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Using one hand to file a weapon is a critical skill. In the old westerns that you watch on television, you saw the quick draw with one hand. This was a critical skill for just a few because of their profession. Revolvers had a limited amount of rounds. Ammunition wasn’t always plentiful. And a lot of times you were riding a horse firing your weapon. Different times from a historical perspective. The old-timers had a skill out of basic necessity for survival. Your average American in the 1800s wasn’t a gunslinger or a professional gunfighter. The weapon of choice was a rifle. It was accurate more so than the pistol for your average farmer or cowhand. It is a critical skill in today’s society because the circumstances as you so eloquently put may put you in a position of defending yourself with one hand and firing with the other. It is something you must master. When you are being shot at and you are on the move and the other person is firing a single shot weapon at you, you must return fire while on the move to discourage the shooter. This takes a lot of range time and that is just the first step.Shooting while moving is an entirely different skill even if you’re using two hands, it still requires a focus point between your weapon and your eyes and a lot of times the shot must be felt and not seen. To know your weapon intimately to be able to feel the shot without aiming takes practice, but it is critical.

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