A Sig P239 in 9mm, and 9 1/2 inch by 14 inch targets were used. The distance to the targets was 12 - 14 feet. The barrel length of the Sig is "short" at 3.6 inches.

I added my simple, reliable, low cost, and effective aiming aid, to the side of the gun with double sided adhesive tape. The aiming aid helps keep the index finger in position along the side of the gun, and away from the slide. However, one is not required to use P&S.

Here is a picture of the gun with the aid attached.

Both videos are in WMV (Windows Media) format, and MOV (Quick Time) format.

MOV files run with Quick Time which is free from Apple.com. If you don't have Quick Time, you can download it 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.

Please allow time for videos to download, and you may want to turn down your speaker volume as the gun shots are very loud.

In the first video I used a "wrist lock" grip. The weak hand is placed over and grabs the strong hand wrist to help with control recoil.

Caution:

Note that the wrist lock grip shown just above shows the fingers of my left hand going over and around the wrist. If one hand is placed on top of the other, it may be "bitten" by the slide. In 9/06, I was using a gun that was new to me. I did not check the clearance available, and I got bit. So check first.

In a real confrontation you may not grab your wrist just right, so if you can't safely shoot a gun with one hand placed on the other, the wrist lock grip may not be for you with that gun.

As to the video:

At the start, look carefully and you will see my left hand and fingers in the act of grabbing my right wrist. See the pic on the left below.

In the pic on the right, the slide is well above my hands.

I used the camera's self timer to start and take the video, When the timer light started to blink rapidly, I grabbed my gun hand wrist and began bringing the gun up to shoot.

Click here for the first video in WMV format.

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In the second video I shot with one hand.

If you play the video more than once, you will note that I point the gun and pull the trigger for each shot: point-n-pull, point-n-pull. That is more noticable than in the first video.

All I am doing is pointing my finger at the target and pulling the trigger. The gun just goes along for the ride.

The point is that you should aim each shot.

Here are some still pics from the video.

If you just point a gun in the direction of a target, and shoot as with Spray and Pray, you will most likely miss. Spray and Pray shooting is neither Sight Shooting nor Point Shooting.

It is just pointing a gun at or in the direction of a target and pulling the trigger. In my opinion, it is the "instinctive shooting" that many have said they used in close quarter shootings, and which is responsible for the 80%+ miss rate in those situations.

I have used Pray and Spray in tests and have missed the target. It is very easy to do.

Point Shooting does not happen by magic. However it is very simple to learn, and requires little if any training.

Learning how to Point Shoot is much like learning how to ride a bike or tie your shoes. Both are impossible tasks until done, but once mastered, they become almost automatic.

I believe that P&S is the simplest of Point Shooting methods. P&S also can be used with other Point Shooting methods, or traditional sight assisted shooting methods. It can enhance them.

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Here is a picture of the targets that show hits made. I fired five times at each target in less than 3 seconds of the 5 second length of the clips, and hit each target four times. Also, because the targets were 9 1/2 inches wide, it is more than likely that the fifth shot would have struck a wider and human sized target

As to my accuracy and speed in my "at the range" test, I do not shoot often at the range and I am not a competition shooter, so don't expect dime to quarter sized groups, or fraction of a second splits.

To me, target hits count. I also believe that practice can improve performance, and that even my performance could improve with practice.

When I go to the range every three or four months, I use a rental gun, and fire two boxes of bullets. 100 total.

I am in a "catch 22" kind of place.

If I was to shoot often and lots of rounds, or used a tricked out gun with porting, or used low power rounds, I most likely would get more "professional" looking groups.

I use airsoft for home practice, so I do practice but certainly not as much as a professional competitor or operator would.

Some have laughed at my groups.... "Looking at your targets, anyone who ever picked up a gun could beat you easily." ha ha ha - or words like those.

Your targets will tell you good you are. No instructor's or guru's approval is required.

P&S can be used with most hand held weapons, and P&S works when one is moving and shooting, and it also works when the target is moving.

Here is a link to a video of P&S being used WHILE MOVING.

Here is a link to other videos of P&S being used WHILE MOVING.

And here is a link to some tests made SHOOTING AT A MOVING TARGET. See the bottom portion of the page.

This link is to a video of me SHOOTING AT AERIALS (empty pop cans tossed up in the air). It is a real challenge.

When shooting aerials, you certainly will have no time or opportunity to use traditional Sight Shooting or other Point Shooting methods.

Those other methods depend on body positioning, a specific stance, a specific grip, arm and/or hand indexing, trigger squeezing, and cognitive hand eye coordinated tasks such as aligning the sights, or focusing or placing the gun muzzle on a specific point of aim.

In a life or death, high stress close quarters situation, one may not be able to get into the "proper" body position or stance, or think fast and clearly. Also, per the literature, fine motor skills, which are necessary for Sight Shooting, will be lost to use in most all real close quarter life threat situations.

As such, Point Shooting and in particular AIMED Point shooting or P&S, can improve your chance of defeating a threat and staying alive by helping you get on target fast, automatically, instinctively, and accurately for your first shot, and every shot.

To not use P&S, will effectively surrender your instinctive ability to point rapidly, automatically, and accurately at targets, to a threat who is trying to kill you.

Lastly, I have approached gun makers about incorporating P&S index finger rests in their guns, or producing them as add-ons for their guns. To date they have said thanks, but no thanks.

If you think that would be a good idea, the next time you are in contact with a gun rep in a store or at a show, say so.

Perhaps they will come around in time, to making their products more practical and user friendly, for home defenders and other good folks all across the USA.