“People tend to hold overly favorable views of their abilities in many social and intellectual domains. The authors suggest that this overestimation occurs, in part, because people who are unskilled in these domains suffer a dual burden: Not only do these people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices, but their incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it.”
Competition Shooting is Great Training
May 28, 2008
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Myth – “Competitive shooting isn’t ‘real’ shooting.”
Fact – Weapons only put projectiles where and how their pointed and don’t care what they’re pointed at.
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Joint Electronics Type Designation System
May 26, 2008
MilitaryMarksman, Shooting 1 Comment
PEQ-2, PAQ-4, PAS-13, PRC-119 (SINCGARS), PRC-77
Ever wonder why some military hardware has these funny names?
Army Times: Weapons Training and Qualification Overhauled
May 25, 2008
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Army Times recently reported about an attempt at improving current Army rifle qualification lead by a new organization staffed by former special operations personnel calling themselves the Asymmetric Warfare Group.
Point Shooting vs. Sight Shooting Debates
May 25, 2008
