DEFENSIVE PISTOL 101

A special report by www.BestConcealedCarryGun101.com. Learn the fundamentals of personal defense pistol.

Introduction There are two types of pistol shooting, 1) target shooting , and 2) shooting when you are in a fight for your life. The two should never be confused. The purpose of this report is to introduce you to the concepts that you need to know to defend your life with a handgun. This report is not about target shooting, its about fighting with a handgun.

It is important to know and understand your bodys natural response to any fight. irst your body will involuntarily lower its center of gravity by crouching down and bending the knees. This is to allow you to run away or fight. !our shoulders will shrug up and your head will sink down into your shoulders. This is to protect the vital arteries on the side of your neck. !our hands will come up in front of your body to protect your vital organs. !ou will e"perience tunnel vision and target fi"ation. This can be good because you are e"tremely focused on the threat. This can be bad because you lose track of what is going on around you. !ou may not see other threats or innocent bystanders. This is why we tell you to turn your head and scan your surroundings in a fight. #can with your whole head and not $ust move your eyeballs. !ou will likely lose control of your fine motor skills. This is why we teach only gross motor movements.

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It All Starts With the Proper Mindset

%e aware of your surroundings at all times. The ob$ect is to never get surprised by a bad situation. In the military we try to dictate where and when the fight takes place. That is the goal of your attacker. &e wants to take you by surprise, when you are off guard, and fight you on his terms. 'ever let that happen. %e proactive in your personal safety. (ction is faster than reaction. The point is to avoid the need to use any of the material Im going to teach you in the rest of this report.

(lways observe everyone who is around you. )ook for potential threats. *entally rehearse what you would do if a bad situation occurred where you are. %e aware of where the entrances and e"its are. #ituate yourself so that you have a clear line of sight to the entrances and an easy escape route. +now that your attacker has a plan. !our attacker has a preconceived notion of how the fight will go down. &es waiting for you to be ,on the ",- and unprepared. !ou have to disrupt his plan. .et off the ". (nd be prepared for everything. (nticipate the une"pected and decide your course of action should it occur.

Combat !!ecti"e Pistol Grip

Take your strong hand and grip the pistol firmly and high on the back strap. !ou want to grip the pistol as high as you possibly can because your gun will want to pivot around your hand as it recoils. ( high grip will minimi/e the amount that your gun pivots upward as it recoils.

0n the other side of your pistol you can see plenty of open real estate. 1oint your support hand down in a 23 degree angle and place the butt of your palm in the

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open real estate. The point of the combat effective pistol grip is to make as much contact with the pistol as possible.

!our support hand thumb should be pointed down4range parallel to your mu//le. 1lace your strong hand thumb directly on top of your support hand thumb. %oth thumbs should be pointed down range, parallel to the mu//le.

.rip your pistol firmly with both hands until the pistol begins to shake, then lighten up on your grip until the pistol stops shaking. This is how tightly you always want to grip the pistol. .rip it as tight as you can without causing the gun to shake.

#ee this link for a video representation

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Combat Pistol Stance

>hen you are startled, surprised, or suddenly frightened, your body has a specific, natural, and involuntary response. irst of all, your body naturally lowers its center of gravity. !our knees bend and you crouch down a little bit. This is to prepare you for either a physical fight, or for a flight ?9uick sprint to safety). #imultaneously, your shoulders will shrug up ?to protect the vital arteries in your neck), and your hands will come up in front of your body ?to protect your vital organs). >e are going to take advantage of this natural response, by basing the combat pistol stance off of this position. www.BestConcealedCarryGun101.com
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1) ocus your eyes on the threat ?but be aware that you may e"perience tunnel vision in a fight so you should always scan back and forth to discover any secondary threats). 2) *ove your head down and shrug your shoulders up. @) %end slightly forward at your waist ?this will help your body absorb the recoil to increase accuracy of follow up shots). 2) #lightly bend your knees and place your feet shoulder width apart.

'ow you are prepared to make 9uick lateral movements if needed. Aven though I am teaching you this stance, if the mess ever hits the fan, you will not have to remember any of this as your body will naturally assume this position.

#i$h Compressed %eady

In the movies and on television, you always see the cops walking around or clearing a house with their pistol fully e"tended. In the real world, this is an easy way to get your pistol taken away from you. >e will not e"tend our pistol until we are ready to fire. Bntil then, we assume the high compressed ready position. .rip the pistol tightly and pull it high on your chest and into your body, with the mu//le pointed towards the threat. This is how you will hold the pistol until you are ready to fire. If someone tries to disarm you, then you can turn your body, or shoulder or elbow them. It is much harder to disarm someone who is high compressed ready as opposed to how easy it is to disarm someone who is walking around with their pistol e"tended. Co not search for your target with your gun e"tended. Punch &ut www.BestConcealedCarryGun101.com

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>hen you are ready to fire, you will punch straight out from the high compressed ready position. Co not arc up or down, $ust punch straight out as if your pistol is riding on a laser. 1unch straight out toward the threat as far as your arms will go. It is important to punch straight out because your body will act as a mechanical stop and you dont have to worry about passing up the target, as would be the case if you arced up or down instead of punching straight out.

