I've been studying older history books. Dark Angel of Texas by author Leon Metz which is about John Wesely Hardin, The Life of John Wesely Hardin, As Written by Himself, and Handgunners Guide By Chic Gaylord. Mr. Hardin is from the late 1800s and Mr. Gaylord the 1950s era. What's important is older techniques as compared to today. Gaylord in the Chap; Close Combat Shooting says that Special Agents for the U.S. Treasury Dept. had to be able draw and fire 5 shots into the kill zone in 3 sec. at 7 yards, or draw and fire a killing shot in no more than one half sec. including reaction time. Mr. Gaylord recomend "dropping the dollar" to practice. Draw and snap before the coin hits the floor from the back of your hand will get you close to one half sec. Mr. Hardin according to his land lady, Annie Williams practiced drawing and firing daily. She said that he was very fast and that his guns sounded like " rattle machine" he always jumped to the side before firing, and I know that John Farnum who is a well respected trainner of modern times recomends this. These older methods used point shooting as the gun came level from a strong side carry. Since most gunfights occur at 3-20' I'm going to work this into my trainning regimen. A word of caution is in order using live ammo and fastdrawning so don't use anylive ammo until your confident of your abilities. Single Shot or D.A. revolvers were used, but I see no reason any gun could not be used. I've worked on this using plastic cases and bullets powered by a primer and my max. distance is 12'. A shot to their gut or pelvic area stopped many of an old boy. Do you think that this is another tool in our bag of skills and valid today. I'm intrested in your opinion. Thanks, Lyle