cardboard, one cannot dismiss the whole principle behind practical shooting. It was called a head then and in the 80's PC crept in and there was a push to call it the "upper A/B zone". It's kind of a silly thing to argue about, it is cardboard and it does represent a head.
Another question if you have time sir. This drill and the double tap were developed for the smaller caliber handguns since trauma by a 9mm was relatively less effective than a 45. He assisted in designing the Bren Ten for this (10mm Auto). Wouldn't a double tap with a 1911 .45 be overkill in reality? (referring to Jim Zubiena's performance - if it is a 45) what are your comments on this?
IMO, there is no such thing as overkill in a gunfight. Whatever it takes to bring your opponent down as quickly as possible and keeps him down. Lightning Jim did use a .45. It is also true that the incident the drill is based on involved a Browning HP. The best doctrine IMO is to keep shooting until the threat is removed, whether it is one shot or ten.
Maybe I should have said waste of ammo instead of overkill.
Shoot until the threat stops is obvious, but then I don't really understand the point of a double tap and when to use it if we're just going to unload on the threat until it stops. It is more effective to double tap the threat several times until it stops, or shoot in cadence? and at what? the A zone or the head? Would you ever perform a Mozambique drill in a real situation for example?
Firing two shots at a target is useful in an environment where there are multiple targets. I don't ever advocate shooting in cadence. You should always aim c.o.m. because that gives you the largest margin for error. I can't think of when I would do a Mozambique. If I suspected the opponent was wearing body armor, I would just take the head shot.
okay, thanks for your time. Hopefully I'll never have to carry this out, but its good to know what I have to should shit hit the fan.
I'm moving back to South Africa soon and as you might know, its not the safest place. So I am somewhat preparing myself. Do you by any chance know of any shooting coaches in SA?
I live and shoot in SA. You moving to Cape Town? I only know some good places in CPT.
I think this Mozambique drill would come in handy in population control as the SA army used to call it in Angola, when fighting an enemy who did not have access to vests and proper guns back in the day. I assume it all depends on who you're shooting at, an armed guard, a police officer/soldier I'd reckon it wouldn't be so great. Robber/mugger in the street it'll probably do the job without the head shot.
also called the failure to stop drill, most people will stop attacking for psychological reasons rather than physical incapacitation, this drill is for the 1or 2% that dont
hi there, nice shooting! but if I am not mistaken, the third shot of the mozambique drill has got nothing to do with speed. I am no professional but from what I read, the double tap is the speed part, and if that does not stop the enemy, a carfully aimed headshot should end the fight. In this video you don't really take your time for the headshot and as you saw for yourself, it was not a perfect one either. Am I mistaken?
Depends on who you ask. Technically, Cooper taught 2, asses then 1. I don't believe in assesing after the first 2, it could cost you. As far as taking my time goes, I knew where the sight was when I broke the shot, so taking more or less time makes no difference. It was a well aimed shot, just not exactly in the center of the head. It was however within my mental target (the head). In other words, I plan that if the sight is anywhere on the head that is precise enough for the required shot.
in other words: you're just a damn good shot! haha. For me the first double tap would be intended to destabilize the enemy, paving the way to a relatively luxorius time interval for me to take proper aim at the head, but only because I am not a crack shot from the draw. You on the other hand could probably take the headshot straight away... no mozambique needed. What do you think?
If you dont take the time to assess the target after the double tap shots, then how would you even know if the head shot is needed?
If you are not assessing after the double tap shots, it seems to me that you are saying to just do the Mozambique drill whether or not the double tap shots were effective?
Which seems to lead to "just always do Mozambique" ?
You are wrong only in your assumptions. I don't say always shoot 2+1, nor only if the headshot is needed. The Mozambique drill is just that; a drill, not a doctrine. Doctrinally I teach shoot until the threat is removed. My point re; assessing is if you are assessing when you should be shooting, it can get you killed.
I cannot think of a situation where you would want to always use a Mozambique. If you suspect someone is wearing body armor, just shoot for the head. Even the situation that the drill is based on didn't happen the way the drill does. There was quite a bit of time between the double tap and the head shot (which hit the shoulder area, not the head). In real life, the situation should dictate your actions.
Yes, when Cooper stepped off of the plane, and was shot at, I am sure he felt his first double tap shots did the trick, but upon assessment, raised his pistol back up to a firing positioin and took the head shot.
This was the way I was taught, because it was the way it happened, and most likely the way it would happed to me (if ever)
The drill was started and the name coined by Jeff Cooper. I was based on an incident one of his students (Mike Rousseau)encountered in Mozambique. Rousseau shot a terrorist twice in the chest with no effect. He then decided to shoot the T in the head. He missed the head but hit on the collarbone area which ended the fight. Cooper felt that due to the relative ineffectiveness of handgun rounds, this would be a good technique to practice.
i like this drill. i am just learning. you rocked that 1.29 bro? what is a good median time with a belt that goes through the loops, a holster that sits at waist level and far enough back to be concealed with a garment and extra mags sitting on or behind the center line?
