I'm not affiliated with Armed Response.
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The method is not new. It's been around since the early 1800's and was well know to the US military. The Chinese military used it with the C96.
Sad fact is that Sight Shooting can not be used or is not used in CQB situations.
Its use in CQB situations is a nice theory. However; there is no proof that it works when needed.
How about some pics or a video of it being used effectively in CQB.
There are none, yet it has been taught to millions over the past 100 years. Should be hundreds if not thousands of them.
Not being argumentative, just looking for facts in support of SS theory. I will post it/them on my site with a courtesy mention of the supplier.
Here's a link to a page on my site that has been set aside to display it/them when and if found or presented.
http://www.pointshooting.com/1april1.htm
Ever have an instructor present you with pics or videos of SS ever being used effectively in CQB. Next time you go to a class, ask them for some, and then send them to me or provide me with a link. I will appreciate that.
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The method is for CQB use, and it is not a bar to using the sights or other PS methods. It enhances them. If you can see the sights and use them, certainly do so.
Also using the middle finger on the trigger makes sense as it is stronger than the index finger and pulls back straighter in the hand so there is less deviation introduced when it is used. And being stronger it makes shooting double action guns much easier.
Try it at your own risk and expense. Maybe that will help.
It works and is not dependant on using a target shooting grip and being able to focus on the sights and use them in aiming the gun. It is for CQB use.
If you are going to be shot and killed, there is an 80% chance that it will happen at less than 20 feet. And most all gunfights happen at less than 21 feet.
If you want to make a case for shooting in self defense beyond handgun distances, that's OK with me.
Read what Larry Seecamp, whose pistols come without sights, has to say about that:
http://www.pointshooting.com/1acamp.htm
What people have done and still do, is what they have done and still do. And so what?
In the olden days, people were burned at the stake for questioning the theories that those in charge believed in.
Same is true today, except words are used instead of stakes, straw and matches.
That's an improvement to my way of thinking.
As to speed, it's faster for me in putting a gun on the target than using the sights to put a gun on a target.
As to speed and flexibility, how are you at shooting aerials with a pistol?
As to the 1911, there was a caution against using it with the 1911, because if the slide stop pin is depressed when the 1911 is fired, it can jam. That wording or close to it, is found in many manuals. What isn't said, is what to use when you can't focus on or see the sights, and that's the rub IMHO.