[Bill Harsey]

Team Sergeant,
Applegate was one of the guys who researched fast shooting (as directed by one William Joseph Donovan) and trained it in WW2 to others.

The 1911 .45 was the standard pistol that I saw in the training films when the OSS files were declassified.

It was how to acquire a target fast and hit it under stress.

This was NOT shooting from the hip stuff. They did the best they could having only months or weeks to train young men to go to war.

The more I've learned about how you all shoot and having spent time around Applegate shooting... these may be converging lines of thought. You all have just taken it further.

Point Shooting was never intended to be shooting from the hip.

Edited to add: One of the things Applegate taught was to squeeze the trigger as soon as the front sight was on the target.
That's why i made the "converging lines" comment.