Learning how to shoot from cover is an important part of defensive firearm training.
This article will introduce you to concepts like cover and concealment and shooting around barricades.
However, it is not a replacement for professional training.
If you find yourself in an unavoidable conflict, do you have the skills to survive a gunfight?
We encourage you to seek out quality training to effectively build your combat shooting skills.
Hollywood movies and video games often have exciting shootout scenes between the bad guys and the good guys.
In the video, Grant used hisSpringfield XD-M Elite Tactical OSPsemi-automatic pistol outfitted with a U.S.
The proper or incorrect use of cover can mean the difference between life and death.
Optics DRS 2.0E red dot sight.
In a later installment, we will also cover the particulars of using a rifle platform.
How Do You Shoot from Behind Cover?
In the video, Grant touches on the importance of “slicing the pie” when emerging from cover.
In the real world, that is not what you want to do to stay alive.
You instead want to keep a stand-off distance and then use a clearing method called Slicing The Pie.
In this method, you will methodically reveal yourself to just one sliver of the room at a time.
Giving yourself space back from your cover area is an often overlooked — yet incredibly important — tactic.
You will most likely have a smaller compact gun.
So, practice, practice and practice.
Watch the video above to get Grant’s tips on how to properly use cover.
