That's a great video. Put the "point shooting" idea where it belongs.
But, but, but .... point shooting is faster.
I might be repeating some comments upthread but...
I think "point shooting=no sights vs aimed shooting=sights" is over simplified. IMO there's a continuum from hip/retention shooting (with no visual index at all) to precision, aimed fire.
In between those, there are points like:
being able to only see the slide like in Cowan's video or conceptually like Cirrillo's "silhouette" method
stacking the front and rear sights like Ayoob's "stress-fire"--in the IDF before red dot sights, we were taught that with a stutter-step for shooting on the run
And you have all heard of the "flash sight picture"
Sights are on guns for a good reason but there needs to be a sliding scale of how much they're relied on, balancing the need for speed vs precision. I don't think "less than aimed" methods are exclusively for people with the supernatural ability of trick shooters. The need for shooting at grappling distance or getting the first hit, applies to anybody in a gun fight. The ability to use "less than aimed" methods is just an extension of mastering fundamentals.
Maybe, from what I have witnessed, it can be a faster miss
(Yes, I know you are being sarcastic)
I can miss fast using the sights. I have seen me do it.
Do you think the Ray Charles head swing will help or hurt?There's your problem. Eyes are too slow. Learn to blind fire.
Do you think the Ray Charles head swing will help or hurt?
Now just some commentary. I thought the video was nicely done even if he does not know the “average “ 3 yards 3 rounds 3 seconds is from the NYPD SOP 9 study back in 1970s that was released in 1981....
And again these are AVERAGES . For every 1 shot stop there has to be a 5 shot stop to get an average of 3....so if your pistol only holds 5 shots and there are 2 adversaries who require the average number of hits to stop....you are 1 round short.....Good luck with that emergency revolver reload....in the 3 second allotted average time.....
Rapid Reloading
The SOP 9 study reveals that the average number of shots fired by individual officers in an armed confrontation is between two and three rounds, less than half the capacity of the service revolver. The two to three rounds per incident has remained constant over the years covered by the report. It also sub*stantiates an earlier study by the L.A.P.D. (1967) which found that 2.6 rounds per encounter were discharged.
The necessity for rapid reloading to prevent death or serious injury was not a factor In any of the cases examined. In close range encounters, under 15 feet, it was never reported as neces*sary to continue the action. However, in 6% of the total cases the officer reported reloading. These involved cases of pursuit, barricaded persons and other incidents where the action was pro*longed and the distance exceeded the 25 foot death zone.
And yet that is still most likely where the 3 shots 3 yards 3 seconds “conventional wisdom” originated.