As a result the vast majority of our students’ shootings have involved two-handed eye level shooting and as a result the hit ratio is running around 95%.
Tom Givens choose to put the horse before the cart! How amazing, he studied gun fight results (looking at the winners) as apposed to the killed in action results, uniformed no less!
Great article.
Back in the dark ages of Security/Armed Guards on Armored vehicles training, in Ontario Canada.
1980 to be exact, the Police Firearms Instructors, where the people who trained Private Security, why? Well they always had, always did.
I took one of these classes, and was shocked, no holsters, too dangerous, start with .22 caliber, when that was mastered, .38 Spl. from the bench only, at a Community College range, 148g wad cutters, very mild recoil, no speed reloaders either.
Off I went, to see the Staff Sgt. in charge of this kind of stuff, in the OPP, Ontario Provincial Police Staff Sgt. Bill Joyce.
To the question "Why can I not teach this program?" He did not know.
So we came up with a course of action, I could teach, Pro Tem, for two months, then he would send two of his Constables to monitor a class.
Due to my rented range being indoor, only room for 4 students across, class size would be set at 8 or less.
I too studied gun fights, just in the Private Gun carrying group, Bank/ATM/Armored Car/Armed Security Officers.
I had to cast far and wide, not much in the way of real life shoot outs.
First point, all started with holstered hand guns. Next, close, real close distances. People who shot "From the hip" missed.
The G license training here in Florida, still have a component "From the hip"
To keep my training to a simple, easily followed/remembered program, on the draw, always fire twice (double tap) eye level, both eyes open, after 6 rounds had been expended, speed loader reloads then back to sight picture, I supplied all revolvers, and two speed loaders.
Once they came back for the once a year mandated re-training, all duty gear, in uniform.
The two as promised Constables, arrived, in suits, armed with 2.5" S&W 6 shot revolvers. Plus two speed loaders (and a writing pad!) you will not need that I said, pointing at the pad.
Using my reloads, just shy of Plus p, and their own gear, they joined the 6 others, and shot along with them. They looked over the sights! By around 8". All shots at max range of 15m, were 1' low! Using a S&W 65, with no cylinder, or crane, I taught sight picture from the muzzle end! Instant gratification.
Their boss told me they had learned more in 6 hours, than 20 years of their Police training. Yes I got my permission, for 25 years.
