Glock Shot Placement: Double-Tap to COM, Head-Shot Safety

http://www.BoatmanBooks.com "Living with Glocks" author Robert Boatman discusses the importance of hitting your target. Only a shot to the central nervous system is going to shut down the target after doubletap to the Center of Mass.

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[dmanwhocan]

that scene in Collateral with cruise/fox where he says "yo homey" to those chaps who just took his bag from the back of the cab. Nice double tap to the chest and then one to the head, well reheared by Mr Cruise no doubt, he looked like a Pro...

[rbandgh3]

he never said that

[tmarbut]

I believe this is bad advice, and I'm not impressed with this guy's analyses in general. Make every shot a choice,

[sonick808]

The pelvis shot is equally as effective as a safety shot as the head... if not moreso.

You have to take the medulla oblongata to shut down the brain instantaneously. If you take the pelvis, the legs won't support or propel the body forward.

if you want to take out the medulla, shoot for the mouth.

Gory stuff, but it's a rough world out there

[momo671]

thats for defensive purposes. double taps are just stardard but the third shot is not that common in police cituations

[iflickuoff]

who said i did this in a police environment. i did this in a military shoot house. i had times where i didnt count my shots and ran out of my primary or jammed and switched to my side arm and did what i explained above.

[iflickuoff]

im not naive. ive done this before. usually when you take a double tap, it is in a CQB situation, so you are most likely in a small room no more than a couple of yards away from the target. so missing any part of the targets body is kind of difficult. but you still go for center of mass regardless due to the fact its a bigger target.

[iflickuoff]

@marshallone actually they move much less when you take a double tap to center of mass, so if they dont go down (which does sometimes happen) the head shot is much easier. also, after the double tap you move in closer to the target (a couple of yards maybe) then take the head shot if necessary.

[WINDHAMMAN]

what kind of cigars do you smoke?

love cigars myself.

always great videos!

[azusastreet]

The odds are you will be scared and shaky on your first couple of shots, thus we train to shoot at the biggest target on the bad guy: His chest. At this point you should have your eye on the front sight and be able to put the bullet wherever you choose. Again, that's why you train and train and train, so that, when you default to your training, you will be able to end the fight quickly...

[fcarabat]

although i agree that's an effective way to take someone out completely, wouldn't it look like an assassination?

[decipher911]

has a police sniper we are trained to shoot for center mass not head shots