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44 Law Enforcement Technology June 2014 www.officer.com F I R E A R M S TA C T I C S would be sore from going prone or maintaining a kneeling position. After a box of bullets, it's as good as doing 20 push-ups. The next time I do this, I may add a short run. I used my FNP-9 for this drill. In my opinion, this is one of the sturdiest and most versatile guns that FNH ever man- ufactured. I would complain about their discontinuation of this model, except the fact that I think the FNS series of auto- loading pistols is a worthy improvement. The FNP-9 is a hammer fired gun, the FNS is not. With a hammer fired gun, the first pull is usually double action. A barricade drill is excellent for this kind of gun because it trains the user in the different trigger pulls. When I switch from one hand to the other, I "decock" before switching. In complete disclosure, one advantage of my FNP-9 is the fact that it has very accurate conventional rifling. I pour my lead bullets for it, allowing me to practice cheaply. Yeah, I know, it voids my war- ranty. Doesn't everyone have a training autoloader? Yeah, I know, lead is bad because apparently some wildlife prefer lead to other forms of food, which is why lead products come in boxes. Failure drill (Mozambique) This is another drill attributed to Col. Jeff Cooper. It is commonly known as a "Mozambique Drill" because it comes from a story told to Cooper from Rhodesian Mike Rousseau, a mercenary during the Mozambican War of Independence. Rousseau hit an AK armed assailant twice in the chest and the bad guy kept coming. The lesson from the failure drill comes from the need to assess when shooting. It is much like the mantra that was taught to me in OCS, "If what you are doing is not working, experiment with new behavior." The Mozambique Drill is done with a shooter and a coach. The shooter stands in front of the target at a desig- nated distance. I like 3 to 5 yards for law enforcement training. The first command from the coach is "threat" or something similar. The shooter engages the torso por- tion of the target. On the command of "failure," the shooter engages the head. This is often misconstrued as "two to the body, one to the head." Actually, it should be interpreted as "fire on the body and assess. If necessary, fire on the head." The assessment is as important as the shooting. When I train shooters to engage in failure drills, I generally have them "walk" the bullets from the chest Circle 38 on Reader Service Card Circle 37 on Reader Service Card Offering magazines for the AR-15/AR-10 rife and 1911 pistol platforms. D&H; TACTICAL Quality, Integrity and Service Visit us on the web at www.dh-tactical.com LET_40-45_FirearmsTactics0614.indd 44 5/20/14 1:47 PM