WHICH IS FASTEST: P&S, or QK, or FSP, or ....

In a recent discussion of Point Shooting, I was asked if I indexed the pistol in my peripheral vision when shooting, as Robin Brown says you will do when using the Quick Kill method of shooting that he teaches.

I responded that with P&S, I just point my index finger at the target and shoot. The gun is there and can be seen. But, I don't attempt to line up the front and back of the pistol, or align the sights, or put the end of the pistol at a specific point of aim.

Now, the gun can cover up some or most of the index finger depending on whether the target is up or down, or to the left or right.

And prior to the discussion, I had not thought much about that, though it might have an affect on pointing accuracy. So I made a test.

I used two 8 1/2 x 11 sheets of paper as targets, placed them at a range of about 14 feet, and then shot at each of them 10 times using an Airsoft gun.

I used the lower right lower corner of each target as the COM aim point, to compensate for the way the gun I used, shoots. It shoots consistently, but consistently off of the aim point. It also is a spring operated gun which must be cocked for each shot.

For the first set of 10 shots, I used a Quick or Flash Site Picture. I acquired the target, roughly aligned the sights on the aim point, and pulled the trigger.

For the other set I used P&S. I just pointed my index finger at the aim point and pulled the trigger.

Also, for both sets, I used a P&S type grip in that my index finger was along the side of the gun and pointing forward, and I pulled the trigger with my middle finger.

Here is a picture of the targets.


Note that each set of 10 shots hit the target.

So, which shooting method is better, Flash Sight Picture or P&S?

Accuracy wise, you could say that the test was a push.

Time wise, I estimate that P&S was - way - faster.

With the Flash Sighting method, I acquired the aim point, checked that the sights were in rough alignment, and pulled the trigger.

With P&S, I just pointed at the aim point and pulled the trigger.

Using P&S, it was not necessary to think about or do anything else.

Just point-n-pull.

The following day, I made another test using what I understand is the Quick Kill method. I put the front end of the gun on the aim point, and pulled the trigger with my index finger.

The result was as good as if not better than the prior tests. However, as with Flash Sight shooting, the Quick Kill method required thinking about as well as putting the front end of the gun on the aim point.

I also made another test of just pointing the gun at the aim point and blasting away. The result was poor to bad.

I am sure that practice would improve my performance using a Flash Sight Picture and Quick Kill, to where they would become more automatic.

However, P&S is already both automatic, fast, and accurate, as the gun barrel is aligned with and slaved to the index finger. All you need to do, is just point-n-pull.

P&S is the most basic method, and mechanically it is the simplest.

Thinking about aiming, and/or taking a thinking directed action such as Flash Sighting or putting the front end of the gun on an aim point, is not needed or required.

P&S also can be used in conjunction with and to enhance both "Point Shooting and Sight Shooting.

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