[Bottom_Gun]

Firing from the hip is not something that is taught by *any* serious instructor that I'm aware of.

so I guess that the teachings of Col Jeff Cooper, of point or "hip" shooting isn't serious instruction? Or the teaching of the marine cardaris' at naval security acads aren't serious either? hip shooting is one of the many tennons, or positions taught to naval security personnel. it is also taught by NRA instructors, of which I'm one.

[Shooter 2.5]

Col. Cooper doesn't teach point shooting. I'm not sure where you read that. He's an advocate of using the front sight.

[ORECON]

I was taught in the Navy during Viet Nam to carry and shoot the 12 gauge riot gun at the hip. I have witnessed what it can do to a person at close range. It wasn’t pretty. Plan on hiring someone to clean up the enormous mess.

[Mulder]

hip shooting is one of the many tennons, or positions taught to naval security personnel. it is also taught by NRA instructors, of which I'm one.

I should have clarified my statement to say that I'm not aware of hip shooting being taught as the *primary* method of using a weapon.

In the pistol and carbine classes I've taken, we did shoot from positions other than the shoulder, but only in extreme CQB situations did we shoot from the hip.

Shooting from the shoulder is much better.