[Manly Warrior]

What you describe is called conventional pistol or more commonly, “bullseye” and is hte classic target shooting discipline of precision shooting at 25 to 50 yards.

All combat disciplines emphasize multiple shots from dynamic positions and tactical scenarios (some more realistic than others).

No combat instructor today would teach one handed combat shooting with one hand as your PRIMARY method.

Shoot with two hands if at all possible-when the adrenaline reaches your major muscles, you have tremendous strength, but you lose fine motor skills as well (trembling).

Many folks who post on this forum do not have real life experience, so as an NRA Rifle and Pistol Instructor, well trained in CQC and modern pistol craft technique, as well as a combat vet, get professional training and practice, shoot (IDPA) matches for stress and tactics and be aware...

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"Many folks who post on this forum do not have real life experience"

Thanks for the advice, but I got my first taste of real life experience at 18. I was not commenting on what you should do when confronted by an armed robber but was commenting on the weaver stance. The weaver stance is taught by the military for pistol target shooting. I was explaining that was not the optimum target shooting position. I am currently on a pistol competition team. If you ever have to get into a gunfight, sight alignment and sight picture will not be the foremost things on your mind.

There are many things about old cowboy movies that are bogus, however one thing that is not bogus is when they show the cowboys with one arm outstretched and shooting. That is the best position for shooting. The few gunfights in the old west, this is most likely what the shooters did because that is how shooting used to be taught all the time. It's the quickest way to get the gun in play and you make the best shots that way.