#ee this video for a representation of stance, high compressed ready, and punching out5

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'ar$et (ocused Shootin$ "s. Si$hted Shootin$

.unfights happen fast. They surprise you and they are over before you know what is happening. Bsually you dont even have time to use your sights to aim or ac9uire a sight picture. This is why we talk about target focused shooting. >hen you punch out from the high compressed ready position, your pistol should be in your line of sight, and in the same place it would be if you actually were using your sights to aim. %ecause of the combat pistol stance, your head should already be down and into your line of sight. *aintain an intense focus on your target. It is important to keep your head down and into your sights because if your head is up, then your pistol is below your line of sight and you will not shoot what you are looking at. Thats why we call this target focused shooting, because you are focusing on the target and not on the front sight. The nature of most gunfights ?they happen fast and take place in close 9uarters) necessitates that we be proficient at target focused shooting. In other words when need to be able to point and shoot ?i.e., without using the sights) and still make combat accurate www.BestConcealedCarryGun101.com
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hits. !ou should go to the range and practice target focused shooting at distances of @ to 1G yards. #et the target at @ yards, then punch out from the high compressed ready position and shoot without using your sights to aim. !ou should be able to make combat accurate hits at this distance without using your sights.

#ighted shooting re9uires you to line up your target with the sights. Avery pistol has a front sight and 2 rear sights. #ighted shooting re9uires you to line up the tops of your front and rear sights. There should be an e9ual amount of empty space on either side of your front sight.

To make the bullet hit dead center on the red H, the top of your front sight needs to be centered on the e"act spot that you want to impact. 'otice that the green front sight is cutting the red H in half, that the tops of the front and rear sights are flush, and that there is an e9ual amount of space on either side of the front sight. This is how to line up your sights on the target when doing sighted shooting. www.BestConcealedCarryGun101.com
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0ne of your bodys natural, involuntary reactions to a gunfight is that you will e"perience tunnel vision. This is why we recommend that you keep both eyes open during both sighted shooting and target focused shooting. !ou will likely face multiple attackers, so practice shooting with both eyes open so as to lessen the effects of tunnel vision, and to allow you to recogni/e any secondary threats that may be in your peripheral vision. 1ractice both forms of shooting with both eyes open.

'ri$$er Pull (or Si$hted Shootin$

!ou must pull the trigger e"actly straight back. #ome people s9uee/e to hard and cause the pistol to turn to the left ?for right handers) or turn to the right ?for left handers). !ou must not anticipate the recoil as this will cause the pistol to dip before firing, causing you to shoot low of your intended target. 1ress the trigger back until the gun fires. To ensure that you are pulling the trigger correctly, triple verify that your pistol is empty. 0nce you are 1GGI certain that your pistol is unloaded, remove the maga/ine and ensure again that your gun does not have a bullet in it. %alance a penny flat on your front sight and try to pull the trigger without having the penny fall off. or a demonstration of proper trigger pull see the video at this link5

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.et in the high compressed ready position and punch the pistol straight out toward the target, in your line of sight and parallel to your line of sight. Then press the trigger as smoothly as possible until the pistol fires. !ou should shoot anywhere between 2 and K shots. *ake sure that you are punching straight out and not punching up and out nor down and out. 1unch straight out. This drill re9uires you to shoot between 2 and K shots for a few reasons. irst, in the real world, one shot rarely stops an attacker. >e are training to stop the threat. #econd, you dont want to empty your entire gun. !our attacker may be wearing body armor. #o you want to be able to shoot your initial volley, evaluate your hits, and make your ne"t decision. 1erhaps the attacker is wearing body armor and you need to ad$ust your aim for a head shot or leg shot. 1erhaps he is wearing body armor and you need to run away. In any case, after that first volley you want to be able to evaluate your hits and still have some bullets left in the maga/ine. *ore than one shot to stop the threat, less than K shots so that you still have some rounds in the maga/ine after evaluating the effect of your initial volley.

>hen firing multiple shots you are going to have to balance speed and accuracy. The faster you shoot the less accurate you are going to be. .o to the range and determine how fast you can shoot and still maintain combat accurate hits.

Interruptin$ ,our Attac-er.s Plan

Aarlier I mentioned that your attacker has a pre4conceived plan of how the fight is going to unfold. The best way to gain an edge in a fight is to interrupt your attackers plan. This can often be easily done by employing lateral movement. ( simple $ump or 9uick step to the left or right can put you ,off the H- and interrupt your attackers plan. This can buy you the precious micro4seconds need to escape or counter attack. (lways be thinking lateral movement. Cont simply think about moving backwards because your attacker can $ust keep coming in the same www.BestConcealedCarryGun101.com
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direction. ( 9uick movement to the right or left, forces your attacker to re4plan. *ove to the side until you are able to reassess the situation or reengage the threat.

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>hen the mess hits the fan, you will not rise to the occasion. >hen it hits the fan you will sink to your level of training. There are no good gunfighters or bad gunfighters, there is only trained or untrained. This special report covers only the very basics of personal defense pistol fighting. >e did not cover drawing and shooting from the holster, clearing pistol malfunctions, or combat reloads. These are all things you need to learn and train in order to survive a combat pistol situation. .et on the internet and do a .oogle search on ,combat pistol training,or ,defensive pistol training,- or ,personal defense pistol training,- and find who is teaching these classes in your area. .o to your local gun range and ask the employees where you can get this training.

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