It's great to see someone with a factory style pistol embarass some guy with a racegun at an ISPC match! Muscle memory with a racegun could mess you up if you go to draw a factory gun on a threat in a real-life scenario. Great video!
I'd say Cruise did a decent "portrayal" of a mozambique on the second assailant in that scene. I like to use that clip to illustrate how to get inside someone's OODA loop, especially when some gun-control idiot tells me with ignorant certainty: "You can't outdraw a drawn gun." - the rationale being: "Since there are situations you can't control, you shouldn't try to control ANY of them." That's like not wearing a seatbelt because sometimes they don't help. The Mozambique strengthens skills.
Maybe in IDPA, but not IPSC. Also, keep in mind that for most of us with competition backgrounds, it was really a sight and trigger building exercise. Just like the Bill Drill. Which is 6 "A's" in under 2 seconds at 7 yds. Yet tons of people don't shoot it correctly yet call it a Bill Drill. Doesn't make it technically correct and I understand your point, but until some other term catches on, it will still be called a Bill Drill.
Simply put, if you were in a competition and they told you to shoot a Mozambique Drill, and you did what you are showing on the video, you'd be disqualified for not shooting the proper drill.
It doesn't matter if one morphed from the other, or if people were shooting a Mozambique that way. The whole point of a drill is to shoot it the proper way, not to cut out important portions of it and make it something that it's not. Cutting out the assessment, probably the most critical element of the Mozambique, doesn't mean that you're still shooting a Mozambique, it means that you're making up your own drill. The Failure Drill may have come from that practice, but it's not the same.
Fair enough point. However my point is that for more than a decade, the term Failure drill didn't exist. So, it was called by the same name.Those who learned it at that time, still use that term. Whether assesing is a critical element or not is a matter of opinion. Taking time to asses could get you killed. On the other hand, a doctrine of automatically shooting 2 and 1 is also foolish. In reality, the circumstances will probably make the assessment for you.
LOL OK THAT'S BETTER THAN I CAN DO IT
IF U CAN'T GRASP DOUBLE-TAP IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES, U'RE VERY DIM
MOST OFTEN, ESPECIALLY IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, YOUR NERVES AND EMOTIONS TAKE HOLD OF YOU AND YOU LOSE CONCENTRATION. PPL OFTEN FREEZE UP. ADRENALINE CAN BE A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING AND THE VIOLENTLY LOUD SOUND THAT BURSTS OUT CAN MAKE MOST PPL DO JUST THAT
Eleetnessful 1 week ago
Whoa!! Those clouds are moving fast!!
Jamesbaby286 3 weeks ago
I've been competing for almost 30 years now. I think it probably isn't too much of an exaggeration.
shootingcoach 1 month ago
Call it what you want-two in the body and one in the cabeza means you are either dead or still standing and thats the difference.
Remember-always double tap,and enjoy the little things.
hpmacmurray 1 month ago
wow, he must have learned this from Call of Duty
richie8811 3 months ago
@richie8811 lol mozambique drill is from 1970, way back when Infinity Ward is just an embrio.
VladiSSius 2 months ago
Wait a minute. I though the triple tap was standard fare as far as law enforcement is concerned....I've known about it for years, having not even seen "Heat" or "Collateral".
You guys really need to stop thinking that ideas or concepts that have been around for ages were thought up by Hollywood. Hollywood just steals ideas, or uses ideas others have found. It's as nauseating as people calling Debussy's Claire de Lune that "Twilight piano piece."
Illiterate, ignorant, stupid chumps.
cosm47 3 months ago
Who cares of IPSC rules, in the real world this is what you do to stop that threat immediately. If the tango still standing after that you must have done something vewy vewy wong, put two more to the head.
socshooter 5 months ago
dont fuck with this guy
stripes8812 6 months ago
By the By, it's Guerillas not gorilla warfare, from the spanish meaning "tiny bites"
flattop44sc 6 months ago
@flattop44sc Guerilla in Spanish means "small war," not "tiny bites."
AntiCitizenZero 5 months ago
@mazerhat Guerillas in Moz began wearing armor,Hence 2 to the bod and a coconut shot
flattop44sc 6 months ago
damn that was fast
luis545x39 7 months ago
Mr robs, sleep with one eye open and fire with both eyes open. You've got to drill through it.
XGCScrappy 7 months ago
Question for IPSC and other game shooters: In a possible future, given a choice between keeping your McMansion and current lifestyle by turning in your guns and freedom, or having to literally fight and risk it all (like the Founding Fathers), what would you choose, REALLY? (No insult intended--just asking you to really think about it. From a vet.)
alaz0405 7 months ago
Vincent from collateral brought me here
karolw91 9 months ago 5
I like how the vast majority of the people watching this video and argue over stupid nitpicks about it will never actually have to shoot a gun at a real person to employ this technique, much less have the courage to do so
Balian49 10 months ago
Very nice shooting sir.
trojanmike2008 1 year ago 2
What distance do you usually place the targets at for a drill like this?
conorhennessey 1 year ago
2 to the chest, 1 to the grape! Darn good movie, doing "social work" the way it's supposed to be done. TCOB..and get outta Dodge.
bowles1955 1 year ago
a lot of people leave you crap. i think theyre jealous you have some nice shooting skills there brother. itd be fun to plink with ya.
ibanezkid07 1 year ago
Two in the body, one in the head, and the Jolly Green Giant will fall down dead.
