Cosmoline
Member
I've seen many debates about the relative merits of various handgun shooting methods. I have no clue whether point shooting or aimed shooting would be better in close quarters with short guns. I hope I never find out.
Because it's my understanding that most real life close-quarters gunfights are nasty, fast affairs where the best of training may not save your life. In other words, SOMETHING TO AVOID AT ALL COSTS! So I tend to view my sidearm as a backup defensive weapon, to be used only to get me OUT of bad situations and only if absolutely needed. If faced with a threat armed only with my sidearm, I'd want to move BACKWARDS and possibly jump out a window, rather than walking or running into a field of foes, shooting them like an action hero.
If I actually had to be involved in a big shootout (ie because it's my job as an LEO, soldier or to save a life), I'd want three things:
A RIFLE
CONCEALMENT
and
COVER, LOTS OF COVER
And I'd be planning on aiming my rifle. Even if this means just jumping behind a small berm of soil, it seems to me getting down on the ground or behind a building ASAP is far more vital than how fast you can reload your 1911 or how well you point shoot your wondernine.
Is there a technique or school that emphasizes these things? Or are they all about standing completely exposed, upright, and relying on your superior speed with a sidearm from about ten feet?
Because it's my understanding that most real life close-quarters gunfights are nasty, fast affairs where the best of training may not save your life. In other words, SOMETHING TO AVOID AT ALL COSTS! So I tend to view my sidearm as a backup defensive weapon, to be used only to get me OUT of bad situations and only if absolutely needed. If faced with a threat armed only with my sidearm, I'd want to move BACKWARDS and possibly jump out a window, rather than walking or running into a field of foes, shooting them like an action hero.
If I actually had to be involved in a big shootout (ie because it's my job as an LEO, soldier or to save a life), I'd want three things:
A RIFLE
CONCEALMENT
and
COVER, LOTS OF COVER
And I'd be planning on aiming my rifle. Even if this means just jumping behind a small berm of soil, it seems to me getting down on the ground or behind a building ASAP is far more vital than how fast you can reload your 1911 or how well you point shoot your wondernine.
Is there a technique or school that emphasizes these things? Or are they all about standing completely exposed, upright, and relying on your superior speed with a sidearm from about ten feet?