"You can't win a war with choirboys. " Mad Mike Hoare
Cool video.
Does anyone know who the G-Man demonstrating is? The sharp nose, dark hair, and average height has me thinking, Jelly Bryce? But by 1947 Bryce was an SAC. I doubt they would have grabbed an SAC to film a promotional training movie.
Anyways, very interesting video either way.
-Rob
Time is correct for Henry"Hank" Sloan. I know he did a bunch of FBI training videos (was at Quantico from the 40's until 1971 when he retired) and consulted on movies about the FBI. Most pictures I have seen of Sloan have him standing, shooting one handed and extended from eye level with a 3.5" N frame .357 Magnum. I have a feeling he ran that gun "like a boss". Keep in mind in that era, many of these guys didn't play golf, didn't have TV, and the top "gun" guys of the era shot a lot, and all the time. Some were also very gifted with certain physical characteristics and mindset that made them exceptional shooters. Some of these guys were hired due to their skill as "gunfighters"........good luck with that today.
Just a Hairy Special Snowflake supply clerk with no field experience, shooting an Asymetric carbine as a Try Hard. Snarky and easily butt hurt. Favorite animal is the Cape Buffalo....likely indicative of a personality disorder.
"If I had a grandpa, he would look like Delbert Belton".
Here's a picture of Jelly Bryce:
I had an ER nurse in a class. I noticed she kept taking all head shots. Her response when asked why, "'I've seen too many people who have been shot in the chest putting up a fight in the ER." Point taken.
Supposedly.......Jelly could "see" his rounds going down range. I believe it. Some people are just "gifted" at some things. Jelly was gifted.
We have the bottom picture on our Facebook page. I just read "on the internet" that it was not Jelly in the picture with Bill Jordon. True or not, Jelly was a flat out bad ass.
Recently at PMacs TAPs class, I was screwing around waiting for a couple other groups to finish their drills. At this point we were using full size steel silhouettes. I have been shooting bulls for so long that I forgot how fast and how little is needed to hit those things. I was shooting from retention at 15 yards. Took a couple rounds to get indexed and I could get hits. With a lot of practice, you can get a good body index for shooting. I just wouldn't want to use in in a dynamic fight outside of contact. On the other hand, when I started was a cop, a lot of emphasis was placed on bullseye shooting at 25 yards. Many of the older guys were REALLY good at slow fire work, and were good one handed on these as well. I think it just took some time to mush the two disciplines together.
Just a Hairy Special Snowflake supply clerk with no field experience, shooting an Asymetric carbine as a Try Hard
"If I had a grandpa, he would look like Delbert Belton".
Look at the pic of Bryce.
His middle finger is oddly forward.
Some kind of grip adapter?
Or just an angle "Artifact"
Handgun bullets are fairly visible with the sun behind you, and other conditions being good. Higher velocity probably makes it harder, but 45 auto's, 38's and 22's show with good light. Jelly may well have had even better than average ability to see them. Exceptional eyesight seems to come up in discussing some outstanding shooters.Originally Posted by nyeti
I have seen pictures of Bryce shooting with both a conventional grip and the kind of weird one pictured. I am sure there is a reason.........just don't know what it is.
Also, as far as his vision. Those who have done any kind of serious work with body indexed point shooting, and are good at it...., will have the gun directly under their strong side eye. It is actually in their peripheral vision and is using a bit of visual verification of the guns location. With freakish eyesight, and the pistol directly under his eye is probably a combination that really helped Jelly with his incredible shooting feats.
Just a Hairy Special Snowflake supply clerk with no field experience, shooting an Asymetric carbine as a Try Hard
"If I had a grandpa, he would look like Delbert Belton".
Perhaps it's an urban legend, but I heard something to the effect that if you threw an old LP record in the air, Jelly Bryce was able to read the label as it was spinning?
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