couldbeanyone
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Many threads on this forum about handgun defense always seem to come down to shooting as many bullets as fast as you can. If you don't have a 15 round magazine and can't empty your gun in 3 seconds your a dead man
I have been caught up in the speed game myself in the past. As I have gotten older, my thinking has began to change. If I pick up a double action revolver and shoot rapidly, my splits will usually be in the .21 to .23 second range. At this speed I will inavariably have some C zone hits. In competition this is ok as you can drop a few points now and then, if your times are fast enough. I now slow down enough to get all A zone hits when I practice even though that slows me down.
In looking at the gunfighters of the past a great many of them didn't seem to be as worried about speed as we are today. After all Frank Hamer always focused on taking his time and getting a good aimed shot. Captain Jonathan Davis was ambushed by 14 men and prevailed, killing 7 men with nothing more than two Colt cap and ball revolvers. I'm pretty sure he was taking pretty good aim to get that many hits while under fire.
I think it was Cint Smith that said, "of all the videos you ever saw of gunfights, was the problem ever that they weren't shooting fast enough?"
Having said all of this, does anyone know of a documented gunfight that was lost because someone wasn't shooting fast enough split times? What say you?
I have been caught up in the speed game myself in the past. As I have gotten older, my thinking has began to change. If I pick up a double action revolver and shoot rapidly, my splits will usually be in the .21 to .23 second range. At this speed I will inavariably have some C zone hits. In competition this is ok as you can drop a few points now and then, if your times are fast enough. I now slow down enough to get all A zone hits when I practice even though that slows me down.
In looking at the gunfighters of the past a great many of them didn't seem to be as worried about speed as we are today. After all Frank Hamer always focused on taking his time and getting a good aimed shot. Captain Jonathan Davis was ambushed by 14 men and prevailed, killing 7 men with nothing more than two Colt cap and ball revolvers. I'm pretty sure he was taking pretty good aim to get that many hits while under fire.
I think it was Cint Smith that said, "of all the videos you ever saw of gunfights, was the problem ever that they weren't shooting fast enough?"
Having said all of this, does anyone know of a documented gunfight that was lost because someone wasn't shooting fast enough split times? What say you?