Point-less shooting - Reality Check

I'd say it's pretty tough to shoot a handgun instinctively, since no one I ever met dropped from the womb handgun in hand. Should it ever happen, there then I guess would be someone with the potential to be an instinctive shooter.

Gifted gunmen, the likes of Ross Seyfried, Bill Jordon, Rob Leatham and the "Burner" Jerry Barnhart, may have been born with natural skills. But being simply gifted isn't the end of the story. I'll bet $5 somewhere in the mix is a little dose of practice.

As I understand it, point shooting would mean the firing of a handgun without using the sights. Arguments provided in support of point shooting say if a threat is closing in there is no time to look at sights. Another might be that because the target is so close sights are not required to make hits. And besides, looking at the sights wastes time.

The argument: "He's so close I can't miss," can be countered with a more logical, "He's so close I'd better not miss." Besides, if point shooting is the cure-all then knock them bumpy things off the front of that slide.

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