The Shooting Paradox: Slow Down to Speed Up

[Mike H.]

Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled “The Shooting Paradox: Slow Down to Speed Up” and can be found at https://www.thearmorylife.com/the-shooting-paradox-slow-down-to-speed-up/.

 

[Grayfox]

"Take your time in a hurry." Wyatt Earp.

 

[KillerFord1977]

Accuracy, then speed.

 

[Thefacts]

This article betrays contemporary gun thinking. People cannot distinguish the basis of accuracy versus the art form of speed. So few people understand accuracy- as though the shooter has no input to how accurate their shot is so they defer to the equipment and hope for the best. This fast trigger will make me shoot better.

 

[powerboatr]

yup
slow and correct bullet placement, beats fast and all over the place any day
when we did the police training thing years ago, it was an interactive they shoot back setup
sort of puts the pressure back on, if the object is shooting back... its hard to keep the body from getting in a hurry
practice practice...
but i am no longer active duty, so my hurry up, may cause me to not breath as calmly

 

[Anchorite]

Slow is smooth and smooth is fast.

 

[KillerFord1977]

Only have to be quicker than the other guy

 

[Jester560]

Slow is smooth and smooth is fast.

Fast is fast and slow is ghey

 

[Shibadog]

This article betrays contemporary gun thinking. People cannot distinguish the basis of accuracy versus the art form of speed. So few people understand accuracy- as though the shooter has no input to how accurate their shot is so they defer to the equipment and hope for the best. This fast trigger will make me shoot better.

And I sincerely believe that’s the reason hi cap mags are all the rage “I can shoot 17 times” when realistically one decent hit is much more likely to stop action than a dozen misses.

 

[KillerFord1977]

I train with 5 rounds in a mag.
This allows me to slow down, be a little more even keeled on time versus ammo and settle in.
I could burn thru a couple hundred doing drills in 20 min.
I load more than 5 for certain drills, but 5 has me take time to reload, think it thru and also forces some mag changes on double taps, etc
My personal way to stay grounded and not mag dump

 

[Shibadog]

I train with 5 rounds in a mag.
This allows me to slow down, be a little more even keeled on time versus ammo and settle in.
I could burn thru a couple hundred doing drills in 20 min.
I load more than 5 for certain drills, but 5 has me take time to reload, think it thru and also forces some mag changes on double taps, etc
My personal way to stay grounded and not mag dump

Wise man. Sadly, Today way too many feel they can make up for a lack of skill with a high rate of fire- not the best idea in the world.