is a method previously used by the us army for teaching point shooting. it is described in the following excerpt from us army field manual fm 3-22.9: aimed. when presented with a target, the soldier brings the rifle up to his shoulder and quickly fires a single shot. his firing eye looks through or just over the rear sight aperture. he uses the front sight post to aim at the target. using this technique, a target at 25 meters or less may be accurately engaged in one second or less. pointed. when presented with a target, the soldier keeps the rifle at his side and quickly fires a single shot or burst. he keeps both eyes open and uses his instinct and peripheral vision to line up the rifle with the target. using this technique, a target at 15 meters or less may be engaged in less than one second. reflexive fire us navy sailor practices reflexive firing during a periodic weapons assessment reflexive fire is a method currently used by the us army to teach short-range marksmanship with a rifle or carbine, but it is considered to be the least accurate of the techniques taught. israeli method the "israeli method" is a point shooting system devised by the israel defense forces (idf) for use in training personnel to use rifles, submachine guns, and handguns. in its initial stages of training, it closely resembles the fsa method. in later stages, training in the rapid acquisition of the sights is taught, as well as a more advanced method of point shooting. in law enforcement instinct shooting, referred to as "quick kill", was taught to the u.s. army using rifles by lucky mcdaniel as far back as the 1960s. mcdaniel also taught his point shooting techniques to the police, but using bb guns. point firing, or instinctive shooting, with rifles developed as a result of direct combat experiences.: x it is taught by the israeli, british and french militaries.: xii instinct shooting with a handgun has been taught at most police academies worldwide since the 1980s.: i point firing is similar to quick kill, with the sights not being used. the target is usually in close range, between 1–21 feet, in a life-or-death situation.: ix chuck klein defines instinctive combat shooting as "the act of operating a handgun by focusing on the target and instinctively coordinating the hand and mind to cause the handgun to discharge at a time and point that ensures interception of the target with the projectile." the shooter should focus on a small point, like a button, stain or corner, not the attacker or target in general. this intense focus is tunnel-vision, which is widely discouraged, but is mandatory for the brief moment when the shooter transitions from deciding to shoot to the completion of shooting. additional threats and innocents who may be hurt are scanned before the decision to shoot is made, and can be seen in peripheral vision. between the point at which one decides to shoot and completion of the shot(s), full concentration, oblivious to everything else, is required. the time in which the shooter is engaged in tunnel vision only lasts a matter of milliseconds. race car driver phil hill says, "true concentration is not aware of itself." there are no rigid requirements for positioning the body, feet or arms, as the practical use of this technique requires the shooter to be able to shoot from any position, though it is recommended that the shooter practice the technique using common target shooting stances.: 36