They show that you can move and shoot, and repeatedly hit fast moving targets with a handgun using P&S. And naturally, automatically, and accurately. no use of the no sights, a special grip, stance, dance, or trigger manipulation is required. Just point-n-pull.

Here is a pic of the "swinger" and the air pistol.

Note that a P&S aiming aid has been added so that the "shelf" portion that sticks out from the side of the gun, matches with the indentation in the back strap.

The gun has a fat grip which I don't care for, but you have to go with what is produced (real or airsoft). Also, I extended the trigger to make it easy to pull with the middle finger.

It is unfortunate that gun makers haven't accepted the fact that aiming with the index finger is fast, automatic, instinctive, and accurate at close quarters distances. And that it allows for rapid and accurate shooting even while moving and without the use of the sights.

Modifying guns to accommodate those facts, could materially affect and improve the survival chance of police and others in real CQB situations.

In real CQB situations, the sights may not be able to be used for a variety of reasons. According to the literature and studies, that will end up being the case most of the time.

With the use of a P&S aiming aid and an appropriately configured gun, index finger placement along the side of the gun can be made mechanical, automatic, and repeatable.

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A camera was positioned near the BB Trap-and-target to video it's movement. I also placed a mirror in the camera's field of view, to show me as I was moving and shooting at the moving target in two of the videos.

A nine inch wide pie plate was used as a BB Trap Gong and placed close to the center of the BB Trap. You will hear it "dinging" as it is hit.

8 x 10 1/2 in pieces of paper were used as targets, and with a five inch bullseye marked on them with a felt marker.

The distance to the target when it was not moving, was 11 feet from the end of the gun muzzle when my arm was extended. That distance increased as the target moved from right to left and back again.

To make the videos, I used the camera's self timer feature, my gun, and a nylon cord and pulley to draw the BB trap-and-target up as high as possible to one side.

I first pressed the camera shutter for auto focusing, and then again to start the timer. I then grabbed the gun and held it down at my side.

When the timer light blinked rapidly (warning that the video recording was going to start), I brought the gun up to shoot and at the same time let go of the nylon cord used to draw the BB trap-and-target up to one side.

Note: The videos are in WMV (Windows Media) format, and MOV (quick Time) format. If you don't have Quick Time, it is free from Apple.com. Also, if you use AOL and have selected setting/multimedia and checked the block to make the AOL player your default player, you may need to uncheck that block.

The 5 sec videos are big files, so please allow time for them to download.

I did not do any warm up shooting to make the session more "interesting."

The target on the left below shows 2 hits out of the first four shots taken. The hits are on the upper right.

The video of the first 4 shots taken, is not included here as it was incomplete. (I had not released the BB Trap soon enough to capture the shooting before the camera's 5 sec video timer shut off the recording.) The process was a bit complicated :-).

In the next video, I used the same target. Four shots taken, and I made 4 out of 4. I had set the camera's video timer length to 15 sec's, so I have cut the video down to about 5 secs. I also lightened it up quite a bit.

The target on the right shows that 4 of the next 5 shots were also hits. And if you run either video, you will hear the hits being made.

In the next video, you will hear the gong used in the center of the BB trap, announce 5 hits being made.

Following that I made several more "shoots," and hit the target consistently most all of the time.

It seems odd, but shooting at a moving target, and moving and shooting seem to be easier than standing still and shooting at a stationary target.

Now, click here for the 1st video in WMV format.

Click here for the 1st video in MOV format.

Click here for the 2nd video in WMV format.

And, click here for the 2nd video in MOV format.

Here is a pic of the "gong" used.

Remember that P&S is not a bar to other Point Shooting methods and/or Sight Shooting. It can be used with them to enhance them by getting the gun on target, fast, automatically, and accurately.

As to using the sights on the swinger or when moving and shooting at the swinger, things happen way to fast for that. 4 or 5 shots in about 2 seconds.

I don't shoot often or much. So it is nice to get the reinforcement - feedback that P&S does work and with little if any practice.

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Now, one reads and hears about Force on Force training exercises where a shooter is not only moving and shooting, but moving and shooting at moving and shooting bad guys.

So it was natural to think about moving and shooting at the moving target, as I had never done both at the same time.

Below are targets and videos showing my initial results.

The first target show 3 hits out of 5 shots made. In the video, the "gong" sounds 5 times so the two misses were close. The second target shows 5 hits out of 5 shots.

As this was my first attempt at this, I imagine that I would get better and quicker over time. Also, one should recognize that shooting an airsoft pistol is like a pop gun relative to a real firearm.

As to STRESS as a factor, I considered that since I do not shoot often or practice often, and that I had NO experience at shooting at a moving target while moving myself, plus being my own video crew, chief cook, and bottle washer, that my stress level was way up.

Based on my results, I think doing FOF would be "fun" as the target's would be much bigger, and all I would have to do and be concerned about, would be moving and shooting them.

Finally, click here for the first video in WMV format.

Click here for the first video in MOV format.

Click here for the second video in WMV format.

And click here for the second video in MOV format.

The videos look close to being the same. However, if you go frame by frame thru them, the shooter's position against the background is different as the shots are being made, and the ending frame pics are different.