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oldcop
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Shoot with one hand
oldcop
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Hi, This is my first post, so I don't know if it's been out there before, but I strongly recommend learning to shoot well with one hand. I was a cop for 32 years and more often than not, even though I was trained and re-trained to shoot with 2 hands, there were MANY times I found myself pointing my gun at a suspect with one hand. Sometimes you have a separate light, you're opening a door, turning on a light switch, or one of your hands is disabled or occupied with another task. Having the ability to shoot well with one hand can be a life saver. In real close quarters, your off hand can also be used to push your attacker off while you employ your weapon which you should keep close enough to your body so it can't be taken away from you.
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As already said, most here will agree with you
- George Orwell
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Will someone else's pants pocket do?
In 1966 the USMC was still teaching one handed shooting.
That utter Bounder.
Cool.
I used to shoot a 1911 with my strong hand up close because it was faster, a LOT faster than what was being taught at the time...i.e. draw, bring up the weapon into both hands, take a step back and then shoot at the pepper popper. I'd draw and shoot, could get five rounds on target until it fell. Much quicker than the "draw, step away, bring the pistol to the middle of your body, and then shoot."
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- George Orwell
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Agree totally. I see it a lot - a two-handed pistol technique is often used as a crutch for a crappy one-handed one, and the lack of understanding of a proper one-hand grip usually leads to not-real-impressive performance with two. If you can run well with one, two is just gravy. Since stuff happening can leave you with just one very quickly, best if you can operate that way.
Some additional thoughts: an emphasis on extra magazine capacity - largely spurred by inability to shoot straight - coupled with two-handed shooting being taught as the "standard" thing, has resulted in the designing of a lot of guns that aren't exactly what you'd call ergonomic masterpieces. Sure, you can make them work for you, but if you polled people who have experience with a broad array of weapon types what handgun they'd want to have if they only had one round to solve the problem with, you will get a lot of votes for the 1911, the Luger, the Peacemaker, the K-frame Smith & comparable Colts, and probably even a smattering of picks for certain pre-WWII pocket autos that aren't very big, or very powerful, but fit the hand REALLY well.
What do they all have in common?
They were all designed before Weaver and Isosceles were common shooting range words, back when a handgun was a hand - singular - gun and one depended on accuracy more than the law of averages.
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Jerry
Perhaps a homunculus?? :tooth:
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Jerry