Members of our SWAT team attended a class somewhere that was taught by Paul Castle and immediately all involved got man crushes on him. I ended up bringing him to teach our whole team because of the clamor. From an administrative standpoint it was a PITA and his documentation was shady. Paul was a dynamic and likable speaker plus with his British accent everyone assumed he was ex-SAS or something. Later I attended a seminar where he was one of the instructors and I was significantly faster and more accurate shooting Weaver than he was using C.A.R. on a video shooting simulator.
Paul himself admitted to me that he originally intended C.A.R. to be used for close up AND unusual shooting angles. The cross dominant stance is because C.A.R. does work for engaging targets that are directly behind you without turning yourself completely around. The handgun is presented over the shoulder and the head is only turned enough to use the nearest eye. Examples would be getting assaulted from behind while sitting fat, dumb and happy in a plane, bus or train car. It could also work if you’re sitting in a car and someone attacks from what most LEO’s think of as the blind spot.
Somehow it became “The Hammer” for every nail to some shooters and I never unscrewed some of the SWAT guys before they retired even in the face of other shooters being quicker and more accurate from more conventional shooting stances.
And this is the third old guy story I’ve typed here this week. I’ll be in my rocking chair if there are any questions…