{"id":52991,"date":"2022-04-09T04:34:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T09:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hcsblogdotorg.wordpress.com\/?p=52991"},"modified":"2022-04-09T04:34:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T09:34:01","slug":"old-west-advice-lessons-learned-from-wyatt-earp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/09\/old-west-advice-lessons-learned-from-wyatt-earp\/","title":{"rendered":"Old West Advice&#8230;Lessons Learned from Wyatt Earp"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52993\" src=\"https:\/\/hcsblogdotorg.files.wordpress.com\/2022\/04\/earp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"785\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/americanhandgunner.com\/discover\/old-west-advicelessons-learned-from-wyatt-earp\/\">OLD WEST ADVICE\u2026LESSONS LEARNED FROM WYATT EARP<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>1. \u201cNo wise man ever took a handgun to a gunfight.\u201d<\/h2>\n<h2>Earp obviously knew the advantage of weapon superiority. If you know your opponent is armed with a handgun, bring a shotgun, or rifle. Give yourself every advantage possible. You don\u2019t want to fight fair. You fight to win. Something to think about for home defense.<\/h2>\n<h2>2. \u201cThe most important lesson I ever learned was the winner of a gunplay usually was the one who took his time. The second was if I hoped to live on the frontier, I would shun flashy trick-shooting, grandstand play, as I would poison. In all my life as a frontier peace officer, I did not know a really proficient gunfighter who had anything but contempt for the gun fanner, or man who literally shot from the hip.\u201d<\/h2>\n<h2>The saying &#8220;slow is smooth, smooth is fast&#8221; applies here. Also, a fast miss never neutralized anyone. Guns have sights on them for a reason. Use them! Pick up your front sight during combat shooting. As Gunsite, famous fighting school preaches, \u201cfront sight, press\u201d is the key to winning armed confrontations.<\/h2>\n<h2>3. \u201cFast is Fine, But Accuracy is Everything\u2026\u201d<\/h2>\n<h2>Again, a fast miss never helped anyone.<\/h2>\n<h2>Take the time to use your front sight for making solid hits. The spray and pray mentality is useless with today\u2019s high-capacity semi-autos.<\/h2>\n<h2>4. \u201cThe most important lesson I learned was the winner of a gunplay usually was the one who took his time.\u201d<br \/>\nThis is related to #3. Take your time, but do it quickly, ensuring a smooth draw. Pick your front sight up and press your trigger smoothly, not jerking your shot, missing your adversary.<\/h2>\n<h2>5. \u201cShooting at a man who is returning the compliment means going into action with the greatest speed of which a man\u2019s muscles are capable, but mentally unflustered by an urge to hurry, or the need for complicated nervous and muscular actions which trick shooting involves.\u201d<\/h2>\n<h2>All this means is don\u2019t lose your head. Easier said than done, but a cool head will prevail. Focus on the mechanics of a smooth draw and calculated shot. Fast shooting is useless in the \u201cspray and pray\u201d fashion. Remember your training. We all revert to training under stress \u2026 which emphasizes how vital proper training is.<\/h2>\n<h2>If you\u2019re not formally trained, do it. Training is the most important accessory you can buy, more than any gun, or ammo.<\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OLD WEST ADVICE\u2026LESSONS LEARNED FROM WYATT EARP &nbsp; 1. \u201cNo wise man ever took a handgun to a gunfight.\u201d Earp obviously knew the advantage of weapon superiority. If you know your opponent is armed with a handgun, bring a shotgun, or rifle. Give yourself every advantage possible. You don\u2019t want to fight fair. 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