19NaVi72 1 year ago
I'm not a shooter, but i want to ask this for all the ppl that said this is not a MD because you have to double tap ... stop to assess, then shoot for the head. How exactly do you stop to check the target condition (in this case a dummy)??? If you do hat i'm pretty sure the shot to the head is not needed.
If you used, say a crash test dummy that chin shot may not be a chin shot at all.
Can flame all you want but imo all your arguments are flawed
fufrontline 1 year ago
@shootingcoach I have this problem where I blink after every shot, I would not really call it a flinch but I can't track the front sight properly. I have tried to iron out the problem by shooting many hundreds of rounds practicing with my ruger mk.iii but I just can't seem to stop it. My groupings are always pretty good, I'm just missing out on some speed. Do you have any suggestions?
robs104 1 year ago
@robs104 Im not the ownerof this video but I can offer some advise. If youre an involuntary blinker & practice isnt helping try to focus on muscle memory w/ regard to your draw and aim sequence. Pull the weapon up to your chest and then out towards the target instead of rotating the weapon up with outstretched arms from the holster draw. Focus on pushing the weapon out in proper alignment everytime. When you achieve this, your first shot will be accurate w/out spending alot of time aiming it
markquimby82 9 months ago
@markquimby82 That's a great tip, thanks! The funny thing is that I blink WORSE when shooting my MKIII than say my Glock 17. It's funny how people just assume you can pick up a firearm and be proficient with it, everything you do from how you draw from your holster judges how successful you'll be. I'll add that to my practice routine!
robs104 9 months ago
nice shooting..
yazman70 1 year ago
Awesome! Would it be possible to do a vid of you performing a double tap or failure drill from a concealed holster? It would be of great benefit to your viewers to see these techniques utilized with real world carry options (yes I know some people still open carry, but it's safe to assume that the majority of us CCW).
redmunkee 1 year ago
Good shooting Shooting Coach; however, you have some stiff competetion from the young dudes who play video games in dad and mom's basement.
MrJtdaddyo 1 year ago
Personal thought:
If you hit the target low in the chin with the rapidness of your 3 shots, since the target would be falling from the impact of the first two, I'd think that you would probably tap in pretty damn straight for the execution; Just my opinion.
Frallon 1 year ago
Hmmm... Remind me to never approach you with a gun.
skwurl123456789 1 year ago 2
That's insane. I'll have to try that any tips?
drumerbum 1 year ago
Awesome!! Simply amazing!
bledfourdays1 1 year ago
people can argue all day long whether that was a 'perfect' drill or not but you sure can't argue the fact that this was some lightning fast drawing and shooting
dboos01 1 year ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
actually in an ipsc match your head shot would have been considered a mike.
lovshooting 1 year ago
@lovshooting
Don't know who taught you how to score, but in any IPSC match I've been to (which is several thousand including severa championships), that would be scored a "B".
shootingcoach 1 year ago 25
Oh, I thought that for mozambique you had to score an "A" for the head shot.
lovshooting 1 year ago
@shootingcoach That looks like solid bravo to me too.
Smooth draw and good hits. Thanks for throwing th video up.
rugerp89ipsc 1 year ago
@shootingcoach do you even know how many several thousand is??! You would have to, at the very least, go to one everyday for 5.5 years! I think you should re-evaluate your exaggeration.
klogdogger 1 month ago
why is it called the mozambique drill
BumJuiceDrinker 1 year ago
@BumJuiceDrinker this drill was used n the mozambique airport when mike rousseau was approached by a guy armed with an AK47, he popped him twice in the chest, which failed to drop him, so he shot him in the head.
Matt218 1 year ago
damn you're fast.
killermod0 1 year ago
WOW good shot!!1
1998disco72 1 year ago
My buddy in Iraq killed 2 Hajis using the Mozambique drill
thesightbeyondsight 1 year ago
Thats a great showing of the mazambique drill. I practice them quite often, and they are very effective. I use my 45.'s recoil to my advantage and walk the three shots up the target. Start at middle chest and let the firearm work for you. Great video. 5/5
Tenjin05 1 year ago
wouldn't 3 aimed shots center of mass be more applicable in a stress induced situation, because the more shots on target results in a exponential curve of fatality, and, three shots center of mass, is a lot easier then 2 aimed shots, reassess, 1 more shot to the head, and all of the factors of target crumpling or flinch would make a headshot relatively small.
skylerbob8 1 year ago
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I think Michael Mann created this trademark execution and directed it in two of his films, heat and collateral.
IMFDB 1 year ago
@IMFDB
The late Jeff Cooper coined the term. It was based on an incident one of his associates faced in Mozambique. If you scroll down, there are at least two detailed explanations of the incident in earlier posts.
shootingcoach 1 year ago 22
@IMFDB mike rousseau. look him up
Matt218 1 year ago
@shootingcoach John Dean "Jeff" Cooper? That guy was awesome... Great videos by the way chief!
dedicatedkiller11b 2 weeks ago
@IMFDB and apperatly also on the show Miami Vice. but i don't know where.
codename617 1 year ago
Very good! Thanks for demonstrating this. I'm going to practice it at the range.
