[bttbbob]

I can make that shot 100-% of the time

 

[brownie]

I can make that shot 100-% of the time

It amazes me there's so many that can't, because they've never bothered to own the basics and have been shooting for, at times, decades.

 

[mike1956]

It amazes me there's so many that can't, because they've never bothered to own the basics and have been shooting for, at times, decades.

For me, at least it was one of those you-don't-know-deals. I have had a fair number of them pointed out to in both force-on-force and real life scenarios over the years.

Basics are important, for sure, starting with an effective grip, which is something I've had to develop lately. The one(s) I have used worked well enough, right up until I needed a boost that previous approaches simply did not supply. Again, I didn't know what I didn't know. As it is, I'm trying to apply what I do know. Coming up on age 67, and I'm still learning new stuff.

 

[bttbbob]

My wife and daughter are aware if they leave me an opening I will take the legs away from a threat holding them and finish them when they make space...

Mine know what the word drop means. Collapse to give me an opening.

 

[brownie]

For me, at least it was one of those you-don't-know-deals. I have had a fair number of them pointed out to in both force-on-force and real life scenarios over the years.

Basics are important, for sure, starting with an effective grip, which is something I've had to develop lately. The one(s) I have used worked well enough, right up until I needed a boost that previous approaches simply did not supply. Again, I didn't know what I didn't know. As it is, I'm trying to apply what I do know. Coming up on age 67, and I'm still learning new stuff.

I have two grips, one handed and two handed. Neither has changed in 50 years. As a young Marine recruit in 1969, we were given exemplary trigger skills. That training [ the trigger break ] has served me well shooting any firearm whether it's a rifle, shottie, or handgun.

Slight jerk on the trigger at 500 yrds, you miss. Slight jerk on the pistols trigger, you can't thread the needle well, if at all. Though I can use the sights as in a scenario of threading the needle, I find them to be crutches for normal SD distances [ they slow me down ]. But when sights are necessary for precision shots, that Marine training steps up to the plate, we're old friends at this.

But it does amaze me sometimes that people who've shot for a very long time still haven't mastered the basics.

 

[bladenbullet]

Mine know what the word drop means. Collapse to give me an opening.

Mine are aware also....there may be circumstances where the hold on them doesn't allow for it...my wife is 100 pounds soaking wet.. most guys with an arm around her could throw her around like a rag doll...I'm looking beyond for any opening I can use...if they are aware of that they can provide others...

 

[bttbbob]

Mine are aware also....there may be circumstances where the hold on them doesn't allow for it...my wife is 100 pounds soaking wet.. most guys with an arm around her could throw her around like a rag doll...I'm looking beyond for any opening I can use...if they are aware of that they can provide others...

Even a light lady, mine isn't so light. Do not F*CKING tell her I said that. A collapse of the body still drops them below giving up 8-18"s. Giving me a target I can hit. And if you tell my old lady she is fat, I will hunt you down and it won't be pretty.

 

[bttbbob]

I have two grips, one handed and two handed. Neither has changed in 50 years. As a young Marine recruit in 1969, we were given exemplary trigger skills. That training [ the trigger break ] has served me well shooting any firearm whether it's a rifle, shottie, or handgun.

Slight jerk on the trigger at 500 yrds, you miss. Slight jerk on the pistols trigger, you can't thread the needle well, if at all. Though I can use the sights as in a scenario of threading the needle, I find them to be crutches for normal SD distances [ they slow me down ]. But when sights are necessary for precision shots, that Marine training steps up to the plate, we're old friends at this.

But it does amaze me sometimes that people who've shot for a very long time still haven't mastered the basics.

ANd this is why I have always dictated. At the risk of P*ssing off other instructors. That gunfights are mathematical equations. The time and distance dictates technique. I am not using index shooting or threat focused or point shooting for a precision shot. It's all about time and distance.