When I point shoot, I really do not see the barrel or sight5s, just the target. In my younger days I shot many 1,000's of shotgun shells in 12, 20, 28 and .410 on skeet and sporting clays targets. When Shooting I do not remember seeing the barrel or sights even on my 20 ga SxS, but I know where the barrel is in relation to the target so that the target and shot are in the same place at the same time. That is really point shooting. I have known a few guys that could hold the gun just about anyplace on or around there body without putting the stock to their shoulder an still hit the target.
Shot at a range that used to have a moving target, it went out to a distance and opened for 3 seconds and the challenge was to put 2 in the chest and 1 in the head before the target edged out, great practice and a lot of fun too, sure used a lot of .45ACP;s up that way,
My pocket pistol has fixed sights ......
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I practice it frequently, everything from a snap-shot on a large target from 5-10 yards up to sights in full view and shooting at a smaller (or more distant) target.Hakaman wrote:I wonder how many actually practice the point and shoot method. It might be
a method that is used 'most' in SD situations.
I'm a firm believer in practicing, and one of the things I practice regularly is what I call "shooting your way to a sight picture".
Draw, present, get off a shot FAST*, get another off on the way up to a two-handed grip, perhaps a flash sight picture, then you should be in to something resembling a decent shooting stance with something like a sight picture.
And - if you practice enough, if you have a gun that fits your hand/eye/brain relationship ... there's a good chance that you'll be done shooting by that 4th shot with a good sight picture.
On the subject of having no sights on a pistol ... I can choose to not use the sights in some situations, but I can't choose to use sights that aren't there. And if my KelTec P32 can have a useable set of sights, there's no excuse for a gun to lack them entirely, at least a trench&post setup at minimum.
*bonus points if you recognize this quote:
"Get a shot off fast. This upsets him long enough to let you make your second shot perfect"
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That does look really professional. Very useful, too. The 101 has enough sight radius for them to work well, but a little help never hurts.
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