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By "John Woo'ing" I'm referring to shooting a pistol in each hand, movie-style.
Having never seen it done, and never having done it myself, I decided to try it the other day. I was curious to see what sort of value it had as a legitimate firearms use.
I used a pair of Chinese made M54's in 9mm. Holding a pistol up in each hand, I quickly realized the futility of trying to even remotely maintain an accurate sight picture on either. The best that could be accomplished was holding them parallel to each other- thumbs touching - and aiming at the target with the dominant hand pistol. Both guns jammed with FTE's within 3 rounds. Two rounds struck the target cleanly in the COM, the third was over the right shoulder in the white. My dominant hand pistol had failed on the 2nd round, and the other on the first.
Important to note that both of these pistols, while not being particularly accurate, are pretty reliable in 9mm. I concluded that by holding my hands so close together it was a "weak wristed" grip that let the pistol torque enough to not cycle properly.
That being the case, for the second test, I straight armed both pistols parallel to one another and shot by aiming with the right pistol.
All the shots from the right hand pistol went roughly into the POA, the ones from the left poofed on the backstop without hitting the target.
Finally, I took one pistol and shot eight rounds into the head of the target at the same range in as many seconds.
Conclusion?
"John Woo'ing" or double gunning is about as useful as farting in a strong wind. Few people will notice the effects, and whatever you accomplish will be short lived.
By "John Woo'ing" I'm referring to shooting a pistol in each hand, movie-style.
Having never seen it done, and never having done it myself, I decided to try it the other day. I was curious to see what sort of value it had as a legitimate firearms use.
I used a pair of Chinese made M54's in 9mm. Holding a pistol up in each hand, I quickly realized the futility of trying to even remotely maintain an accurate sight picture on either. The best that could be accomplished was holding them parallel to each other- thumbs touching - and aiming at the target with the dominant hand pistol. Both guns jammed with FTE's within 3 rounds. Two rounds struck the target cleanly in the COM, the third was over the right shoulder in the white. My dominant hand pistol had failed on the 2nd round, and the other on the first.
Important to note that both of these pistols, while not being particularly accurate, are pretty reliable in 9mm. I concluded that by holding my hands so close together it was a "weak wristed" grip that let the pistol torque enough to not cycle properly.
That being the case, for the second test, I straight armed both pistols parallel to one another and shot by aiming with the right pistol.
All the shots from the right hand pistol went roughly into the POA, the ones from the left poofed on the backstop without hitting the target.
Finally, I took one pistol and shot eight rounds into the head of the target at the same range in as many seconds.
Conclusion?
"John Woo'ing" or double gunning is about as useful as farting in a strong wind. Few people will notice the effects, and whatever you accomplish will be short lived.
