Hi,
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Now on to Part II.
I wasn't in WWII, but was told by an old
sergeant in 1953 to use the P&S method of
laying my index finger along the side of my
greese gun, using it to aim the gun, and
using my middle finger to pull the trigger
when shooting from the hip. I qualifed
as expert.
I was not told to use a stiff arm or arm/hip
connection or point the gun at the target
when shooting and did not.
Point your finger not the gun. In my test
in 98, I made several shots where I just
pointed the gun at the target. The target
was an 11x17 inch target placed out 25 feet.
I hit it only once out of 11 shots.
I put up another target and hit it 9 out
of 11 times when I pointed my finger at
it and pulled the trigger.
I most likely would have had very good
accuracy with either method at half
that distance.
I think P&S is more accurate and instinctive,
and as such, the better method.
As I stated in Part I, I saw an old TV clip of
real executions in which handguns were used.
Three people with their hands tied behind
them, were brought into an open area of a
city square. They were shoved down onto
their knees, and killed with one quick shot
to the head from three to five feet away.
Each one was killed by a different shooter.
Unless there is a need to restrain a person
directly, there is no reason to have a gun
up close to a person as you often see in car
cam videos. Up to a distance of 5 feet, the
gun muzzel would have to be more than an inch
off the target center for you to miss a chest
shot.
Also if the person is about five feet away,
there will be less of a chance that the
person will grab your gun or attack you.
[This message has been edited by okjoe at aol.com (edited February 09, 2000).]
If you want to check out what has gone before,
here is the URL to the original thread. It is
about 140K [Link to invalid post]
Now on to Part II.
I wasn't in WWII, but was told by an old
sergeant in 1953 to use the P&S method of
laying my index finger along the side of my
greese gun, using it to aim the gun, and
using my middle finger to pull the trigger
when shooting from the hip. I qualifed
as expert.
I was not told to use a stiff arm or arm/hip
connection or point the gun at the target
when shooting and did not.
Point your finger not the gun. In my test
in 98, I made several shots where I just
pointed the gun at the target. The target
was an 11x17 inch target placed out 25 feet.
I hit it only once out of 11 shots.
I put up another target and hit it 9 out
of 11 times when I pointed my finger at
it and pulled the trigger.
I most likely would have had very good
accuracy with either method at half
that distance.
I think P&S is more accurate and instinctive,
and as such, the better method.
As I stated in Part I, I saw an old TV clip of
real executions in which handguns were used.
Three people with their hands tied behind
them, were brought into an open area of a
city square. They were shoved down onto
their knees, and killed with one quick shot
to the head from three to five feet away.
Each one was killed by a different shooter.
Unless there is a need to restrain a person
directly, there is no reason to have a gun
up close to a person as you often see in car
cam videos. Up to a distance of 5 feet, the
gun muzzel would have to be more than an inch
off the target center for you to miss a chest
shot.
Also if the person is about five feet away,
there will be less of a chance that the
person will grab your gun or attack you.
[This message has been edited by okjoe at aol.com (edited February 09, 2000).]