Point and Shoot (Not Kodak)

[VegasGeorge]

I was just sitting here thinking about shooting. Why should it be so complicated? All this information about grip and stance and aiming, etc. It seems to me that I can instantly point at any object in the room with my index finger. If it were a gun, I'd hit what I was pointing at just about all the time. So, why can't I just point the gun the same way I point my finger? Actually, if you just think of the front sight as the tip of your finger, it should all come together very nicely. If I'm right, it will be a great relief for us all. It would mean no more anxiety about carefully lining everything up just so, dithering about sight picture, squinting through the sights. Just point and shoot. What could be simpler?

[Bill of Rights]

I was just sitting here thinking about shooting. Why should it be so complicated? All this information about grip and stance and aiming, etc. It seems to me that I can instantly point at any object in the room with my index finger. If it were a gun, I'd hit what I was pointing at just about all the time. So, why can't I just point the gun the same way I point my finger? Actually, if you just think of the front sight as the tip of your finger, it should all come together very nicely. If I'm right, it will be a great relief for us all. It would mean no more anxiety about carefully lining everything up just so, dithering about sight picture, squinting through the sights. Just point and shoot. What could be simpler?

Fingers don't have recoil. :lmfao:

[VegasGeorge]

Fingers don't have recoil. :lmfao:

Well now, that depends on the size of the bugger you're flicking, don't it? :)

[vthompson_25704@yahoo.com]

About 2 month's ago, I started experimenting with point and shoot whenever I went outside to target practice. At first I got really aggravated with myself for not doing that well but here lately I am getting a whole lot better and I am getting more confident each time that I shoot.
I have been practicing this way because if "crunch-time" ever comes my way I dont think a whole lot of time is going to be spent on sight acquisition. I want to be able to "point-and-shoot" and that comes from practice, practice, practice!

[VegasGeorge]

When I was a grade school kid, I remember coming home every day to shoot my BB gun. I would take it to the vacant lots out behind our house, and spend time shooting grasshoppers. They were all over the place that year. I recall getting better with practice to the point where I could consistently hit the one I wanted without any studied effort on my part. It was just raise the gun and shoot, all in one quick motion. I'm talking about hitting little finger sized bugs at a range of about 15 feet. It just felt like natural 'point and shoot' rather than 'aim and shoot'. Maybe it was because I was so young, sharp eyed, and quick. Or, maybe it was because I did it every day for several months. Or, just possibly, it was because nobody said I had to do it some other way.

[pioneer461]

Point shooting is a skill, or ability which should be practiced with regularity. There is no way to know under what conditions you will need to shoot in a real life & death situation. There is a very strong probability that a shooting situation will develop so quickly you may not have time, or be in position to acquire a "proper" stance and grip.

By all means, practice grip and stance for basic target shooting, but consider that you may be on your back with your strong hand wounded and unusable, when you realize that you've been hit. Practice prone, supine, on your side, upside down, strong and support hand shooting. A combat situation is no place to start thinking about what to do if......