How far were you standing from the target? Thanks.
vanzpp 1 year ago
According to the Marine Corps definition, assessment before the third shot is a Failure to Stop Drill, whereas a Mozambique Drill is assuming the first two shots were insufficient and a third is automatically intended.
inutero1212 1 year ago
I think there should be a pause between the double tap to the chest and the last shot to the head.
You're firing off three rounds very fast allbeit they are 2 in the chest and one in the head. Good shooting.
aldexrey 1 year ago
Although I don't agree with you on these ones, I respect your shooting skills and appreciate your work ...
inventionssk 1 year ago
Your description of the Double Tap explains why you teach MD in such a strange way. MD is a in-battle-discovered technique for a situations where a DoubleTap fails and one last AIMED shot has to be delivered to the head to finish the bad guy off. You shoot a ROUGH, but extremely fast Double Tap to the torso, and then you immediatelly get ready for an AIMED head shot while checking oponents condition - he still stands, he gets a head shot.
inventionssk 1 year ago 10
Every shot fired should be aimed. In the actual incident this drill came from (Mike Rousseau in Mozambique), Rousseau actually missed the head and hit his target in the collar bone, but the T died anyway. Cooper felt that this would be a useful practice to adopt, so he coined the name and the doctrine. Except as he taught it, it was two to the body, assess, then one to the head. Taking time to assess could prove fatal. Most of all, it is an excellent training drill that teaches change of pace.
shootingcoach 1 year ago 15
Taking time to asses doesn't mean you wait with the shot here - it's more like "taking the time for a precise head shot", than waiting for what is going to happen there.This is because, the prior DoubleTap was most likely shot the "point shooting" way.
inventionssk 1 year ago
We call this the 'Failure Drill' in the USMC and find that the M4/ACOG works particularly well for the technique. While every shot is indeed an 'aimed shot' the ininitial double tap is a single, gross sight picture with BOTH EYES OPEN during which the reticle chevron is placed center mass and the hammered pair is delivered. Should the target still be standing (which it often is w/greentip 5.56) a fine aimed, (weak eye closed tip of the dog house on the sweet spot) shot is delivered.
McGrew70 1 year ago
@inventionssk MD? I thought it was the "failure to stop drill"?
GoingToWar 1 year ago
@inventionssk finally, somebody who knows what a double tap (MD) is
crazydriver1978 1 year ago
Or Robert De Niro style in Heat.
solidseung 2 years ago
tom cruise style in collateral
karolw91 2 years ago
I've always heard of this referred to the Failure Drill. Do this when your rounds fail to stop the target because of drugs or whatever protection they might be wearing.
ssbmpalyer2010 2 years ago
MP school?? Really.......
I wish quality videos on here would all remove comments to keep me from glancing down and reading sillyness.
persev1 2 years ago
Two in the chest and if the BG is still standing afterwards... assume that he is a zombie and go for the head shots
juki009 2 years ago 4
Why not just double tap the head?
pigsdofly6 2 years ago
Because the chest shots are easier/faster to get. The idea is you shoot for center mass and when that doesn't work, you go for the harder/slower head shot. It is designed as a response to body armor (the torso shots won't stop him), or other form of failure to stop (subject is crazy, drugged up, or you just miss vital organs in the chest)
ch4rgr 2 years ago
Okay, I get it now.
pigsdofly6 2 years ago
I dont care what anyone says, well done.
Kennyan11b 2 years ago 4
Excellent shooting. Drawing, two shots to the body and one to the head in 1.29 is honorable to say the least.
scottsdalerick 2 years ago 3
Failure Drill...
Man , this guy is smooth and quick.
Third shot to the chin , is still a kill .
zx2012 2 years ago 13
Yes, a shot to the nose or chin is actually more guaranteed to be fatal than one to the forehead.
762full 2 years ago 3
Aim for the brain stem right?
juki009 2 years ago
yeah, the nose lies directly in front of the stem, and a shot there will instantly cut off all motor functions, like pulling a trigger.
762full 2 years ago
I am just a couch commando but what about muscle spasms ?
If say BG is holding a gun pointed to a hostage, should a shooter be worried that some form of involuntary muscle movement could occur that would cause the trigger being pulled of the gun Being held by the now dead BG even if the the brain stem is successfully hit?
juki009 2 years ago
hmmm good question, but as far as I know, hitting the stem is the best you can hope for
762full 2 years ago
yes. via the mouth, if you think you can.
