[New] Close Protection Firearms Pistol Shooting at 100 Meters Plus

I have written this article in response to numerous comments and messages I have received after posting videos on social media platforms from our firearms training courses where our students regularly shoot targets at 100 meters plus and complete a close protection pistol drill that involves shooting at 2 meters, 7 meters and 100 meters.

If you view our Instagram, YouTube or TikTok site you can see multiple examples of these drills.

In this article I will discuss distance shooting with a pistol and the applications for close protection. The fact I have to write this article to address this topic shows how many in the armed close protection industry are extremely limited in their understanding of the industry, environments they could work in and the required skill sets.

Personally, I have been involved commercially in the armed security industry since 1994, after leaving the British Army in 1993. I spent 5-years in a British Infantry Battalion (1-WFR), which did provide at least a basic foundation for my future career. In the late 1990’s I started to organize firearms training courses in the Former USSR. I also worked in the firearms and security business the United States for 18 years where I owned licensed security and private investigation agencies that provided armed security and close protection services. While in the US I certified well over 900 people for their Florida Concealed Carry Permits alone and ran a multitude of tactical firearms courses and events. I have also provided tactical firearms training and where legal armed security services in Latin America, Caribbean, Europe, Middle East and Africa. So, I understand the firearms, armed security, and close protection industries just a little bit...

Shooting a full size or compact handgun in a common defensive caliber (9mm, .40, .45 etc.) accurately at 100 meters is not difficulty if the shooter knows how to shoot properly. If they have a proper grip, stance/position, sight picture and trigger pull they will hit the target. Unless of course they are poorly trained or handicapped in some way.

The reason most people believe they can’t shoot accurately at 100 meters and beyond is because other people or have told them they can’t, or they have read some bullshit article, or watched some bullshit videos on the internet that have also told them they can’t. It’s a sad fact that these days most people in general are that stupid and brain washed that they believe what they are told without questioning if the sources are reliable and if the information is even accurate.