And I thought some of my friends were dirt shooters...
And I thought some of my friends were dirt shooters...
Either she was "walking" the pistol up, or engaging small targets on the ground. Either way it's pretty stupid.Originally Posted by peterb
There appears to be small objects on the ground that she's supposed to hit as part of the strings of fire.
I thought I saw him throw a coin on the ground.
Because shooting into the gravel at 10 feet with no eyepro is fun entertainment for the whole family!
What really bugs me about the whole thing isn't the concept of body index shooting. I use that all time; because it's fast. Like I've said, if I'm shooting a wide open paper target at three yards, I don't need to use my sights to get alfas. But preaching it as the solution for every shooting scenario at the exclusion of all others drives me batty.
me too. try being "combat effective" out past 15, 20 yards with this technique. as said at 3 yards you can make the hits without being on your sights but out to greater distances the hits typically are few and far between.
I like how the guy replied to my comment on the blog post about the eye pro by saying "She had to sign two waivers!"
As if the instructors led a thorough discussion about the merits of eye protection considering the danger of shooting gravel, and she was still like, "Hell na, no eye pro for me. I keep it real. Bring on the waiver(s)."
More like they said, "Hey, want some dorky glasses that will make you look less hot?" And she declined. Or they got fogged up and she took them off and no one said anything.
I've never, ever, in my life, ever been with a beginning shooter who turned down eye protection after I explained that they could possibly get blinded by debris or shrapnel. And I certainly have never seen one willing to sign TWO waivers in order to keep from wearing it. How ridiculous.
I've been through a little bit of training with literally dozens of instructors, including some of the best instructors in the world.
You know how many of them have had waivers for eyepro on the range?
Zero.
Clue.
Got that, but what's the training benefit ? Self-defense against crawling assailants? Killer rabbits? Even if you were trying to teach point shooting to a beginner, why waste time teaching them to miss?
Abstracting to the general, teaching people to shoot very small targets teaches precision in aim and trigger manipulation. Small targets are useful for refining the fundamentals of shooting. Of course, this can be done without having the student fire into the ground a few feet in front of them while wearing no eyepro.
If you're only going to have a couple of hours to train someone to use a handgun (and that's all they'll ever get) it makes some sense to teach them to present the gun and pull the trigger effectively to make an acceptable hit.Even if you were trying to teach point shooting to a beginner, why waste time teaching them to miss?
...but if you have even half a day you can (and should) do a lot more. SLG, for instance, only had a few hours with a group of relatively inexperienced shooters and had them doing very well in just a short period of time...a testament to real instructional talent. I've seen Larry Vickers do the same. I've learned over the years that there aren't many people out there teaching guns who live on the level that people like LAV, Ken H, and Todd occupy.
Last edited by TCinVA; 08-09-2011 at 12:40 PM.
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