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The What & the Why: Front Sight vs Point Shooting - The Best for Defense - Use the Sights or Point & Shoot?

The What & the Why: Front Sight vs Point Shooting – The Best for Defense – Use the Sights or Point & Shoot?

While some people think that using the sights, especially at close range, is slower – and for an untrained person that might be right – that is not correct for someone who is trained and has practiced sufficiently. So why should a person learn to use the sights, even at close range? Because even at close range, even experienced shooters often miss the target if they point shoot.

Beyond the Fundamentals: Essential Tasks to Win a Fight

Beyond the Fundamentals: Essential Tasks to Win a Fight

You don’t have to look for trouble to find it. In times of instability, it is prudent to consider where the trouble may come from and form a tentative plan to address it. I have always sought to understand things at a fundamental level. Fighting involves all the components of marksmanship and overlays tactics.

The Rugged Life and Gory Death of Wild Bill Hickok

The Rugged Life and Gory Death of Wild Bill Hickok

Wild Bill Hickok was the original Old Western gunfighter. Like most professional purveyors of violence, he left his mark but died both young and hard.