The medulla oblongata is the only "instant off" in the entire body. The next best thing is the pelvic shot, which takes out the integrity of the femur sockets causing the legs to crumble
sonick808 2 years ago
yes. as a matter of fact, between the brow ans gum line takes out the central nervous system, so a death twitch wont cause him to squeeze off a round. so its bang, lights out
LeaveItToBeaner 2 years ago
The mantra at MP School, "Slow is smooth, smooth is fast"
1guncrazy1 2 years ago
nice shooting. even though the original mozambique technique states that you should assess the effects of your target after the first 2 shots before placing the third, your headshot was pretty precise nonetheless.
udannlin 2 years ago 5
would you assess your target if it was an actulle hostile? or would you put a round in the head to be on the safe side?
couldntthinkofone12 2 years ago 2
thats what the first 2 shots are for. you should have already assessed that it is hostile before firing the body shots. it is suppose to put the threat down. the third shot to the head is optional based on outcome of the assessment. If there is no assessment in between, you may as well dump your mag into the threat if you just wanted to be on the safe side.
udannlin 2 years ago 3
arnt nek hits perfect.
TheWordsOfGandhi 2 years ago
eck i still call it failure to stop.
gizzisonic 2 years ago
That was supposed to be for the guy moving to South Africa.
And the only reason I'd mention a police officer etc is because often it's cop who rob you and pubs etc in SA. :-/ No offence to the good cops out there and in South Africa.
VasiliVikos 2 years ago
Why is it called the Mozamdique Drill?
wanabee100 2 years ago
"The Mozambique Drill is another good sight/trigger skill builder. For the layman, it is 2 hits to the "A" zone, 1 to the head." as stated in "more info" to the right --->
KamiKaZantA 2 years ago
This does not answer the user's question whatsoever. Did you even read his question?
ohhhlethal 2 years ago
Mike Rousseau was a student of Jeff Cooper, the famous firearms advocate and trainer. Mike Rousseau coined the term after his tour and experience in preforming this self-taught act while on duty in Mozambique.
ohhhlethal 2 years ago
Thank`s for the information!
wanabee100 2 years ago
sounds cool lol
MockEmpire 2 years ago
I luv this drill
krb0087 2 years ago
I have found, that in many shootouts involving those outside of the Special Operations community...if you come out on top...it's not because you were better than the other guy...
it's because the other person was more lame than you...
There is absolutely no substitute for realistic training...training correctly and training often!!!
Good skills...your training has paid off.
countrysamurai 2 years ago 9
Not to be terribly critical, but I'd say "uh-uh" on the headshot. I firmly believe that in a real defensive shooting, we perform half as well as our best day training. Therefore, we strive for perfection in our training. Just ok in training equals failure in the real world.
ResponsibleGunOwner 2 years ago
You base that assumption on what evidence? This is another of those strange ideas that permeates some of the training culture. There is nothing to support the contention that you will perform at a lower level in a real incident than you do in training. Do you really think that Delta or SEAL operators perform in real combat at half the level they do in training?
shootingcoach 2 years ago
I base this on the fact that police officers statistically hit their target 17% of the time, civilians about 11%. We're talking apples and oranges. Few civilians train at that level. We don't operate in teams. Encounters are spontaneous one-in-a-lifetime events, not planned operations that are part of our employment. We're talking apples and oranges, sir.
ResponsibleGunOwner 2 years ago
Actually, we aren't. Your statistics are skewed and I'd be interested in where you got them. How you perform is based on your skill level. If you are well trained, you will perform well. If you are not, you will not. But the notion that you will perform at x% of you skill level in practice is bogus.
shootingcoach 2 years ago
These statistics were provided by Texas DPS, comparing LEO shootings to justified civilian (generally CHL) defensive shootings. I'll concede that the 50% isn't accurate. It's simply illustrating the fact that we will not perform as well in a live fire defensive shooting as we will in training. Training cannot accurately simulate the variables encountered in an actual encounter. Training is, at best, an approximation of real life.
ResponsibleGunOwner 2 years ago
Those statistics are deceiving. You can't simply take the number of shootings, divide the number of shots fired by the number of hits and come up with a meaningful answer. You have to first look at the shots fired per participant, then at the skill level of each participant. If you do, you will find that the higher the skill level, the higher the hit percentage. Don't forget the first rule of statistics: Correlation does not equal causality.
shootingcoach 2 years ago
There are plenty of instances where people score a higher hit percentage in real life than in training, yet no one makes the claim that you will perform better than you will in training. Why is that? There are myriad variables that can't be duplicated. But if you reach a level where you can hit the target quickly and shoot subconciously, then that part is really a non issue. That is the purpose of training.
shootingcoach 2 years ago
Once again, I understand that statistics are not necessarily representative of every incident, and training improves your odds of beating the statistics. The fact remains that demanding better results in training will net better results IRL.
I don't teach the Moz because I don't recommend using it IRL. We generally teach double-tap to the A zone or zipper. For 'head shots', we teach 2x brain stem (1"x2") at 21'. I favor limiting drills to techniques we might employ in an actual gunfight.
ResponsibleGunOwner 2 years ago
To be clear, I think you're a very good shooter and your tactics are generally sound. We simply have a philosophical difference on the level of perfection we demand from training and how that translates to the real world.
The head shot is a critical shot, with no latitude for error. A poorly placed head shot in training will likely equal a miss in the real world. I'm responsible for the round and the collateral damage. I can't afford to miss.
