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Power stance, high hand, crush grip, front sight, smooth roll. The author, foreground, brings it all together as he wins a shoot in the Northwest. Note that spent casing is in the air above his STI, but gun is already back on target despite recoil of full power .45 hardball. Photo by Matthew Sachs.

CHAPTER FIVE“Maxing” Qualification And Competition

The master gunfighters of the 20th century – Bill Jordan and Elmer Hilden of the Border Patrol, Jim Cirillo and Bill Allard of the NYPD Stakeout Squad – all felt that shooting in competition sharpened your ability to shoot under stress in defense of your life. If you haven’t tried it, you should.

Just in case you haven’t competed, let’s see what it’s like. Come with me and shoot a match. I can’t make it up for you. I don’t do fiction. The only way to do it is for you and I to “channel” together, as the Yuppies say. It’s June 5, 2001. We’re at the Cheshire Fish & Game Club, the host range for the event, sponsored by the Keene, NH Police Department. The occasion is the annual conference of the New Hampshire Police Association, and the combat shoot that accompanies it is the de facto state championship in police combat shooting for cops in the Granite State.