Years ago, I use to practice point shooting in my basement. I would re prime spent .45ACP cases and then use the shell like a cookie cutter in a tray of candle wax that I had melted and let cool in the tray. No gun powder, just the primer. If I had to guess, I'd say the wax bullet comes out about as fast as a BB from a BB gun. .45 would not go through cloth, 9mm would. It's pretty quiet too, about like a cap gun.
Anyway, with a laser sight attached to my pistol, (about $15 on Ebay these days) I was able to get very accurate in very little time by practicing pulling the firearm slowly, building speed, putting the laser on the target, and pulling the trigger. Before I knew it, I was hitting right where I wanted to hit without using the sights. After a few hundred rounds, turn the laser off and you'll see just how accurate you've gotten.
To me, point shooting is what you're going to be doing if you ever need to use your firearm to defend yourself. Bad guys don't typically give you time to aim at them and if you're actually afraid that you're about to be murdered, then the bad guy is probably pretty close to you. Time seems to slow way down when you're this scared because your brain starts working faster than normal and you don't want to shoot at nothing in hopes that the noise or flash will make the bad guy flee. When you're this scared, you notice how long it takes to get the gun into position and aim and your focus is likely to be on him and what he is doing and not on your sights. My opinion of course.
Not everyone has property to go shoot at like I have, so wax bullets will give you more trigger time to hone your skills at home. Besides that, it's just fun to do. I think the only time shooting a gun would not be fun is if you ever had to use it for defense. If that ever happens you had better be able to hit your target, sights or no sights.
Anyway, with a laser sight attached to my pistol, (about $15 on Ebay these days) I was able to get very accurate in very little time by practicing pulling the firearm slowly, building speed, putting the laser on the target, and pulling the trigger. Before I knew it, I was hitting right where I wanted to hit without using the sights. After a few hundred rounds, turn the laser off and you'll see just how accurate you've gotten.
To me, point shooting is what you're going to be doing if you ever need to use your firearm to defend yourself. Bad guys don't typically give you time to aim at them and if you're actually afraid that you're about to be murdered, then the bad guy is probably pretty close to you. Time seems to slow way down when you're this scared because your brain starts working faster than normal and you don't want to shoot at nothing in hopes that the noise or flash will make the bad guy flee. When you're this scared, you notice how long it takes to get the gun into position and aim and your focus is likely to be on him and what he is doing and not on your sights. My opinion of course.
Not everyone has property to go shoot at like I have, so wax bullets will give you more trigger time to hone your skills at home. Besides that, it's just fun to do. I think the only time shooting a gun would not be fun is if you ever had to use it for defense. If that ever happens you had better be able to hit your target, sights or no sights.
