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Gun Control & RKBA

Straw Man

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1. At close range, it's very useful.

Reply to Kaleva (Original post)

Wed Jan 17, 2018, 10:00 PM

Jan 2018

I've done it in classes as a drill, where you're required to fire five or ten rounds rapidly into a silhouette target at a distance of five to seven feet. At those distances, sights are superfluous. It's possible to get acceptable accuracy just by extending your arm to the target. This would cover many, but not all, likely self-defense scenarios.

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Point shooting [View all] Kaleva Jan 2018 OP

At close range, it's very useful. Straw Man Jan 2018 #1

The way I was taught, many years ago oneshooter Jan 2018 #2

Maybe I'm missing something ... Straw Man Jan 2018 #3

Some info on that method Kaleva Jan 2018 #4

I can't use that with my revolver Kaleva Jan 2018 #5

As in all thimgs, practice makes perfect. n/t oneshooter Jan 2018 #6

I would think that more practice with "normal" shooting procedures yagotme Jan 2018 #7

The fingers remain the same in the method Applegate taught Kaleva Jan 2018 #8

That's the technique I meant. yagotme Jan 2018 #9