Ken had a number of good historical tidbits (mil, Cooper/API, competition, etc) in his podcast interview with Mike Seeklander: http://americanwarriorshow.libsyn.com/ken
Ken had a number of good historical tidbits (mil, Cooper/API, competition, etc) in his podcast interview with Mike Seeklander: http://americanwarriorshow.libsyn.com/ken
Last edited by ST911; 02-05-2016 at 10:00 AM.
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Damn okie john, you hit that one out of the park. I've been very interested in defensive shooting for nearly 40 years and find nothing to disagree with.
I think it was Tom Givens who pointed out that an awful lot of what we "knew" in my early years was driven by Hollywood silliness. So, IMHO, from a historical point of view, Hollywood "trained" quite a few folks. Something to think about*.history of handgun shooting skills and training / techniques related to personal defense for ordinary people
* Col. Cooper got his start in competitive shooting at a "leather slap" competition, which was pretty much folks copying Cowboy movie TTPs.
Last edited by Al T.; 02-05-2016 at 09:35 AM.
Last edited by NETim; 02-05-2016 at 09:48 AM.
In a sort of ghastly simplicity we remove the organ and demand the function. We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honour and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful.” ― C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man
there's something else the AWB did, of which we ARE seeing the effects, and that was to create the forbidden fruit syndrome. Once something was taken away, and then given back, the response was "I better get it while I can!" The guy that buys the AR today, visits a firearm forum tomorrow, attends a match next week, and wants training next month.
I was shooting a GSSF match last Saturday (USPSA to get laid, GSSF to get paid) and during the plates stage, the assistant RO (cop) said to me,
"I see that you're press-checking after a reload. A guy on my department that was in a shootout did that in the middle of the gunfight. Not a good idea."
Uh...yeah...not my problem.
Thanks for the free guns though.
Last edited by Failure2Stop; 02-05-2016 at 10:49 AM.
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I swear I've seen screen shots of an old manual, I want to say it was Prussian, demonstrating shooting techniques with a handgun. I can't find it right now, and it's driving me nuts.
Here's two blog posts that might be helpful, although they're not exactly what you're looking for. And here is a video from American Handgunner with Weaver talking about how his shooting stance evolved.
ETA: This wasn't what I was trying to find, but it does have some historical depictions of "hand fire-arms". Maybe worth a look. Granted, this is more offensive techniques of handguns, but hey, history.
Also, thanks for destroying my productivity for the day.
Last edited by Chance; 02-05-2016 at 12:19 PM.
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Thought about this over lunch and realized that some decent percent of police compete in PPC. Wonder if anyone has checked police gunfight results versus competition standing....How many surveillance videos show gunfights with people who regularly engage in action shooting competition?
http://ppc.nra.org/ppc.aspx