ResponsibleGunOwner 2 years ago 3
I'm sure there is a broad spectrum of things we agree on. This isn't one. I don't train people to use the Mozambique Drill in real life. We teach to shoot until the threat is removed. But it is a very good skill building drill. The "poor" placement of the head shot is a non issue. As you point out, there are many variables. The target may be in the process of crumpling, so the hit may be in the center or turning so it is in the side. Either is acceptable in real life.
shootingcoach 2 years ago
Yes, it is a good skill building. I believe in "As we train, so shall we fight." I, therefore, recommend drills that will be used IRL. Poor placement in training equals poorer placement IRL. Sorry. I guess we'll have to agree to disagree.
I still like what you do. Keep up the good work.
ResponsibleGunOwner 2 years ago
@shootingcoach absolutely. i find you instructional methods clean,direct and efficient.
HYBRIDCOMBATIVES 1 year ago
@ResponsibleGunOwner exactly. youre exactly right. he has to be more realistic
MrAzza4 1 year ago
shut up
wawawewaryan 2 years ago
Mozambique drill is a double tap to the mass then you must recess, examine the situation for a sec and then shoot at the head and then look and clear the area remaining at the target while you do this. It looks like a mozambique. Military and contractor drills have a goal and speed is not always it. Also your arm extention is wrong. A mozambique is a close quarter combat drill and you must do it whit your arms not fully extended. Again nothing to do whit IPSC...
;P
DNCCptFlan 2 years ago
So many people try to correct something they don't really know. If you scroll through the posts, you'll see the origins of the Mozambique Drill. According to Cooper, it is 2 to the body, assess, 1 to the head. No set time for assessing. It's not 2, wait x seconds then 1. Also, it is not done without full extension. More importantly, it (like "Double Tap") is a doctrine, not a technique. Indirectly it does have to do w/IPSC since cooper was one of the founers.
shootingcoach 2 years ago
This is not a Mozambique drill at all. You are a great shooter and have also a great knowledge about shooting but this time you are wrong. And I know for sure. This looks more like a flashy IPSC training...
Respect.
DNCCptFlan 2 years ago
I feel bad for the dude that decides it would be a good idea to pull a gun on this guy
coldturkey15 2 years ago 7
im pretty sure your supposed to put two shots to center mass, examine the threat, and then fire at the head if necessary......
then again, i dont know if your using this to train for IPSC or for defensive use.
1noshoot 2 years ago 2
You're right 1noshoot. I know this guy knows his stuff but this is not the Mozambique drill.
kevjo66 2 years ago 2
It's splitting hairs. Technically Cooper said 2 asses then one. Never specifying how long to asses. There are two issues with that. Taking the time to asses can get you killed (so it's not good to teach students to do that imo) and it removes the training value. One of the best things this teaches is to make the transition from an open full target shot (requiring little precision) to a shot that requires quite a bit more precision. By stopping after the first two, you lose the training value.
shootingcoach 2 years ago
So is this drill as it is taught in the video meant for training defensive shooting or for working on skills used in competition? If we are talking about a defensive use, why not put several shots to center mass (the easier target) say, six shots. When under stress, its going to be a lot harder to hit the head, even if you train for it.
1noshoot 2 years ago
Scroll through the comments. This issue has been addressed more than once. The mechanics of shooting are the same whether it is for defense or competition. Don't let anyone fool you. Also understand that this is a drill, not a doctrine. Big difference.
shootingcoach 2 years ago
Wow. Nice shooting.
I'd want to be on your side in a gunfight!
thedude1325 2 years ago
Nice shooting.
YaSuzukiCycle 2 years ago
wow that was impressive 5 stars and a sub from me
darkninja210 2 years ago
Easier than saying "Zone A" is saying "center mass." Two to the chest, one to the head.
thomasbhunter007 2 years ago
that carboard square is the HEAD of the poor son of a bitch who gives someone like this a reason to shoot at them
BordeauxBulldog 2 years ago
In our shooting club we NEVER call that upper square a head. Still nice shooting here.
allroundmma1 2 years ago
why pretend it is something it is not?
0SumProductions 2 years ago 2
because it is upper square not head
allroundmma1 2 years ago
right... cause that is not a "human" silhouette target...
WTF apparently there are PC gun clubs... Oh well, you're from FInland so that explains that. Here in America we call a spade a spade and that is a human target and therefore the "top square" is supposed to represent a head.
0SumProductions 2 years ago 8
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its cardboard
inricheetos 2 years ago
No kidding... Fine, I give up on you idiots, call the man target a fucking Carebear you stupid shits.
