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A hostage target with the gunman directly above a panicked hostage. It trains the decision as much as the shot: is the window big enough, at this distance, for this shooter?
His head is directly above hers, with his beard almost touching her hair. She is the most panicked hostage in the set and looks like she is about to move. The pistol is out to one side, level with his eyes.
A stacked hostage picture with a frantic hostage. It trains the decision as much as the shot: is the window big enough, at this distance, for this shooter, with a hostage who may not stay still? In a mixed deck it is the precision problem.
One kill zone is printed on this target, and it is on the gunman's face.
A hostage target with the gunman directly above a panicked hostage. It trains the decision as much as the shot: is the window big enough, at this distance, for this shooter?
His head is directly above hers, with his beard almost touching her hair. She is the most panicked hostage in the set and looks like she is about to move. The pistol is out to one side, level with his eyes.
A stacked hostage picture with a frantic hostage. It trains the decision as much as the shot: is the window big enough, at this distance, for this shooter, with a hostage who may not stay still? In a mixed deck it is the precision problem.
One kill zone is printed on this target, and it is on the gunman's face.
The head circle sits on the gunman's face directly above the hostage's head, so there is no room for a low miss. The rings give you a strict standard: hold shooters to the 3-inch or 2-inch ring once they can keep every round inside the circle. See the Range Manual on choosing and running hostage targets and on how T-box, cardiac box and A/C scoring zones compare.
Most printed targets are rectangles that have to be folded or cut to fit a silhouette backer. This one is already cut to the E-type shape: 19" x 38", made to mount on the standard 19.5" x 40" E-type backer used on military and law enforcement ranges. The person on it is printed to fill that outline, so what the shooter sees downrange is a human figure and not a sheet of paper.
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.
Let each shooter choose the distance they will take it from. Then score it. The choice is part of the test. Mix it with open threats so the shooter has to change gears from speed to precision.
Units and agencies that train hostage rescue and active-threat response, and experienced civilian shooters working on precision under consequence.
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 Hostage Rescue Shooting Targets and Scored Shooting Targets. For drills, see hostage decision-making drills.
The same decisions on a 24" x 36" scenario sheet: Nightclub Exit Hostage Crowd Crisis Shooting Target, Corridor Hostage Control with Rear Gunman Shooting Target and CQB Home Defense Hostage – Child Shield Handgun Threat Shooting Target.
