BGutzman
Israeli Carry
So my question is do you think there is a reasonable way to train someone through this lack of confidence and if so how would you approach it?
Challenge someone who carries using the Israeli Carry (a semi-auto carried with no round in the chamber, hammer down and the magazine full) to a man-on-man shooting competition.
Set up three 8" round steel knock-down targets for each of you to shoot, three targets for each shooter. Place two at 5 yards (farthest out to the side), two at 7 yards (more towards the center) and two at 10 yards (right next to each other in the center). With the two shooters standing next to each other facing the targets, on a random signal you both draw, and shoot the 5 and 7 yard targets as quickly as possible, reload then shoot the 10 yard target. The one who knocks down all three targets first wins. Try the best 2 out of 3.
The above is patterned off of the shoot-off that occurs at the end of the Gunsite handgun classes. The distances are probably different. I never measured them, and it has been a long time since I was there.
Those shooters using the the Israeli Carry will be at a real time disadvantage on getting off that first shot. If you two are fairly equal in shooting skill you should win every time. You might find that you are reloading by the time he is shooting his first target.
This exercise should clearly illustrate that in a defensive encounter you are out of time. You have to fight right now. Do not waste time.