HM2PAC
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Point Shooting is not the most important handgun skill. Its not even a necessary one.
How so?
Point Shooting is not the most important handgun skill. Its not even a necessary one.
sqlbullet said:They were interviewing an IPSC top dawg. If I recall correctly he was quoted to the effect that you can teach accuracy to a fast shooter, but not speed to an accurate shooter.
I can say that I use both aimed fire and point shooting when I shoot USPSA. Anything closer than 5 yards is point shot, anything beyond is aimed fire.
We have different definitions and understanding of point shooting.
My understanding of point shooting is to always bring the weapon up to my line of sight and always to extend my arms as though I am lining up the sights. Even if I don't have the ability/time to get a full sight picture.
I suspect he was misquoted or you misremembered.
Because a similar (possibly the same) group of people were yelling for years prior that point-shooting was dead and absolutely, utterly, unequivocally useless in every situation anyone could ever encounter at any time in human history now and forevermore. People like that switch from one extreme to another. Now, point shooting is the only way to go, only sissies use sights, real men use blindfolds to shoot... etc. Ray Charles may be their newest patron saint of handgunnery.Why has point shooting become seen as another way to use a handgun?