Jeff Cooper’s First Article

[Paladin]

PDF of What Good is a Pistol?

Karl Rehn's review

Looking at some of his standards:

From cocked and locked, holstered, draw and fire one center mass hit at 25 feet (8.3 yards) in 0.6 to 0.8 seconds.

I wonder how many could achieve that today? It is very possible with techniques of the era which are rare today.

I use COL Askin's "elbow up, elbow down" technique (MAJ Askin's at the time this article was written) and it works like a charm.

[KC5AV]

Can you elaborate on the elbow up/down? A quick search only comes up with stuff related to baseball and softball.

[Paladin]

Can you elaborate on the elbow up/down? A quick search only comes up with stuff related to baseball and softball.

It's hard to explain without demonstrating. Essentially your elbow position is locked as you draw the pistol from the holster. You draw into a one handed point shooting position and fire, while the elbow position remains locked.

Roger Philips explains this pretty well in his Point Shooting DVD, but that is no longer available.

This is Taran Butler in action:

[KC5AV]

Thank you.