Center Access Relock Method of Gunfighting

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Mercop said...It is the only way a left handed shooter can engage a threat while seated in the drivers postion in a car.

How about putting the gun in the right hand?
 
I watched the videos, read the testimonials on the site. The technique is interesting as far as weapon retention goes, but I have doubts that this will work with a pistol over CQB distances - especially for the typical not-so-well-trained SWAT operator or LEO.
 
I'm definitely going to learn the high position, but I think I may just learn to transition to the iscoceles for aimed fire.
 
"I'm definitely going to learn the high position, but I think I may just learn to transition to the iscoceles for aimed fire." That is what I do. My pistol is only to fight to my trunk for a shotgun or rifle.
 
Mercop, do you use the extended position? I don't know if I can get used to a completely different grip/arm position and sighting method.
 
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I have been using CAR for over a year. In that time I have been in dozens of shoot/don't shoot situations. I always revert back to CAR under stress. Muscles naturaly contract under stress anyway. I do use the extended. When it is pushed all the way out it is a Weaver anyway. If I have to dot the I at 50 yards I am shooting Iso. Right now my Senei and I are working on the ground fighting for Sabre. Just in case you go to the ground with your gun in your hand.
 
I regularly train with the CAR system and find it to be an effective and vesatile tool. I have also found that with the right instruction it is extremely easy and natural to learn. It is my first choice for any type of close quarters fighting.
 
Over last six months I have had two of my SWAT guys hit Pit Bulls coming at them upon making entry. Both got all rounds on the dog with no misses. Distance was within 7 yards. Both told me they used CAR.

I find that the less prior training the person has the better they are at CAR.
 
To heck with altercations...
Will C.A.R. help someone to win in competition?
JUST KIDDING!!!!!
 
Can anyone give me the name of someone who was trained by Paul Castle or an instructor certified by him that is did not like and adopt the system for CQB?
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Well now your logic is failing on another point.

I would NOT expect Castle to "certify" any instructor who was going around saying he didn't like the technique, and didn't use it for CQB. Why would Castle ever "certify" anyone who was trashing his product?

That's a rhetorical question, because he wouldn't.
 
I am a certified Law Enforcement Firearms Instructor I have used the system and I hate it! I understand the principals of it and it may work for some but NOT ME! I believe that if you are in close quarters and that I may need the free hand to operate other equipment. For me in that stance when I go out of it to remove mag or whatever I have to completely reset in the position making my resonse time slower. #2 you get a load that goes bad (squib load) and it blows powder etc in your face the weapon is that much closer to you. #3 Try it in a Prone position. I prefer the traditional isolaties stance weaver and Modified Weaver. Ohh for a note the guys that swear buy it always get out shoot by me and my modified weaver stance every year on the range!


Give em another barrel!
 
Well, _entirely_laying_aside_the_merits_or_demerits_ of the system,

This whole thread reeks of the macho elitist nonsense normally found in dubious martial arts schools, that usually boils down to

"My master is better than your master because he is privvy to some mystical insight that only he can convey to those select few he finds worthy. The comments of those uninitiated are ignorance. The criticisms of the technique flow from the ignorance of those who have not achieved the illumination necessary to master the technique. The techique is perfect and superior to all other concievable techniques...." etc ad nauseum.

It's a pattern I've seen before, and it lights up red flags every time.
 
I have been using CAR for over a year. In that time I have been in dozens of shoot/don't shoot situations.
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Uhh, mercop, no offense, but are you on Delta or what? I doubt if we've had "dozens" of shoot/don't shoot situations in my whole county in the last year. Not that we're a high crime area, but "dozens"?
 
I just saw the website for one of this thread's participants. Some things are now painfully clear.
 
Oh my ...

Reminds me of the tempest in a tea pot in the commercial martial arts schools back in the beginning of the 70's ... but I'm not getting involved in this one other than to offer a passing Hello to someone ...

Marty Hayes commented ... How about putting the gun in the right hand? How about effectively switching hands within the confines of a physically limited and/or positionally disadvantaged & oriented environment indeed?

Nice to see you around here ...

Probably going to be a bit of a wet blanket if you're going to keep asking the sorts of questions that are prone to dispel needless debate and speculation, though.;)

See you around ...
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Uhh, mercop, no offense, but are you on Delta or what? I doubt if we've had "dozens" of shoot/don't shoot situations in my whole county in the last year. Not that we're a high crime area, but "dozens"?

I had a similar thought.


I just saw the website for one of this thread's participants. Some things are now painfully clear.


I concur.
 
With great power comes great responsibility. I believe all citizens should have firearms. That does not mean that I think they should know every trick in my book.
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I haven't seen anything THIS egotistical in a long time. And that's one heck of a statement coming from me.

I would have to say owning a gun is a great responcibility, so why not teach people how to shoot them accurately? You think people should own guns, but teaching them something that can help their accuracy and potentially help save their lives is a mistake?

Yeah, let's not teach them how to shoot accurately, let's keep this whole technique a secret, and let them spray rounds all over the place. I like your thinking...
 
It sounds like this is used mostly for shooting at very distances(under 5 yards). I am sure it works for some I don't like to bash anything until I have tried it. Since this requires some serious training to be able to effectively learn it I doubt I will ever bother.
 
Any technique or system or whatever with the word "gunfighting" in the title just totally turns me off.
 
Any technique or system or whatever with the word "gunfighting" in the title just totally turns me off.
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Maybe you'd prefer "bulletfighting?"
 
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