To "hip-shoot" the BB gun, the student would again begin with the gun held at port arms, then pivot it to lock the butt into the same part of his shoulder each time. But this time, instead of bringing the stock to his cheek, he would simply point the gun barrel in the general direction of the target with his left hand on the forearm of the BB gun and at about the level of his navel. He would never look at the gun barrel to try to align it with the target, instead staring directly and exclusively at the precise point that he wanted to hit on the first target while pivoting the gun into position. At the instant the gun butt was seated against his shoulder, he would pull the trigger, note where the BB hit, and tell himself to miss the next target by the same distance but in the opposite direction, always to try to bracket the targets.