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varian
if you were teaching a total newbie for defensive shooting <20 feet. would you teach point and shoot or sight and shoot.
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  • wiplash
    Sight and shoot.
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  • yoshmyster
    That's a tough one without "spray and pray" is not an option. "<" means less, right? If so Point and Shoot.
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  • toad67
    Hand gun, shot gun...?
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  • Chief Shaway
    Sight an shoot.
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  • 7.62x39Lover
    I would suggest sight and shoot.
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  • He Dog
    sight and shoot.
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  • Mobuck
    First, teach the "newbie" to shoot, then shift to the "defensive" issues.
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  • Sam06
    quote:Originally posted by Mobuck
    First, teach the "newbie" to shoot, then shift to the "defensive" issues.


    +1
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  • Ricci Wright
    In my humble opinion you always start with a precise sight picture. Once good center hits are achieved then you can start to go faster. Some people, even experienced shooters take too long to break the shot. I encourage shooters once they understand sight picture and trigger control to not wait too long. As they speed up they will trade precision for speed. You don?t need perfect sight alignment to good center mass hits quickly at 7 yards but you do need to be able to reference the gun in your peripheral vision. In other words the shooter should shift from focusing hard on the front sight to focusing on the target but must still be aware of the guns position and of course trigger control.
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  • Sam06
    quote:Originally posted by Ricci Wright
    In my humble opinion you always start with a precise sight picture. Once good center hits are achieved then you can start to go faster. Some people, even experienced shooters take too long to break the shot. I encourage shooters once they understand sight picture and trigger control to not wait too long. As they speed up they will trade precision for speed. You don?t need perfect sight alignment to good center mass hits quickly at 7 yards but you do need to be able to reference the gun in your peripheral vision. In other words the shooter should shift from focusing hard on the front sight to focusing on the target but must still be aware of the guns position and of course trigger control.


    +1

    And that comes with hours and hours of practice...........Muscle Memory.

    Dry firing is a great way to build up that muscle memory.
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  • kidthatsirish
    They have sights on them for a reason.
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  • montanajoe
    • Community moderator
    quote:Originally posted by Sam06
    quote:Originally posted by Mobuck
    First, teach the "newbie" to shoot, then shift to the "defensive" issues.


    +1


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