Are there any books on the one handed pistol shooting school of thought? I think its interesting, the guns of the time were a bigger caliber than 9mm and one would think they would've accounted for this. When did we stop teaching one handed pistol shooting in the military?
Books on old school one handed pistol shooting
Jordan Cooper
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Evan Stewart
one possible consideration is that someone in body armor would have his weaker side panel facing the target instead of the stronger chest plate
Matthew Gonzalez
> the guns of the time were a bigger caliber than 9mm
No they weren't. 9mm Parabellum or one of the variety of national variations of 9mm was by far the most popular cartridge for military-issue sidearms. The Americans were special for the most part.
Anyways, the reason we stopped teaching one-handed shooting was because it:
a) is more inaccurate, or rather, it is harder for the average person to be as accurate as they could be if using both hands
b) does not work with body armor.
The whole reason behind the one-handed shooting and blading your body was to present a smaller cross section, same way with how they shot their rifles back then. Nowadays, we have body armor, and facing your opponent more directly has more benefits than the drawback of presenting a wider cross-section.
Carter Morales
Another reason they quit teaching one handed, side on is that a torso hit at this angle was more likely to penetrate both lungs leading to a greater likely hood of fatality.
Jose Wright
When we realized it's fucking retarded.
Nathan King
Was this even a primary technique, or just something they thought soldiers needed to know in case they were shot in one arm?
Jaxson Long
When they realised teaching the average grunt to shoot well one handed was harder than it looked.
Sebastian Collins
Shooting a handgun with one hand was standard for everybody until guys like Jeff Cooper started mixing it up in the 1960's
There's also a WW2 training film showing that GIs who were trained on the 1911 we're taught to use point shooting in combat and to ignore the sights altogether.
Kayden Sanders
Kill or Get Killed by Rex Applegate.
Austin Parker
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Wyatt Brooks
Why do you need a book, OP? What's really going on here?
Jose Flores
It was a self-explanatory way of balancing and shock absorbtion. They did this in Enlightenment-age duels.
Parker Stewart
I have a collector's habit this like having a book
Christian Ward
Luis Sanchez
>the guns of the time were a bigger caliber than 9mm
Michael Harris
No Second Place Winner by Bill Jordan
Matthew Nelson
Fairbarn and Sykes wrote Shooting to Live. Mostly more for point shooting in general than one handed tho. Still, they would've recommended a g18 instead of a 1911 for police duty.
James Mitchell
Presenting a smaller target for one. Natural position second. It is not natural to square up your torso to a target with a pistol or a rifle. When the "other guys" are using rounds that penetrate your armor (or you have none) presenting the smallest target possible is best.
Nathan Sullivan
You Talking to Me? by I.P. Daily
Ayden Lewis
.45 in > 9 mm
Juan Sullivan
This is the time period where it wasn't that uncommon to find .32 ACP in military service. Not to mention 8mm nambu, 7.63mm Mauser, 7.65mm Luger, 7.65mm MAS and .380 ACP.