I learned NPOA from MSG Paul Poole (Son Tay Raider "Operation Ivory Coast" and later the NCOIC of the AMU pistol team), in 1981. I had been watching Paul bouncing a 1 gallon paint can around the berm with a Colt Gold Cup .45. Seven shots. Seven hits. Standing off-hand.
At 100 yards.
I said, "I want to be able to do that."
So years later, when it became MY turn to be "the crusty old sarge", I would demonstrate the NPOA to students on the range by lining them all up close on my immediate left and right at the 15 meter line. I would wear clear eye pro. I'd draw and put 15 rounds, rapid fire, from a Beretta M9 into an NRA bullseye target. It would NOT be a tight group. It would look like a shotgun pattern, BUT, all in the black. Nothing outside the 7 ring.
But also NOT the tight, "all-in-one-raggedy-hole-in-the-middle", that they were expecting from their instructor (who, rumored had it, was supposed to be a pretty good hand with a pistol).
So, I would then ask them what they saw. And I'd hear the usual answers about grip, stance, trigger, elapsed time, pacing, blah, blah, blah...
But in every class, there would be that one guy. The one that wasn't looking at target. The one that wasn't looking at the weapon.
The one that was looking at my face. The one guy that could tell the rest of the class:
"Old sarge was shooting with his eyes closed."
That's how fundamental NPOA is. Because, if you're doing everything else right, you can put all 15 in the black at 15 meters (or in a man's upper thoracic cavity) with your eyes closed. The best part? Anybody can learn to do this.
There is no "advanced training". There is only the proper execution of the fundamentals in increasingly complex circumstances.
"Brilliance in the fundamentals."
"90% of shooting is mental, and of the 10% that's physical, 90% of THAT is trigger press." - MSG Paul Poole, December 1981, Mott Lake Training Compound, Ft. Bragg, NC.
[ + ] BulletStopper
[ - ] BulletStopper 0 points 1.5 yearsOct 27, 2023 01:33:29 ago (+0/-0)*
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I learned NPOA from MSG Paul Poole (Son Tay Raider "Operation Ivory Coast" and later the NCOIC of the AMU pistol team), in 1981.
I had been watching Paul bouncing a 1 gallon paint can around the berm with a Colt Gold Cup .45. Seven shots. Seven hits. Standing off-hand.
At 100 yards.
I said, "I want to be able to do that."
So years later, when it became MY turn to be "the crusty old sarge", I would demonstrate the NPOA to students on the range by lining them all up close on my immediate left and right at the 15 meter line.
I would wear clear eye pro. I'd draw and put 15 rounds, rapid fire, from a Beretta M9 into an NRA bullseye target.
It would NOT be a tight group. It would look like a shotgun pattern, BUT, all in the black. Nothing outside the 7 ring.
But also NOT the tight, "all-in-one-raggedy-hole-in-the-middle", that they were expecting from their instructor (who, rumored had it, was supposed to be a pretty good hand with a pistol).
So, I would then ask them what they saw. And I'd hear the usual answers about grip, stance, trigger, elapsed time, pacing, blah, blah, blah...
But in every class, there would be that one guy. The one that wasn't looking at target. The one that wasn't looking at the weapon.
The one that was looking at my face. The one guy that could tell the rest of the class:
"Old sarge was shooting with his eyes closed."
That's how fundamental NPOA is. Because, if you're doing everything else right, you can put all 15 in the black at 15 meters (or in a man's upper thoracic cavity) with your eyes closed. The best part? Anybody can learn to do this.
There is no "advanced training". There is only the proper execution of the fundamentals in increasingly complex circumstances.
"Brilliance in the fundamentals."
"90% of shooting is mental, and of the 10% that's physical, 90% of THAT is trigger press." - MSG Paul Poole, December 1981, Mott Lake Training Compound, Ft. Bragg, NC.
[ + ] SilentByAssociation
[ - ] SilentByAssociation [op] 0 points 1.5 yearsOct 27, 2023 04:06:49 ago (+0/-0)
Pat McNamara always has things to say, and the CSAT channel had an excellent point about finding what works and being consistent with it.
Thanks for your comment. Paul Poole sounds like he made an indelible impact on countless men.
[ + ] Anus_Expander
[ - ] Anus_Expander 0 points 1.5 yearsOct 26, 2023 14:31:43 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] SilentByAssociation
[ - ] SilentByAssociation [op] 1 point 1.5 yearsOct 26, 2023 15:22:31 ago (+1/-0)