My Favorite Shooting Technique Will Teach You How to Shoot Your Handgun More Accurately

AC ^ | Dec. 14, 2011 | Dan S. Defense

[doorgunner69]

bflr

[READINABLUESTATE]

Mark for later

[fightinJAG]

You got that right!

I also remember an incident when the soldier swore up and down he had checked the chamber -— BOOM.

Uh-huh.

The thing is sometimes no matter how hard one tries, mistakes are made. Especially when it’s dark, one is tired and cold as hell, etc.

We had several areas where everybody had to fire into the barrel before entering.

[Luigi Vasellini]

shooting bump

[OneWingedShark]

>Yeah, the clearing barrel. I distinctly remember a ‘squared away’ officer grumbling while going over to use it after coming off a convoy. Then a loud bang. Woopsie.
>
>Clearing barrels are a good thing!

F—ed up thing is that any discharge in a clearing-barrel [at least when I was in Iraq] was grounds for non-judicial punishment.
That’s right, the clearing barrels are for DISPLAY PURPOSES ONLY! [/semi-sarc]

[Justa]

“F—ed up thing is that any discharge in a clearing-barrel [at least when I was in Iraq] was grounds for non-judicial punishment.
That’s right, the clearing barrels are for DISPLAY PURPOSES ONLY! [/semi-sarc]”

Yeah, that sounded like more of a rumor at the time. Remember the amnesty boxes? They were an oddity until they started receiving RPGs, AKs, PKMs, RPKs, etc. Then the whole subject became a, ahem, training opportunity. Seems it was easier to dump confiscated weapons in the amnesty box than catalog, store and dispose of them.

[spetznaz]

Thank you. God bless.

[M1911A1]

Seems to me that a shooter who was so unstable as to be teetering on the edge of disaster due to the confusing nature of the “Cooper rules” and could only be brought back from the brink by learning the “NRA rules” should probably seriously consider something more user friendly than a firearm, like a rock or stick.

Even then, it would be an extremely dicey proposition.

[Gilbo_3]

i aint gettin into this semantics pissin match today except to say that when dealing with the avg adult, or worse yet a 13 yr old [who doesnt think beyond the end of his own johnson] i believe the underlying ASSumption should always be to understand the potential fatal consequences of trusting that a gun is unloaded...the wording of cooper being concrete, whereas the nra wording being a bit soft to drive home the personal responsibility factors [in #3]...

modern firearms are very simple tools to operate, whereas i have many lawn and garden and household tools that require MUCH more study to use properly and safely, albeit that usually a disregard for those doesnt result in harm to others...

a basic 'rules' set is nothing more than age old common sense in a redundant package, designed to be 'lived' as a guard against unintended consequences...

my skill saw has a blade in it, my chain saw is usually 'loaded' as well, they are simply tools that perform certain tasks for my well being, dumbing down the owners manual doesnt enhance safety...

[mad_as_he$$]

If I followed those NRA rules I would be dead. Especially “Always keep the gun unloaded until ready to use
“. Stupid rule.

An empty gun is a club. Jeff Cooper.

[S.O.S121.500]

“”Even then, it would be an extremely dicey proposition.””

Poor chap - obviously educated way beyond his intellect......

[Uri’el-2012]

If I followed those NRA rules I would be dead. Especially “Always keep the gun unloaded until ready to use “. Stupid rule.

An empty gun is a club. Jeff Cooper.

If you intend to "carry", are you ready to use the gun ????

Then load it !

Reading was a skillset lost on Jeff.
Most likey because he was an arrogant blowhard.

[mad_as_he$$]

I was not carrying one intending to use the gun when I needed it. In fact it wasn't even my gun. All my guns are always loaded.

Calling Cooper names will not win you many fans on FR. He taught a lot of people to shoot very well.

[Uri’el-2012]

He taught a lot of people to shoot very well.

Massad Ayoob out-shot him with his weak hand.

[mad_as_he$$]

Ah a Zionist. Well I will put my son up against anyone you want. He has been in over 100 gunfights in Iraq and Afghanistan. He says Ayoob is a pussy.

[Uri’el-2012]

Ah a Zionist. Well I will put my son up against anyone you want. He has been in over 100 gunfights in Iraq and Afghanistan. He says Ayoob is a pussy.

What a hypocrite.

You have no qualms trash mouthing the best firearms trainer.

[fightinJAG]

Target, target, target!

:)

[fightinJAG]

Just wondering if you think this article is worthy of your ping list . . .

[Joe Brower]

Normally I would say so, except that the thread got hijacked and turned into a pissing contest. Unfortunate.

[Uri’el-2012]

CT Senate Bill 1094: "felonize" posession of 10+ round magazines