Armed Male Waist Pack Handgun Aiming Forward E-Backer Target [19" x 38"]

SKU: EKZ-005
Sale price$2.49

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Armed Male Waist Pack Handgun Aiming Forward E-Backer Target

An armed threat who looks like an ordinary, older, heavyset citizen. It gives patrol and military police trainees a wide torso to stay precise on, and a subject who does not match the usual picture of a gunman.

What the Trainee Has to Work Out

He looks like someone you would walk past at a hardware store, which is what makes the target useful. The body is wide, so shooters tend to accept any hit on the shirt. The scoring zones show how many of those hits were on the heart.

Training Purpose

This target fights the habit of treating a big torso as one big scoring area. It also puts an ordinary-looking, older subject into a deck that would otherwise be all young men. In a mixed deck it is one of the figures that must be engaged.

Skills Reinforced

  • Holding a precise aiming point on a wide torso
  • Recognizing a threat who does not look like one
  • Speed, with every round accounted for
  • Threat identification on a realistic human figure
  • Chest-to-head transitions

Kill Zones: 4-Inch Head Circle and 10-Inch Cardiac Box

Two kill zones are printed on this target. Both are placed on this figure's own anatomy, not at fixed spots on the paper, so they sit where the organs are.

  • Head circle. A 4-inch circle on the face. Its center is at eye level on the bridge of the nose and its bottom edge sits on the upper lip. Concentric 3-inch, 2-inch and 1-inch rings are printed inside it, and the 1-inch ring serves as the X-ring.
  • Cardiac box. A 10-inch square over the heart and the large vessels above it. The top edge runs across the base of the neck and the box extends down the upper chest. Concentric 8-inch, 6-inch and... ...

Armed Male Waist Pack Handgun Aiming Forward E-Backer Target

An armed threat who looks like an ordinary, older, heavyset citizen. It gives patrol and military police trainees a wide torso to stay precise on, and a subject who does not match the usual picture of a gunman.

What the Trainee Has to Work Out

He looks like someone you would walk past at a hardware store, which is what makes the target useful. The body is wide, so shooters tend to accept any hit on the shirt. The scoring zones show how many of those hits were on the heart.

Training Purpose

This target fights the habit of treating a big torso as one big scoring area. It also puts an ordinary-looking, older subject into a deck that would otherwise be all young men. In a mixed deck it is one of the figures that must be engaged.

Skills Reinforced

  • Holding a precise aiming point on a wide torso
  • Recognizing a threat who does not look like one
  • Speed, with every round accounted for
  • Threat identification on a realistic human figure
  • Chest-to-head transitions

Kill Zones: 4-Inch Head Circle and 10-Inch Cardiac Box

Two kill zones are printed on this target. Both are placed on this figure's own anatomy, not at fixed spots on the paper, so they sit where the organs are.

  • Head circle. A 4-inch circle on the face. Its center is at eye level on the bridge of the nose and its bottom edge sits on the upper lip. Concentric 3-inch, 2-inch and 1-inch rings are printed inside it, and the 1-inch ring serves as the X-ring.
  • Cardiac box. A 10-inch square over the heart and the large vessels above it. The top edge runs across the base of the neck and the box extends down the upper chest. Concentric 8-inch, 6-inch and 4-inch squares are printed inside it, with the 4-inch square on the heart itself.
  • Faint by design. The lines are thin and printed in a light tone. You can see them when you walk up to score. From the firing line they disappear, so the shooter aims at a person and not at a shape.

Because the arms are fully extended, both hands and the pistol sit in the top of the cardiac box and the lower squares fall on open shirt. Because the zones are nested, one target supports a basic standard and a strict one. Count the outer lines for qualification and the inner lines when you are training precision. The Range Manual explains how T-box, cardiac box and A/C scoring zones compare, and when to shift from the cardiac box to the head.

Cut to Fit the E-Type Backer

An E-type backer is the plastic or cardboard silhouette, 19.5" wide and 40" tall, that pop-up lifters and static stands on military and police ranges are built around. This target is cut to that same outline at 19" x 38", so the paper covers the face of the backer and the figure fills the shape from edge to edge. Hang it the way you hang any E-type facing.

The figure is printed life-size. Heads, shoulders and hands are the size they are on a real person at that distance, so sight pictures and hold-offs carry over.

Instructor Notes

Run it against the lean figures in the set at the same distance and compare group sizes. Groups usually open up on the bigger body. Typical distances are 3 to 25 yards with pistol and out to 50 with a carbine.

Who This Target Is For

Agencies and units that already shoot E-type silhouettes and want a person on them. It suits patrol and military police qualification refreshers, academy blocks, and instructor-led threat-identification training.

Product Details

  • Size: 19" x 38", die-cut to the E-type silhouette
  • Fits: standard E-type backers (19.5" x 40")
  • Figure: life-size
  • Kill zones: 4-inch head circle with 3-, 2- and 1-inch rings; 10-inch cardiac box with 8-, 6- and 4-inch squares
  • Paper: heavy, durable stock with a matte finish, so there is no glare under range lights
  • Printed in full color on one side
  • Price: $2.49 each. Volume pricing on quotes runs from 5% off at 50 targets to 30% off at 5,000. Request a quote
  • SKU: EKZ-005
  • Made in the USA

Related E-Backer Targets

A course of fire needs armed threats, no-shoots and hostage problems side by side. These five come from across the E-backer line:

See all 48 designs in the E-Type Silhouette Targets collection, or browse Scored Shooting Targets and Shoot / No-Shoot Decision Targets. For agency programs, see police qualification targets and courses of fire and silhouette targets from the B-27 to life-size figures.

The same decisions on a 24" x 36" scenario sheet: Anatomical Rifle Threat Vital Zone Shooting Target, CQB Home Defense Hostage – Armed Aggressor Forward Presentation Shooting Target and Storage Unit Armed Confrontation Shooting Target.

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