shaofutzer
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OK - so I imagine I'm going to catch some flack for this one, but I'm a relatively new user, so if it leads to a ban, I can always come back.
So a coupla days ago, my brother and I are shooting his Gold Cup in the woods. There's an old rusty pipe buried in the ground about 50 feet away from us. He takes an aimed shot at the pipe and misses completely. Poking fun at him, I ask for the .45 and proceed to take the same shot - while walking sideways at a brisk pace. I nailed it. Hmmm... that was easier than I thought - must have been a fluke. So I tried again. Again - I pegged it.
My brother, always one to push me to my limits, comes up with the idea of setting up a small course with various cans and plastic bottles as targets. He marks off a starting and finishing line along with 3 targets and tells me to go as fast and accurately as I can. To make a long story short, by the end of the day, I was able to run any course he threw at me (no muscle memory here) with various targets at different engagement points at various distances - at nearly full steam. I was nailing everything we put out there and it was all zen - pure point shooting - I didn't have TIME to aim. I was consistently averaging almost 2 bullseyes a second running at full speed - and I was consistent! We were both blown away at what I was doing, but even moreso when I looked on the internet to find video of others doing it and couldn't find any!
I've been shooting for about 25 years now and I've always been led to believe
that shooting while running was a fool's errand, and that it's ALWAYS better to stop and take the time to aim for an accurate shot. But after that day I'm not so sure anymore. If I could take out 3 bad guys with 6 on target shots while hauling ass across rough terrain in under 4 seconds - then why is that a bad thing? Why is running and gunning so looked down upon? Is it because some people just don't have the ability to do it so they claim that it's dangerous, irresponsible, and ineffective? ...and please, before bashing me - if you have video of anyone else doing such things, please send me a link because I've been looking. I've seen people kinda scootin' along and shooting, but no one at a full running pace...
So a coupla days ago, my brother and I are shooting his Gold Cup in the woods. There's an old rusty pipe buried in the ground about 50 feet away from us. He takes an aimed shot at the pipe and misses completely. Poking fun at him, I ask for the .45 and proceed to take the same shot - while walking sideways at a brisk pace. I nailed it. Hmmm... that was easier than I thought - must have been a fluke. So I tried again. Again - I pegged it.
My brother, always one to push me to my limits, comes up with the idea of setting up a small course with various cans and plastic bottles as targets. He marks off a starting and finishing line along with 3 targets and tells me to go as fast and accurately as I can. To make a long story short, by the end of the day, I was able to run any course he threw at me (no muscle memory here) with various targets at different engagement points at various distances - at nearly full steam. I was nailing everything we put out there and it was all zen - pure point shooting - I didn't have TIME to aim. I was consistently averaging almost 2 bullseyes a second running at full speed - and I was consistent! We were both blown away at what I was doing, but even moreso when I looked on the internet to find video of others doing it and couldn't find any!
I've been shooting for about 25 years now and I've always been led to believe
that shooting while running was a fool's errand, and that it's ALWAYS better to stop and take the time to aim for an accurate shot. But after that day I'm not so sure anymore. If I could take out 3 bad guys with 6 on target shots while hauling ass across rough terrain in under 4 seconds - then why is that a bad thing? Why is running and gunning so looked down upon? Is it because some people just don't have the ability to do it so they claim that it's dangerous, irresponsible, and ineffective? ...and please, before bashing me - if you have video of anyone else doing such things, please send me a link because I've been looking. I've seen people kinda scootin' along and shooting, but no one at a full running pace...