Travis Haley BSA Drill

After every drill they look around like a bunch of morons
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Common practice to scan. Multiple reasons for it.

Scan for bad guys, scan for good guys, scan for injured/down, situational awareness etc
 
misanthropist said:
Really? How do you usually see people scan? That looks normal to me.

Not that there are not serious issues with that footage...but the "scan" part looks pretty typical.

Although IMO the typical "scan" is fairly poorly executed.
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I stand corrected then, I've just never seen people do that before. It looked kind of exaggerated.
 
misanthropist said:
Although IMO the typical "scan" is fairly poorly executed.
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That's exactly right.

A lot of people do their 'scan' in a manner that is almost useless. it's like they're checking off the list of things to do instead of really doing it for the intended purpose.

When scanning, you have to see what you're looking at, not just swivel your head back and forth without being aware of what's around you.
 
My strategy on every scan is to ask myself a different question: how many people are behind the line? How many hits did the guy two rows over just get? What holsters can I see from where I'm standing?

It does take me a few extra seconds to get this step done so I slow the line down a little. But my goal is to keep my brain engaged and analyzing everything going on around me in the hopes that in the event of any sort of gun-related emergency, I'll be able to keep processing visual information after I shoot.

I also spend a few seconds looking over the target with the gun at high ready after I get my last sight picture and before I scan.

So far, no paper target has ever surprised me by pulling out a gun and shooting back. But I think it's a good habit: I drop the gun just far enough that I can see the whole target, right down to the ground, and think for a second about the shots I've just made. Were they right? Did they all go where I wanted them? Is there any information about the target I'm missing that I think I should have?

Again, in the EXTREMELY (for me) unlikely event I ever shoot someone in self defense, I want to have trained my brain to look the person over carefully because if the person I shot is anything like me, they are not happy with the person who shot them and if they can figure out a way to fight back, this would probably be the time...after I'm satisfied that they're out, then I want to know if there's any other threats, hence the careful scan.
 
misanthropist said:
My strategy on every scan is to ask myself a different question: how many people are behind the line? How many hits did the guy two rows over just get? What holsters can I see from where I'm standing?

It does take me a few extra seconds to get this step done so I slow the line down a little. But my goal is to keep my brain engaged and analyzing everything going on around me in the hopes that in the event of any sort of gun-related emergency, I'll be able to keep processing visual information after I shoot.

I also spend a few seconds looking over the target with the gun at high ready after I get my last sight picture and before I scan.

So far, no paper target has ever surprised me by pulling out a gun and shooting back. But I think it's a good habit: I drop the gun just far enough that I can see the whole target, right down to the ground, and think for a second about the shots I've just made. Were they right? Did they all go where I wanted them? Is there any information about the target I'm missing that I think I should have?

Again, in the EXTREMELY (for me) unlikely event I ever shoot someone in self defense, I want to have trained my brain to look the person over carefully because if the person I shot is anything like me, they are not happy with the person who shot them and if they can figure out a way to fight back, this would probably be the time...after I'm satisfied that they're out, then I want to know if there's any other threats, hence the careful scan.
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Thanks for your insight on this, that does makes sense.
 
One must always be on the lookout for instructors with their dicks out behind the line too eh........
 
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