I had this instruction, and it works well for very quick shots very close.
Those of us that have been shooting conventional archery have been doing this for years.
I've never forgotten those lessons and I practice them even today.
First...Listening to the dawgs just isn’t the same without Larry growling “Loran...Whaddya Got?” followed by the smooth voice of Loran giving a sideline report.
Regarding the article..like most other Georgia boys I started out with a Daisy pump. In order to move up into the adult world of the .22LR...one had to display responsibility along with enough marksmanship to not be “That Kid” who got outshot by girls.
My father taught me the responsibility and general skills part. My only other form of instruction to me and several other country boys was a certain WW2 vet whose hard upringing in Tennessee forced those who wanted to eat meat how to shoot.
He taught us basics like the difference between aiming in long range and short range shots. How to relax and breathe while waiting for that squirrel head to pop around that tree so the .22LR would hit true. How to breathe and relax when that first deer found our sights.
Those lessons served us well just like they served him well from France to Germany.
Interesting stuff.
Some links I found in trying to learn more:
http://www.i-kirk.info/misc/quickkill/qwikill.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_McDaniel
http://www.pointshooting.com/1aqkrif.htm
The books I could find on Lucky McDaniel are all out of print and bringing quite high prices used on eBay and Amazon.
I’m thinking you might know a thing or two about this sort of stuff.
Don't think I could get that down unless I shot it.
Then I taught my 8 -year old brother to do the same thing- He could hardly hold the rifle up.
My ``so called friends`` would say ``Hello`` by arcing their 30-30`s from 200 feet below me and 1/4 mile away or so in the valley below and pop apples off the trees over our heads while we were walking thru our orchard.
Another `friend`` would greet us as we walked thru the pass by blowing bark of the tree we were passing with his 30-30, splattering us with splinters.
Most of us here, even my sister, are marksmen since our youth. We could tell who was shooting by the sound of the gun usually.
Later on they would ask us how many apples they hit. We did this all for fun. No one ever was hit.
One of our ``apple`` friends got the Congressional Medal of Honor in Vietnam for saving his platoon by holding off VC`s and killing 40 of them from atop an APC firing a 50 cal from his hip. But he`s still a little crazy now from it all.
I remember that, he could shoot a cotton ball out of a washer that had been tossed in the air. I still quick shoot and am very accurate.
How can I get this instruction?
James Rutland is a fantastic teacher. His techniques are very simple and effective in building the skills and confidence even in very experienced shooters.
Quick kill and night fire have stayed with me all these years. I’m teaching my wife the same way, with a BB gun.
You can use a lot of the techniques from marksmanship for shooting free throws in basketball.
The Army continued that instruction into the post-Viet Nam era. I experienced it as part of ROTC Advanced Camp at Fort Riley KS in 1976. We only got a short course and I wish I could have experienced the course described in the article.
That is why most target shooting handgunners will be at a disadvantage in a up close shoot out.
To point and shoot quickly without sighting is a most handy thing to learn. If practiced enough, will allow one to hit moving objects in darkness if can just catch a glimpse of target.
If you can swiftly point with your finger at an object and be on, just think of the barrel as your finger.
Practice, practice, practice, until it becomes a natural reaction without even thinking.
Very interesting. I love learning about the different methods of marksmanship. For anyone interested in learning marksmanship and a little American history, I highly recommend attending an Appleseed Project weekend in a town near you. You can search for an upcoming event at the site.