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You cannot possibly know when an attacker will stop.
The Jedburgh Target System uses hit-programmable, impact-sensitive, auto-resetting steel targets. With the Jedburgh Target System, the offi cer learns to
shoot but also learns to fi ght. The issue is realism. How realistic is it to punch holes in full-size, paper targets? Perhaps for qualifi cation. Defi nitely not for training. How realistic is it to shoot steel reaction targets? Sure, they are
smaller than the massive paper silhouette targets and demand better marksmanship. However, steel targets have one big draw- back—they always fall over when hit and people just don’t do that. Nothing in a gunfi ght is predictable. Stopping power is an illusion. How realistic are the handgun
games of double-tapping every- thing and then moving on to the next target? That is shooting, but it is not thinking. There may be an as- sessment after each double tap, but that is not fi ghting. Even with excellent shooting on
our part, it is not the offi cer who determines when the offender will stop his/her attack. It is the of- fender. Sometimes he/she goes down after a few hits. Sometimes he/she continues the aggression after taking a full magazine of high- performance ammo. The offi cer’s job is to make good
hits, and to keep delivering those good hits until the target goes down. The JTS Black teaches the of- fi cer to keep his brain engaged while shooting. It is not just marks- manship, but processing information while shooting.
JTS Black The JTS Black target system is a bank of six ordinary Pepper Pop- pers. The JTS Black targets are very familiar to most shooters, i.e., standard-size Pepper Poppers with 10-inch diameter centers. However, each of these can be programmed to take a certain num- ber of hits before they fall. Each of these targets can be remotely reset. It is all done wirelessly using an Apple iPod Touch. The wireless router communicates with the iPod Touch out to a range
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of 300 feet. The mobile controller is housed in a ruggedized, wa- terproof carrying case. The controller assigns a random number, within programmable
limits, to determine how many hits are necessary to “win” the en- gagement. The instructor sets the minimum and maximum num- ber of hits needed, but neither the instructor nor the offi cer knows what random number the controller has selected. The range is from 1–10 hits, but the instructor can narrow this range. For ex- ample, the instructor can set the hits to be any random number between three and six hits. The target requires an unknown number of hits to make it fall. When the same target comes back up, it will take a different, unknown num- ber of hits to make it fall. The offi cers will never see the same shooting scenario twice. The Jedburgh system randomly selects which of the six targets will pop up fi rst, and ran- domly selects the order the targets will appear. The system is capable of presenting either one or two targets at a time. This built-in uncertainty means the offi cer must perform an ongoing assessment during the en- tire exchange. The steel targets are not actually knocked down by the bullet. The target senses the impact and the electro-mechanical actuator low- ers the target. Since the target “falls
down” in less than a second, it defi nitely appears to fall just like an ordinary Pepper Popper. The actuator both raises and lowers the target based on controller signals. While rated for rifl e calibers up to 308 Win, the JTS system will function normally even when 22 Long Rifl e ammo is used, and incredibly will still work even when hit with Simunition® projec- tiles. This means the JTS Black can be used in nearly every kind of fi rearms training we do today, indoor or outdoor. Reader Service Number 213
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