The Effects of Sight Alignment Method on Pistol Shooting Records of Security Guard

경호요원 권총사격시 조준선정렬방식과 기록변화와의 관계

Some of individuals working at various fields of security guard are given the legal right to use a gun to cope with expected risks and crimes. Not only in Korea but also throughout the world, a pistol is being used as a device for the workers of security guard such as the army, the police and intelligence agencies to keep the law and social order. A pistol, which is regarded as the last safety measure of security guard, is easy to carry but, because of its short barrel for high portability, its hit ratio and long-range shooting performance are much lower than ordinary guns. Despite such weak points, a pistol can be a great tool because of its high portability and if the users make steady efforts to improve their skills and, for this reason, it has been being used widely until now. National agency workers' pistol shooting skills depend on several important factors, but for the fast and accurate shooting, the mot important factor is how to aim at the target. Because it takes a relatively longer time to align the sight on the target, the change of the sight alignment method is expected to improve pistol shooting skills a lot. In Korea, however, most of national agency training centers teach the basic aiming method that crosses the foresight and the backsight and aligns the crossing to the target. That is, they teach the sight alignment method for fixed targets. Some agencies in Korea and foreign countries that have used guns more frequently and longer than us are teaching different sight alignment methods as well. Representative ones of them are aiming only with the foresight and pointing shooting. These aiming methods are expected to produce good results against moving targets. While the basic sight alignment method has to cross the foresight and the backsight and then to align the crossing to the target, so takes a longer time than other aiming methods, the other two aiming methods are expected to be effective in fields where both swiftness and accuracy are require. Because domestic agencies are teaching mainly the basic sight alignment method, the present study purposed to examine the effects of different aiming methods on shooting records and ultimately to contribute to national agency workers' operation. For this purpose, we selected 20 policemen from local police commandos under the National Police Agency who were accustomed to pistol shooting and measured their pistol shooting. According to the results, the pointed shooting method showed the best record in 5m short.range shooting. As to hit ratio in 15m shooting, which is relatively long.range for pistol shooting, the basic aiming method showed the best record, but the results of statistical analysis showed that pointed shooting is most superior. Of course, the results were obtained from a group who were used to and skillful in pistol shooting, but they are considered meaningful in that all the police and national agency workers should have such high shooting skills.

경호요원들이 훌륭한 권총사격술을 하기 위해서는 여러 가지 중요한 요소들이 있겠지만 신속하고 정확한 사격을 위해서 가장 중요한 요소가 바로 조준방식을 어떻게 하느냐에 달렸다. 권총 사격 시 조준하는 시간이 상대적으로 많이 소요되기 때문에 조준방식에 변화를 주면 권총사격술에 많은 향상이 있으리라 예상된다. 하지만 우리나라 대부분의 국가기관 교육기관에서는 권총 사격 조준 시 가늠쇠, 가늠쇠를 교차 시켜 표적에 일치 시키는 기본적 조준 방식을 주로 가르친다. 즉 정지된 표적에 대한 조준 방식만 가르치는 것이다. 우리나라의 일부 기관이나 우리보다 총기의 사용빈도나 역사가 오래된 해외에서는 다른 조준방식들도 교육시키고 있다. 가늠쇠만 가지고 조준하는 방식과 지향조준방식을 대표적으로 교육시키는데 이 조준방법들은 대부분 움직이는 표적에 대하여 좋은 결과를 나타낼 것이라 판단되어지기 때문이다. 그 이유는 기본조준방식은 가늠쇠와 가늠자를 교차시켜 표적에 다시 일치시켜야 하는 단계에서 다른 조준방법보다 많은 시간이 소요될 것이기 때문에 다른 두 조준방식이 신속성과 정확성이 요구되는 현장에서 보다 좋은 결과를 나타낼 것이기 때문이다. 이에 국내 국가기관 중 권총사격에 익숙한 집단인 P국가기관요원들을 20명 선발하여 측정한 결과, 근거리인 5m에서는 지향조준방법이 가장 우수한 결과를 나타냈다. 또한 권총으로써 비교적 원거리인 15m에서는 정확성만 따지고 봤을 때는 기본조준방식이 가장 우수하였으나 통계적 결과분석을 비추어 볼 때 가장 우수한 조준방식은 지향 조준방식으로 판명되었다.