Originally Posted by
Skintop911
This is not to poke at your work, but food for thought:
The B27 is an exceptionally generous target and skews perception of hit potential. I think your 30yd number is a good one, but I would use a more realistic target to determine how far I could stretch out, and how many of my pellets are within more optimal impact areas in addition to the target at large.
Take this example of OOB fired on a B21 type. If fired on a B27, a shooter might perceive they had much more distance potential than they actually do.
I agree that the B27 is a generous target. I use it primarily because it is what we use at work and, therefore, it is a standard for which to compare. We all know a person isn't going to stand in perfect silhouette for you to shoot at him but you have to start somewhere and it reasonably approximates a human in silhouette, though perhaps a bit large.
I don't like the scoring rings on the B27 in particular as a center chest hit is scored lower than a high gut shot and a low gut shot is the same as a chest hit. Not terribly realistic and designed more as a marksmanship test than a combat training aid. Don't even get me started on using it, and that scoring system, for a Police qualification.
I'm not familiar with the B21 but at a glance it almost looks like it is intentionally proportioned wrong. The head looks too large for the body. Is that the case or is it just an illusion from the photo?
Last edited by Altair; 06-23-12 at 23:58.
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