PMCI - September 2021

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TRAINING: MANTIS X10 ELITE
MANTIS X10 ELITE
***PRODUCT WARNING: May Bruise Your Ego Regardless How Well You THINK You Shoot***
The very core of shooting well is mastering consistent hand / eye coordination. Seeing the target in relation to
your sights and the smooth, physical motion of pressing the trigger requires the body to act as one well-oiled
W
ith thousands of gimmicks, gadgets,
videos and books released with the
purpose of enhancing skills to the next
level, its rare one of these training aids
that truly becomes a game changer
in the training world. In this issue we
look at a new version of a great training
system PMCI Magazine originally
brought to you a couple of years ago
right after the annual industry only event known as SHOT SHOW.
Long time readers will remember our discussion of new firearms
technology on the rise which included the remarkable Mantis X
Firearms Training System. Some of you may even still be using
this system for personal or professional training applications.
Regardless, if you are new to the system or a regular user, I
assure you, the all-new Mantis X10 Elite is the next step in this
technology evolution. Let’s begin with what the system does and
why it is important to explore its many benefits.
Most readers may be familiar with the classic “shooting
correction” pie chart. Using the shooter’s shot placement while
visually studying a student’s grip and stance, an experienced
instructor can diagnose any potential problems. What may slip
by is a combination of hard to recognize problems leading to
the student’s particular issues due to maintaining a safe position
with the shooter, heavy recoil or just minor pressure changes
in a grip that may appear proper. When shooting alone or with
an inexperienced firearms trainer, these issues can be partially
invisible to the untrained eye.
What has made the Mantis X Firearms Training System so
successful and able stand out from the gimmicks and worthless
gadgets on the market is its focus on the key term of consistency.
The core of the Mantis X series of training systems consists of
a small Bluetooth transmitter that attaches to any Picatinny style
rail on a handgun or rifle and links in conjunction with an iOS or
Android app to a smart phone or tablet. While shooting live fire,
dry practice or even airsoft, the Mantis X charts the shooter’s every
movement up to breaking the shot and immediately after then
graphs and scores numerically. Scores range from 1 to 100, with
the latter being the best. The end user can then cycle through the
shot to shot data and get detailed diagnostics of exactly what you
are doing wrong using NRA approved definitions and terminology.
If you are not sure about a specific word or term used, just
touch or click on it and the program will take you directly do the
definition as given directly from the NRA.
NEW AND IMPROVED MANTIS X10 ELITE
Recently, the Mantis brand decided to build upon is success by
making some key updates and improvements to their line of
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