Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a night-shooting lecture and night sights in improving nighttime shooting accuracy. The shooting scores of police recruits with and without night sights were compared before and after the night-shooting lecture in three low-light shooting conditions: shooting at a back-lighted target, shooting at a front-lighted target, and shooting with the assistance of a flashlight. The shooting scores did not improve after the lecture for shooting at a back-lighted target and for shooting with a flashlight, indicating that the recruits had not yet mastered the specific shooting techniques taught for these specific low-light conditions. The shooting scores did improve for shooting at a front-lighted target, even though no specific shooting technique, other than what the recruits had previously learned in their firearms training, is required in this lighting condition. Night sights significantly improved the scores when shooting at a back-lighted target.
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