I recently received an unsolicited e-mail from a retired Coast Guardsman about an inexpensive and innovative aiming aid for the 1911.
It makes it easy to automatically and accurately aim and shoot the 1911 at close quarters using Point Shooting.
I am not financial connected with the company that makes it. But I have a web site on Point Shooting, and favor P&S, which is the method used by the Coast Guardsman.
Here are parts of the e-mail:
"I have been reading the articles on your website over the past several weeks, and experimenting with P&S the last two times I've gone to the range. With great results I might add."
He also said that he had been... "looking for something like this for years...."
"Today I tried out a commercial product that makes a very effective "aiming aid" for P&S when using a govt model 1911A1, although it was designed for a completely different use."
It is called a "Clipdraw" and it is used to clip a .45 to your belt for carrying without holster. Here's a link to pictures of the Clipdraw, plus install info for the .45.
http://www.clipdraw.com/1911.html
The Clipdraw..."is just right for an aiming aid. It gives the index finger a place to rest safely away from the slide.?I found that my finger came to rest in the same place every time which wasn't always the case without it."
"In my first attempt at P&S I used silhouette targets at about 20 feet. I was able to draw from a holster, point the gun at the target and put two rounds center mass at hip level, the raise the weapon slightly and put one into the head.?I was amazed at how simple it all seemed. Even more amazing was the fact that I could do it every time...."
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E-mails like that help to keep me bob bob bobbing along in my support for the use of Point Shooting by police and home-defenders.
It makes it easy to automatically and accurately aim and shoot the 1911 at close quarters using Point Shooting.
I am not financial connected with the company that makes it. But I have a web site on Point Shooting, and favor P&S, which is the method used by the Coast Guardsman.
Here are parts of the e-mail:
"I have been reading the articles on your website over the past several weeks, and experimenting with P&S the last two times I've gone to the range. With great results I might add."
He also said that he had been... "looking for something like this for years...."
"Today I tried out a commercial product that makes a very effective "aiming aid" for P&S when using a govt model 1911A1, although it was designed for a completely different use."
It is called a "Clipdraw" and it is used to clip a .45 to your belt for carrying without holster. Here's a link to pictures of the Clipdraw, plus install info for the .45.
http://www.clipdraw.com/1911.html
The Clipdraw..."is just right for an aiming aid. It gives the index finger a place to rest safely away from the slide.?I found that my finger came to rest in the same place every time which wasn't always the case without it."
"In my first attempt at P&S I used silhouette targets at about 20 feet. I was able to draw from a holster, point the gun at the target and put two rounds center mass at hip level, the raise the weapon slightly and put one into the head.?I was amazed at how simple it all seemed. Even more amazing was the fact that I could do it every time...."
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E-mails like that help to keep me bob bob bobbing along in my support for the use of Point Shooting by police and home-defenders.