0SumProductions 2 years ago 14
I guess that works if you are planning on defending yourself against Herman Munster or Frankenstein but most folks in this scenario will need to face humans with a "head."
pector55 2 years ago
yeah but let´s ll don´t forget that if he hits a humans neck he will damage the spinal nerve wich leads to paralyzis and death and that´s what this tecnique is supposed for.
danel88tuber 2 years ago
even if you miss the spine you have 2 juicy arteries on either side of it :d anywhere above the waist is bad news I think
rphinks 2 years ago
What about the Hair??? im just joking you are completely right any thing above the waist is pretty much fatal. That is unless you some how hit in between every major organ and artery.
konryu123 2 years ago
That's because your club chooses to do so. I don't believe in what we call here "political correctness". While it is a piece of cardboard, one cannot dismiss the whole principle behind practical shooting. It was called a head then and in the 80's PC crept in and there was a push to call it the "upper A/B zone". It's kind of a silly thing to argue about, it is cardboard and it does represent a head.
shootingcoach 2 years ago
that is extremely good shooting
BordeauxBulldog 2 years ago 3
Another question if you have time sir. This drill and the double tap were developed for the smaller caliber handguns since trauma by a 9mm was relatively less effective than a 45. He assisted in designing the Bren Ten for this (10mm Auto). Wouldn't a double tap with a 1911 .45 be overkill in reality? (referring to Jim Zubiena's performance - if it is a 45) what are your comments on this?
lexmurphy 2 years ago
IMO, there is no such thing as overkill in a gunfight. Whatever it takes to bring your opponent down as quickly as possible and keeps him down. Lightning Jim did use a .45. It is also true that the incident the drill is based on involved a Browning HP. The best doctrine IMO is to keep shooting until the threat is removed, whether it is one shot or ten.
shootingcoach 2 years ago
Maybe I should have said waste of ammo instead of overkill.
Shoot until the threat stops is obvious, but then I don't really understand the point of a double tap and when to use it if we're just going to unload on the threat until it stops. It is more effective to double tap the threat several times until it stops, or shoot in cadence? and at what? the A zone or the head? Would you ever perform a Mozambique drill in a real situation for example?
lexmurphy 2 years ago
Firing two shots at a target is useful in an environment where there are multiple targets. I don't ever advocate shooting in cadence. You should always aim c.o.m. because that gives you the largest margin for error. I can't think of when I would do a Mozambique. If I suspected the opponent was wearing body armor, I would just take the head shot.
shootingcoach 2 years ago
okay, thanks for your time. Hopefully I'll never have to carry this out, but its good to know what I have to should shit hit the fan.
I'm moving back to South Africa soon and as you might know, its not the safest place. So I am somewhat preparing myself. Do you by any chance know of any shooting coaches in SA?
lexmurphy 2 years ago
I live and shoot in SA. You moving to Cape Town? I only know some good places in CPT.
I think this Mozambique drill would come in handy in population control as the SA army used to call it in Angola, when fighting an enemy who did not have access to vests and proper guns back in the day. I assume it all depends on who you're shooting at, an armed guard, a police officer/soldier I'd reckon it wouldn't be so great. Robber/mugger in the street it'll probably do the job without the head shot.
VasiliVikos 2 years ago
yep, back in the RSA next year I hope! whether it is CPT I don't know, depends if I can find a job there. I hope so, I love the Cape.
How are the gun laws like over there right now? Still alright to own a HK G3 at home? I heard they tightened the rules.
lexmurphy 2 years ago
also called the failure to stop drill, most people will stop attacking for psychological reasons rather than physical incapacitation, this drill is for the 1or 2% that dont
BordeauxBulldog 2 years ago 5
Actually, I believe it had more to do with going to FMJ, no expanding ammo instead of what caliber ammo you were using.
pector55 2 years ago
acceptable he shot the guy in the neck not the head not killin him 'quickly' give him a sec or two to die
AlisTaiRS94 2 years ago
What distance are you at 7 meters?
RichDiaz99 2 years ago
Yes
shootingcoach 2 years ago
i found it buried in the comments but you might want to edit the gun brand, caliber, and ammo info into the description it would be great thanks
animeluva420 2 years ago
Holy crap that was fast!
cephal0p0d 2 years ago
Very nice - tight grouping on the CoM shots!
DangerJ 2 years ago
hi there, nice shooting! but if I am not mistaken, the third shot of the mozambique drill has got nothing to do with speed. I am no professional but from what I read, the double tap is the speed part, and if that does not stop the enemy, a carfully aimed headshot should end the fight. In this video you don't really take your time for the headshot and as you saw for yourself, it was not a perfect one either. Am I mistaken?
Great shooting anyhow!
lexmurphy 2 years ago
Depends on who you ask. Technically, Cooper taught 2, asses then 1. I don't believe in assesing after the first 2, it could cost you. As far as taking my time goes, I knew where the sight was when I broke the shot, so taking more or less time makes no difference. It was a well aimed shot, just not exactly in the center of the head. It was however within my mental target (the head). In other words, I plan that if the sight is anywhere on the head that is precise enough for the required shot.
shootingcoach 2 years ago
in other words: you're just a damn good shot! haha. For me the first double tap would be intended to destabilize the enemy, paving the way to a relatively luxorius time interval for me to take proper aim at the head, but only because I am not a crack shot from the draw. You on the other hand could probably take the headshot straight away... no mozambique needed. What do you think?
lexmurphy 2 years ago
I a bit confused here.
If you dont take the time to assess the target after the double tap shots, then how would you even know if the head shot is needed?
If you are not assessing after the double tap shots, it seems to me that you are saying to just do the Mozambique drill whether or not the double tap shots were effective?
