Originally Posted by
Malamute
In the case of Taran Butler, that doesnt appear to be an issue, he seems able to hit about anything he wants to distances further than spitting distance, and evenly placed targets arent a factor. Theres longer versions of this meet-up between he and Vogel. Its pretty close between them as to ability on a variety of targets. Some may see that and feel its a vindication of point/hip shooting, but I think the lesson is that regardless of how good he or some others may be, its still not any particular advantage. Similar results, but not an advantage. Id add that most people are unlikely to have a higher level of eye-hand coordination required to do that. I believe such feats are also more perishable than higher levels of aimed shooting.
I would also suggest that evenly spaced targets can be a factor in many aimed shooting shooters, put them in other situations and their time and hits would go down. One should shoot a variety of things to be a well rounded shooter. I liked running rabbits and squirrel hunting with pistols for a challenge.
In the case of some historical uses as mentioned, its been brought up in previous discussions that the "point shooting" trained used in some places/times had much to do with poor sights, low light, close quarters, and not a lot of time and training ammo to get the officers up to higher levels. It served a purpose at the time and place, but isnt necessarily a universally applicable method in todays uses.