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To: Openurmind

One thing I was taught in the Army was “point and shoot”, or fire from the hip. I still believe in this. It’s a way to quickly react to something caught in peripheral vision, or a sound from the side or behind, where one can quickly swing on target and let one rip.

I recall being taught the hand/eye coordination using BB guns. It’s amazing how accurate firing from the hip can be at close range.

Also firing pistols left handed is a must. To me it is just totally stupid to expose ones full body and head to shoot around a left corner when exposing only the left side of the head and left arm works.

When I took my concealed weapons test, it included being able to hit a man size target at 25 feet. I used the point and shoot method and hit 100% with my 9mm Norinco Tokarev. The guy up next used that two handed careful aim thing and flunked. 25 feet!, I could not believe it.


37 posted on 02/10/2019 7:04:26 AM PST by redfreedom (Elizabeth Warren has more Indian blood in her than journalism has truth.)
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To: redfreedom

I am familiar with this. I was raised in a firearm family. I call it Zen shooting, Grandma called it “feeling” the bullet to the target, and Great Grand dad filed the front sights off all his revolvers.


40 posted on 02/10/2019 7:32:11 AM PST by Openurmind
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