So next time on tv when you see a cop or soldier firing rapid fire at a guy 20yds away and he misses every time don't be like me and say "I could do better" because you wouldn't be able to do better. Unless you've been in multiple gun fights.
First time combat confusion "Yo Mac, what the heck is that noise?" "Get your a$$ down you idiot those are bullets!"
I kid you not, lol
LOL that is so true. On the road to Baghdad we got into a fire fight and I honestly don't remember firing that first magazine. All I know is it would not fired. I even started right into SPORTS before I realized it wasn't firing because my magazine was dry.
Even after a bunch of firefights sometimes I'd have to calm myself down and remember to fire in controlled pairs. There are so many things that happen to the body. Some guys lose control of their bowels (a healthy dump before a patrol prevents this) many can't hear the loud explosions (known as auditory exclusion) and some see things for a minute in slow motion. Some forget things and black out. ie not recalling shooting my entire magazine. Although I may have experienced auditory exclusion and not heard my rounds go off.
This is why on the range you gun is super loud but when you fire at a deer or elk you don't hear your shot. It's because of auditory exclusion.
Either way, when you get buck fever and miss an easy shot it's because you get a monster adrenaline rush (fight or flight) and lose your fine motor skills. It's not because you are a horrible shot. Like I said good combat marskman are not necesarrily awsome shots at the range. And awsome shots on the range are not necesarrily good combat marksman.
When the moment of truth comes in the field combat/hunting being able to shoot a 1.5" group at the range means nothing. Being able to control your emotions and heart rate does.
