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Seeker · May 11, 2002, 01:34 AM

After reading a thread here about point shooting I gave it a go, with a .22 revolver. With a little practice I was able to keep'em in a 6x6 square at close range (10 feet).

I didn't use the flash sight picture method. I used the style demonstarted by Kirk Douglas in Man Without a Star. Clear leather, point it like your finger - from the hip- and drop the hammer, keeping the pistol near the hip 1) for speed and 2) for weapon retention. IIRC, Dempsy Rae recommended "get it out quick and put it away slow".

Aside from that the key seems to be Practice, Practice and Practice. It's like Dave T said you have to train your hand to shoot to hit where you are looking. It seems sand would be the best background for practice as it would be easy to see where you shots went and correct from there.

YMMV and this advice is worth exactly what you paid for it.

May 11, 2002, 01:34 AM	#4
Seeker Senior Member Join Date: May 30, 2001 Location: Lacomb, Oregon Posts: 1,393	I'll take a poke... After reading a thread here about point shooting I gave it a go, with a .22 revolver. With a little practice I was able to keep'em in a 6x6 square at close range (10 feet). I didn't use the flash sight picture method. I used the style demonstarted by Kirk Douglas in Man Without a Star. Clear leather, point it like your finger - from the hip- and drop the hammer, keeping the pistol near the hip 1) for speed and 2) for weapon retention. IIRC, Dempsy Rae recommended "get it out quick and put it away slow". Aside from that the key seems to be Practice, Practice and Practice. It's like Dave T said you have to train your hand to shoot to hit where you are looking. It seems sand would be the best background for practice as it would be easy to see where you shots went and correct from there. YMMV and this advice is worth exactly what you paid for it. __________________ Molon Labe Seeker "The oppressed should rebel, and they will continue to rebel and raise disturbance until their civil rights are fully restored to them and all partial distinctions, exclusions and incapacitations are removed." --Thomas Jefferson Don't Tread On Me! "Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none" -- Thomas Jefferson In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally behind them. And if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us. -Thich Nhat Hanh