In real life each of those hits would be disabling to an adversary, the one to the throat most likely immediately fatal.
The proverbial ‘x-ring’ is simply the centre of the target to allow for some sort of scoring and given that a bullet causes a temporary wound channel as much as 4 inches across, putting ‘all the rounds in the same hole’ is both unnecessary and very possibly undesireable.
Systemic shock will either be ignored or affect the body in varying degrees depending on how ‘hyped up’ the target is. There are documented cases of people having their heart literally turned to jelly by a direct hit, plus a dozen more in various places and continuing to fight.
Others have dropped instantly from a survivable wound and were incapacitated at once.
In my last Department, for qualification purposes, anything inside what we see here as the ‘7’ ring counted as a solid hit for full marks, anything in the black counted for slightly less. The other numbers were only for tie-breaking purposes between individuals and weren’t recorded as part of the qualification score.
I’m surprised she didn’t go for the ‘two to the centre of mass then one to the head’ drill but maybe she did and really pulled one low ? 😉
Precision placement is still a good thing, many times the target is behind cover, concealed or there are obstacles (such as other people) to consider and being able to hit what you see is a definite plus.
Points for showing her frustration at not being perfect by having a bad case of the ‘yips’ and being upset at a ‘less than perfect’ but still ‘good enough to qualify’ score 😉
I don’t think she is frustrated at not being perfect, though. Maybe she is frustrated at her emotional state affecting her performance. But mostly, I think, she is frustrated (and probably a bit confused) that the grief is coming back to haunt her at all.
I’m guessing she deals with emotions mostly by ignoring or denying them. Which doesn’t work too well in the long run: some stuff doesn’t let go and the emotions and thoughts become detached and confusing. It gets really, really tricky to sort it out.
Sometimes it gets impossible to sort out such emotions and thoughts on your own, even for things that were comparatively trivial initially. And the loss of your closest is pretty much impossible to deal with on your own from the get-go… and I don’t think Madison has allowed anyone to help her out.
Another commenter noticed that her pistol doesn’t have sights – which is an insane detail I didn’t immediately notice. Why doesn’t her pistol have sights? It’s bad in Star Trek and it’s bad here – unless you have some kind of bionic targeting reticle in your eye, you need sights.
And why no RMR? A pistol that size could easily support a micro red dot sight, something most handgun marksman use. And while cheap red dots would break under the tremendous recoil that these handguns have, Madison wouldn’t go for cheap ones. And she carries her handgun openly, so the ‘doesn’t fit’ argument that is sometimes valid for concealed carry pistols wouldn’t apply.
Wow. So, Madison having nightmares featuring Satori is not a common occurence then. Bad timing mayhaps for Reena to change her approach to Madison.
Sadly, Reena is unlikely to know the significance of such a scatter from Madison. I think she’ll know that something is up, but not the magnitude.
Winter is using a gun with no sights, and getting hits in low percentage areas, but she gets hundred percent in competition?
Right now, she’s a little distracted (and she missed at least one shot… look at the ‘throat’)
In real life each of those hits would be disabling to an adversary, the one to the throat most likely immediately fatal.
The proverbial ‘x-ring’ is simply the centre of the target to allow for some sort of scoring and given that a bullet causes a temporary wound channel as much as 4 inches across, putting ‘all the rounds in the same hole’ is both unnecessary and very possibly undesireable.
Systemic shock will either be ignored or affect the body in varying degrees depending on how ‘hyped up’ the target is. There are documented cases of people having their heart literally turned to jelly by a direct hit, plus a dozen more in various places and continuing to fight.
Others have dropped instantly from a survivable wound and were incapacitated at once.
In my last Department, for qualification purposes, anything inside what we see here as the ‘7’ ring counted as a solid hit for full marks, anything in the black counted for slightly less. The other numbers were only for tie-breaking purposes between individuals and weren’t recorded as part of the qualification score.
I’m surprised she didn’t go for the ‘two to the centre of mass then one to the head’ drill but maybe she did and really pulled one low ? 😉
Precision placement is still a good thing, many times the target is behind cover, concealed or there are obstacles (such as other people) to consider and being able to hit what you see is a definite plus.
Points for showing her frustration at not being perfect by having a bad case of the ‘yips’ and being upset at a ‘less than perfect’ but still ‘good enough to qualify’ score 😉
I don’t think she is frustrated at not being perfect, though. Maybe she is frustrated at her emotional state affecting her performance. But mostly, I think, she is frustrated (and probably a bit confused) that the grief is coming back to haunt her at all.
I’m guessing she deals with emotions mostly by ignoring or denying them. Which doesn’t work too well in the long run: some stuff doesn’t let go and the emotions and thoughts become detached and confusing. It gets really, really tricky to sort it out.
Sometimes it gets impossible to sort out such emotions and thoughts on your own, even for things that were comparatively trivial initially. And the loss of your closest is pretty much impossible to deal with on your own from the get-go… and I don’t think Madison has allowed anyone to help her out.
Note panel four and the blurry vision, she’s lucky she got any ‘on target’
Another commenter noticed that her pistol doesn’t have sights – which is an insane detail I didn’t immediately notice. Why doesn’t her pistol have sights? It’s bad in Star Trek and it’s bad here – unless you have some kind of bionic targeting reticle in your eye, you need sights.
And why no RMR? A pistol that size could easily support a micro red dot sight, something most handgun marksman use. And while cheap red dots would break under the tremendous recoil that these handguns have, Madison wouldn’t go for cheap ones. And she carries her handgun openly, so the ‘doesn’t fit’ argument that is sometimes valid for concealed carry pistols wouldn’t apply.
We don’t see the rear of the slide clearly but that certainly seems to me to be a front sight on top of the slide…
I think that’s just part of the slide – it doesn’t look like a front sight post at all.