Action Target's Reactive Hostage Target is an effective, reactive, tactical trainer for the most stressful of shooting situations.

The only thing worse than missing what you shoot at is hitting something you were not supposed to. The PT Hostage™ is a simple but powerful reactive steel marksmanship training tool that simulates a hostile threat hiding behind an innocent bystander. To provide instant and obvious feedback to the shooter, the heavy duty AR550 rifle grade steel target plate will swing over to the opposite side each time it is hit.

If deadly force is warranted based on the situation, an officer may be forced to adjust his tactics and make the shot. The PT Hostage™ instantly demonstrates the results of that shot in a training environment, to help the officer understand what actions may or may not be realistic with regards to marksmanship under stress. For a different training scenario, simply lift the swinging paddle target out of its holder on the rear of the main target plate to turn the hostage simulator into a standard PT Torso™ reactive steel target. This full-size silhouette torso is excellent for reactive practice with handguns or rifles at longer distances, or in a wide variety of realistic tactical(more...)