We might practice shooting from cover/concealment and firing at multiple heights and through objects using a nine-hole barricade.
However, practicing fighting from the prone position is a good idea.
The Why
Is it better to fight from behind an actual piece of cover?
With experience as a U.S. Marine and a SWAT sniper, Grant LaVelle of Gunspot provides tips to help you shoot your SAINT rifle from the prone position.
Yes, it is.
That being said, concealment can be good as well.
But lets say that you are in a relatively open area and an assailant starts shooting at you.
You want to ensure you have the best form while shooting from the prone position. Get the gun up, resting on its magazine, and kick your feet out wide with them laid flat against the earth.
Our instincts might push us to run.
But, the right choice could be to drop into the prone position.
When it comes to dropping down into the prone, there are a few things to consider.
Grant suggests getting into prone quickly by dropping down to both knees and then throwing your support hand and kicking your legs back as you fall to your belly on the ground.
The first is to get yourself oriented toward the threat.
Some will suggest skipping the part where you drop to your knees.
Grant explained the reason for getting into prone when the shooting starts.
When you are standing, you provide much more surface area as a target. The more surface area you provide, the greater the chances of being hit.
The thing that plays into that is also your attackers ability to know his holdovers.
A kneeling target or standing target provides a much more significant margin when it comes to holdovers.
In this demonstration, its easy to see how much harder a target someone is once they lie flat.
You can see how hard of a target you might be for an attacker when you drop into the prone position.
If perhaps you are wearing earth-tone clothes, it could actually be hard to even see you.
Now, on the flip side of that.
You will be able to aim and control recoil much better from the prone position.
If your shooting range allows it, practice dropping into the prone position. With a cleared weapon and safe location, you can practice many of the movement skills at home.
The first is more or less the entire ventral side of your body.
The next would be two elbows and, more than likely, your magazine resting against the earth.
But on the range, learn to get into it quickly and shoot from it.
While in prone practice, reload your firearm, also.
Being flat against the ground will change all your mechanics.
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