I go to ranges sometimes and I mow the center out of the target from 20 yards away shooting one handed. Been shooing that way since Ive been shooting 45 years or so. People look at me like I'm some sort of heathen when I do it. I may or may not be but that's not the point . I look around and I am the only one shooting one handed. Its not like they are shooting any better or faster than I am. Is it just a dying art? I see cop shows and what not and theyre all doing the two handed thing and it looks like theyre uncomfortable as hell doing it. What is the point?
Yes, it's a dying art.
There seems to be little to no respect for, or even knowledge of, the past decades of accuracy based handgun shooting competitions and skills developed as a result thereof.
I see this a lot from folks who were new to shooting as adults and especially from those whose first introduction to shooting was "modern shooting competitions".
Most folks don't mean ill by it, it's just incomprehensible to them that a shooting sport worth consideration would not be "combat" based.
It works both ways. The folks we refer to as "fudds" now had a hard time accepting the "new" go fast sports.
The fast games are just more popular now. Fast is sexy, accurate, not so much. So we just shortened the distances in the new competitions under the guise of "realistic combat distance". Now we can be fast and accurate! LOL
Funny you mentioned cops shows.
Back when one handed accurate shooting was a MUCH larger part of a cops training I knew significantly more LEO that actually hit things when they shot. Now we got a whole lot of fellas that seem to miss a lot and miss fast. Anecdotal for sure, but something I've thought about from time to time.
Don't take it to heart, lots of old timers or the majority of folks who even know what went on at Butner are not gonna frequent the nets.
Neither version of the sports or shooting styles is overall the "right way or the wrong way" to shoot.
But to dismiss either is short sighted.