Ah, yes…I know I’ve seen a bunch of these.
The local shooting range does a bunch of training courses and the former military and contractor guys are way to into the Central Axis Relock and C-Clamp bullshit. They’re not any better shots for it — it just looks tacticool. The CAR “check your six” whiplash thing? Stupid. The over the barrel hold for rifles? Great if you don’t need those iron sights. (But the modified Rambo..? That totally works. Totes.)
Three things make you a good shot: practice, find the grip that works for you…and practice. Think about all those amazing rifle(wo)men and pistoleers across the last two centuries — their stances and holds were what worked for them — but in the end, they shot. A lot.
The Black Campbell 
26 September, 2014 at 21:02
Whenever I see people whipping their heads around after taking a shot, I have to laugh. What good is seeing a threat if you’re weapon isn’t in a position to take a shot? Pivot at the waist and scan with the weapon at a low ready position and all you need to do is raise the gun and take the shot. Not look again to make sure you saw what you thought you saw and then move the gun to engage.
And the whole C-Clamp thing…that’s pure 3-gun gamer. I haven’t seen any footage from the recent wars to show it’s used, and why would you when it exposes a weak spot in your armor – your under arm.
I’ve seen most of these from students who’ve come through a class I either taught or attended as a student.
26 September, 2014 at 21:16
Yeah, one of the gun bunnies at the local range was doing the tacticool BS, and got offended when I asked him what the hell he was doing. Checking his six, says he. I asked why he didn’t turn to present the weapon. I’m on the range, dude!