Which seems to lead to "just always do Mozambique" ?
Am I wrong in my argument here?
Bill
MrBillTroop73 2 years ago
You are wrong only in your assumptions. I don't say always shoot 2+1, nor only if the headshot is needed. The Mozambique drill is just that; a drill, not a doctrine. Doctrinally I teach shoot until the threat is removed. My point re; assessing is if you are assessing when you should be shooting, it can get you killed.
shootingcoach 2 years ago
I cannot think of a situation where you would want to always use a Mozambique. If you suspect someone is wearing body armor, just shoot for the head. Even the situation that the drill is based on didn't happen the way the drill does. There was quite a bit of time between the double tap and the head shot (which hit the shoulder area, not the head). In real life, the situation should dictate your actions.
shootingcoach 2 years ago
Yes, when Cooper stepped off of the plane, and was shot at, I am sure he felt his first double tap shots did the trick, but upon assessment, raised his pistol back up to a firing positioin and took the head shot.
This was the way I was taught, because it was the way it happened, and most likely the way it would happed to me (if ever)
Thank you for your reply,
Bill
MrBillTroop73 2 years ago
The drill was started and the name coined by Jeff Cooper. I was based on an incident one of his students (Mike Rousseau)encountered in Mozambique. Rousseau shot a terrorist twice in the chest with no effect. He then decided to shoot the T in the head. He missed the head but hit on the collarbone area which ended the fight. Cooper felt that due to the relative ineffectiveness of handgun rounds, this would be a good technique to practice.
shootingcoach 2 years ago
Thanks for the correction. Perhaps I heard it wrong, or simply misremembered what I was taught. It was a long time ago.
Bill
MrBillTroop73 2 years ago
Sorry, I wasnt trying to assume, it just seemed that was the way it was heading.
Thank you for your insight,
Bill
MrBillTroop73 2 years ago
very nice
Kenny9596 2 years ago
ps, keep up the good work.
gabrielall0n 3 years ago 6
i like this drill. i am just learning. you rocked that 1.29 bro? what is a good median time with a belt that goes through the loops, a holster that sits at waist level and far enough back to be concealed with a garment and extra mags sitting on or behind the center line?
gabrielall0n 3 years ago
It's great to see someone with a factory style pistol embarass some guy with a racegun at an ISPC match! Muscle memory with a racegun could mess you up if you go to draw a factory gun on a threat in a real-life scenario. Great video!
gandb21 3 years ago 15
I'd say Cruise did a decent "portrayal" of a mozambique on the second assailant in that scene. I like to use that clip to illustrate how to get inside someone's OODA loop, especially when some gun-control idiot tells me with ignorant certainty: "You can't outdraw a drawn gun." - the rationale being: "Since there are situations you can't control, you shouldn't try to control ANY of them." That's like not wearing a seatbelt because sometimes they don't help. The Mozambique strengthens skills.
SSkawronska 3 years ago 9
right on man, it's the person, not the tool.
kinda like thinking you're the hottest guy on the block with a Ferrari when you really don't know how to drive manual, let alone a Ferrari.
CharleyVCU1988 3 years ago 7
You should have said, "Yo Homey, is that my briefcase?" before firing hehe
juki009 3 years ago 13
HAHAHAHAHAH
Ficas12 3 years ago
"Oh yeah you want it back?"
woobie060606 3 years ago
I just watched that movie, haha.
punchdrunkatheist 3 years ago
haha, collateral is a very good movie.
usucklolkthxby 3 years ago
Maybe in IDPA, but not IPSC. Also, keep in mind that for most of us with competition backgrounds, it was really a sight and trigger building exercise. Just like the Bill Drill. Which is 6 "A's" in under 2 seconds at 7 yds. Yet tons of people don't shoot it correctly yet call it a Bill Drill. Doesn't make it technically correct and I understand your point, but until some other term catches on, it will still be called a Bill Drill.
shootingcoach 3 years ago
Simply put, if you were in a competition and they told you to shoot a Mozambique Drill, and you did what you are showing on the video, you'd be disqualified for not shooting the proper drill.
BatmanINDY 3 years ago
It doesn't matter if one morphed from the other, or if people were shooting a Mozambique that way. The whole point of a drill is to shoot it the proper way, not to cut out important portions of it and make it something that it's not. Cutting out the assessment, probably the most critical element of the Mozambique, doesn't mean that you're still shooting a Mozambique, it means that you're making up your own drill. The Failure Drill may have come from that practice, but it's not the same.
BatmanINDY 3 years ago
Fair enough point. However my point is that for more than a decade, the term Failure drill didn't exist. So, it was called by the same name.Those who learned it at that time, still use that term. Whether assesing is a critical element or not is a matter of opinion. Taking time to asses could get you killed. On the other hand, a doctrine of automatically shooting 2 and 1 is also foolish. In reality, the circumstances will probably make the assessment for you.
shootingcoach 3 years ago
Teaching someone to stop to assess every time is not a good practice.
You are free to disagree (as is anyone). But if you make derrogatory comments, your posts will be deleted.
shootingcoach 3 years ago