DESCRIPTION
A result of twelve years of research, The Gunfighter’s Bible was written to meet the needs of the gun owner, the experienced shooter, those who own a weapon strictly for home and self-defense, and for the military member who wants to become a better shooter in defense of our country. It’s also for the law enforcement officer who risks his or her life going against the thugs of our society, and for anyone interested in learning the defensive and tactical training techniques from some of the best and most experienced shooters in the world. The shooting skills taught in this book carry broad application in civilian, law enforcement, and military contexts. Common criminals, terrorists, assailants—the enemy and threat—all will find themselves outgunned in the face of a properly armed and trained gunslinger. Members of the armed services, government and law enforcement agencies, as well as civilians, will find that the close-range shooting methods addressed in this book can provide a decisive advantage. An all-encompassing manual that addresses safety, equipment, tactics, and the best practices for all shooters, The Gunfighter’s Bible is the most all-encompassing book on shooting ever published. It’s a book that, in the words of senior special agent and U.S. government senior weapons and tactics instructor Dick Conger, “will save lives.”
Highlights
- 9mm the best results have been with hollow points in the 115–127 +P grain loads. (Location 1382)
- Defensive shooting positions should not require any major head movement to acquire the sights. The head should not have to move to the sights—the sights are brought up to eye level. The best way to manage recoil is to make sure that your shoulders are forward of your hips when you fire. This position is easily accomplished by relaxing the ankles, knees, and hips with a slight forward lean, but not enough to put you off balance. (Location 1612)
- One of the most common errors made is when the shooter punches out too forcefully, causing the weapon muzzle to dip at full or close to full arm extension. The wrist will tend to flex at full extension if done too forcefully and the shooter will shoot low. (Location 1847)
- The shooting-side elbow should stay close to the body; avoid letting it “chicken wing” to the side. (Location 1907)
- Many professional shooters use a grip ratio of 60:40. The support hand provides 60 percent of the grip strength and the shooting hand provides 40 percent of the grip strength. This prevents the shooting finger from being too stressed when squeezing back on the trigger. (Location 2027)
- A simple dry fire exercise involves placing a piece of brass at the far end of the muzzle and pulling the trigger. You should be able to do this without the brass falling off the weapon. (Location 2078)
- A shooter should never anticipate the “break” of the trigger. He knows that it is going to go, and is continually applying constant pressure on the trigger, but does not know the precise instant when it will “break.” The trigger must break almost unintentionally. If the shooter anticipates the break, or forces it to occur, he will invariably bear down reflexively on the weapon and flinch at the final moment (jerk the trigger), which often causes the shot to go low. (Location 2109)
- Ron Avery, one of the top shooters in the world, sums up the importance of sight alignment this way: “A critical element of shooting is to see what you need to see in terms of sight alignment and sight picture to make the hit.” At closer distances, on bigger target areas, you can keep the sights basically aligned and fire the instant the front sight pauses in the impact area, he explains. As the demand for precision increases sight alignment and sight picture become more critical. The relationship between the top edge of the front sight and the target must be seen very clearly. This means that the vision will shift back to the front sight as the requirement for precision increases. During this process you’re using your entire visual field to assist you. (Location 2238)