[Dave Waits]

First of all, what destroyed accuracy in shooting was the advent of High-Capacity magazines. Think about it, in WWII the average was one hit for every 12 rounds fired, in Korea it was one hit for every 20 rounds fired( Higher but, still a good ratio). In Vietnam it was one hit for every 120 thousand rounds fired. These stats are based on rounds fired versus body-counts for ground-warfare.

When people can throw more rounds faster, they don't worry about hitting as much as putting out fire in the general direction of the target. We had a police incident some years back in which a 'Domestic-Terrorist' and a State Trooper went at it at a distance of about fifteen feet. Between the two over twenty-three rounds were fired in less than ten seconds with zero hits. They did succeed in scaring the hell out of each other but, that was about it.

When I took the 250 we were having discussion one afternoon about the advantages of different Semi-Autos. One of my classmates brought up the high capacity of the Browning Hi-Power as an advantage. El Jefe looked at him for a second and said," If you cannot resolve a situation with seven rounds what, on Gods' Green-Earth makes you assume you will with fourteen?"

I'll take quickness, movement and accuracy over speed and a high-rate of fire anyday. Thinking back, the ambushes that were the most efficient were ones involving quick, aimed, Semi-Auto fire, not a bunch of guys trying to see who could empty their magazine first.

BTW, when engaging a right-handed shooter, always move to your left, it causes them to make more movement to shoot, increasing their chances of a miss.