Over on the Facebook page, Frank Groth was offering some insights on an ancient FBI revolver video I posted up. The video was notable for the emphasis on the deep crouch during the draw stroke. This promoted Frank to ask: “Crouch or Don’t Crouch?” Which in turn prompted me to remember an experiment we ran many years ago. Early on at one of the long lost IWR shoots we set a large sheet of clear plexiglass flat and hung at low-mid-chest height to the shooters. At the signal the shooter had to squat down, draw, and shoot “Jelly Bryce” fashion, keeping his head above the plexiglass but the gun and it’s sights below the sheet. The targets were at (apx) 7-yards away and the rounds landed all over the target. Everyone noted that the draw may have been fast but it was definitely an acquired talent if one wanted to develop accuracy. Only the shooters with the laser grips had any notable groups. Had we any brains at all, we would have run a side-by-side shoot at the same distance allowing the shooters to shoot “Bill Jordan” style. But then, like now, “brains” is not where my strength lies. – Michael de Bethencourt
