I think Spookboy might be looking back upon the "good ol' days" with rose colored glasses....but there's no crime in that, we all do it occasionally.
It seems that now we have "Mall ninjas" with 17 or 33 round mags for their pistols that cant hit anything!
True, but you also have plenty of guys and gals with 17 or 33 round mags who can put every round in the black EVERY TIME.
When 60 years ago the police or military could do it with 6 or 7 shots.
Some cops could but many could not.
The cops of yore didn't always get the bad guys and plenty of them got killed trying.
And you might be surprised to know how many military personnel have never even fired a handgun.
It is kind of sickening that shot placement is not as "important" as it used to be in some peoples shooting training.
This has nothing to do with the "good ol' days"....there have always been guys who strive for accuracy and also guys who don't care.
Heck, my wife's grandfather once told me that during the Great Depression nobody could afford ammo to even practice with....not even the police departments.
And even after the Great Depression most folks were too poor to spend money on practice ammo.
And when I say poor I don't mean poor as in "we can only eat out once a month and we don't have cable TV".....I mean POOR as in we can only afford beans and cornbread, and the kids have to share their shoes with their brothers and sisters.
I envy revolver shooters for that reason,useing what they've "got" to get the job done.
I go to the range about once a week, and while I don't see too many revolver shooters, the ones I do see are not especially accurate.
Most seem to miss the black as often as the average auto shooter.
And to be totally honest, most of the snubbie shooters that I have seen miss ALOT!
Now I do understand the concept of more firepower,but what if SHTF and your batteries run out or your out of(low on) ammo?Bet you wished you had practiced more, huh?
The same is true of a revolver shooter....only, if shooting at the same rate of fire, he will run out of ammo quicker.
If you died from a .22 or a 500S&W mag. wich one killed you more?
I don't know which one would "kill you more", but I'll bet that the .500 would probably kill you faster!
The .22 has killed alot of folks, but they usually die in the hospital hours after the shooting.
What happened to the days when being a marksman meant just that?Useing What you have to get the job done.
Actually, I don't agree that marksmanship ever meant "using what you have to get the job done".
IMO, marksmanship simply means having the skill to hit what you're aiming at, regardless of your preferred weapon.
And I think most folks still strive for that goal.
The truth of the matter is this....
The "good ol' days" were really not that good for most folks.