"Shooting to stop the threat" is more politically correct than "shooting to kill". Means the same thing.
"Shooting to stop the threat" is more politically correct than "shooting to kill". Means the same thing.
Rhino, I think the idea for "center of mass" for the body generally means the torso, as opposed to the limbs/head. I believe the idea is that the limbs/head have less mass than the torso. What I think may be the confusing point is "center of gravity" which is lower on the torso than you ideally want to aim at, i.e. the abdomen.
Shots placed anywhere between just below the neck and just below the nipples should be ideal for ending a threat.
I've always been told............and taught others that "center mass" is the center of what ever mass you can see. If the perp is standing behind a steel beam and only sticks out his head, shoulder and arm I am NOT going to still shoot at their "center mass" behind the beam, except for the fact of shooting for center of the mass of the largest area I can see. So to always say center of their body or area full of vital stuff to me isn't always going to be correct!
So you just believe "center of mass" is being to general and people should be more specific?
I'll stick with Center of Mass of what ever you can see.
That would work fine if everything you see was spherical and isotropic.
..."Center of mass" is the point in a three-dimensional body at which all mass of the could be considered concentrated. In most cases, that is also a balance point if you try to balance an object on a point. For an average human body, center of mass is below the navel. For the torso of an average body, it's still not in the upper/center chest that people are trying to describe.
This would be a lot simpler if people would just say "upper/center chest" or "upper chest, midline of body," or "high center chest" or "about top of the sternum up to the base of the neck."
Well it's worked fine for me ever since I got my permit to carry a concealed weapon and I've never had any complaints yet from anyone I've shot so I'll stick with it! Purple as needed!
I think "center of mass" is a way to say "center of the silhouette target you're shooting at" in a way that reminds the student that the target represents a human being.
I get that, but the thing is, the phrase "center of mass" actually has a definite meaning and it's not that. Why use a phrase that means something else just because people have been using it incorrectly for years?
Oh no, he is not the only one. Its not that it is annoying, it is wrong.Because it ONLY seems to annoy one of us on here!
I was always told to aim for the "gooey bits"
Because it ONLY seems to annoy one of us on here!