Why Was Hip Shooting Ever a Thing?

For a span of about 40-50 years in the middle of the last century, the majority of people who carried a gun for a living were taught to fire it from hip level at 10 yards or less. Shooters before and after this generation knew that hip shooting had an enormous accuracy penalty with no benefit to speed. Today, we’re looking at how one FBI gunfighter convinced the whole country that hip shooting was the next best thing. Support our channel. Buy ammo from LuckyGunner!