à bras franc

English translation: point shooting / one-handed shooting

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French term or phrase:à bras franc
English translation:point shooting / one-handed shooting
Entered by: claude-andrew

08:54 Jan 23, 2020
French to English translations [PRO]
Military / Defense / Transcript of a talk by a national armed response officer
French term or phrase: à bras franc
Cette épreuve porte un nom, cette épreuve porte un nom et cela s’appelle le tir de confiance.
Qu’est-ce que c’est que ça ?
Cette épreuve consiste à tirer à balle réelle avec un revolver 357 sur un camarade qui se trouve à une distance de 15 m. Ce tir s’effectue **à bras franc**, c’est-à-dire à une seule main et consiste à casser un petit plateau d’argile d’environ 15 cm de diamètre accroché sur un gilet pare-balle porté par un camarade.
C’est le prochain test !
J’ai rien dit !
C’est la raison pour laquelle nous avons également pour ce tir, pour ceux qui en auraient déjà entendu parler, il a deux noms : le premier nom, c’est le tir de confiance et le deuxième nom, c’est le tir plateau.
En fin de compte, cela fait allusion au petit plateau d’argile utilisé pour le balltrap que l’on accroche sur le gilet pare-balle.
claude-andrew
France
Local time: 22:57
off-hand/offhand
Explanation:
Maybe?

From the OED:
adj.
U.S. Shooting. Of or relating to the technique of firing from a gun (esp. a rifle) held in the hand without other support; (also) designating this type of shot, or a person skilled in such shooting.
adv.
U.S. Shooting. From the hand, with no other support.

tir à bras francs - offhand practice or firing
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YI4tAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA453&dq...

1900
Pour le revolver, le tir doit avoir lieu à bras franc
1936 Olympic Report:
ANY TARGET PISTOL AT 50 m.
Weapon: All kinds of pistols were permitted without restriction. The weapons were tested in respect of their safety only. Glasses could not be attached to the weapons.—Distance: 50 m.—Target: Model of the “Union Internationale de Tir,” of 0.50 m. outside diameter with bullseye of 0.20 m. The target was divided into 10 rings, counting 1 to 10 points. The central circle was of 5 cm. diameter and counted 10 points.—
Position: Firing was carried out standing and off-hand. By the latter was understood that the hand was stretched out, completely free, and that the butt-end had no prolongation which could serve as a support to the hand beyond the wrist. [p.35/821]
https://stillmed.olympic.org/Documents/Reports/Official Past...

All firing is done standing in the off-hand (one handed) position with no artificial support.
https://tsra.com/indoor-precision-pistol/

Toutes les épreuves se tirent en position debout à bras franc (c’est-à-dire sans appui).
https://www.votrecoach.fr/sentez-vous-sport/le-tir-sportif-u...

When firing a handgun offhand, you simply take aim, hold your sight picture, squeeze the trigger, make sure to follow through, and then do it all over again.
https://www.quora.com/When-firing-a-pistol-one-handed-whats-...

Off-hand shooting
When it comes to actually shooting your pistol, there are several different techniques you can use. There’s the average shooter’s technique, where you use your strong shooting hand to pull the trigger and your weak hand as support, but then there’s also offhand shooting. Offhand shooting simply means you shoot without your support hand.
https://blog.refactortactical.com/blog/5-pistol-drills-to-tr...
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Alison MacG
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:57
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Summary of answers provided
2 +2off-hand/offhand
Alison MacG
3one-handed (shooting) stance
SafeTex
2with arm outstretched
Tony M
2point shooting / one-handed shooting
Wendy Streitparth


Discussion entries: 2





  

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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
with arm outstretched


Explanation:
I'm convinced that's what it means — but i've no idea what the equivalent technical term would be in this field in EN!

Tony M
France
Local time: 22:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 30

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  chris collister: Would it not mean "one-handed"? I believe the recommended way of firing a pistol is to use the much greater rigidity of both arms (despite what you see in all the Westerns).
30 mins
  -> Thanks, Chris! Well, it already says that, but clearly the key point here is to distingsuish from, say, 'shooting from the hip' — and I think using the singular 'arm' makes it clear enough it doesn't mean both.

neutral  mrrafe: straight arm, strong arm, locked elbow - https://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=500218
1 hr
  -> Thanks, mrrafe!
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
point shooting / one-handed shooting


Explanation:
pointshooting is best defined as methods of aligning the weapon to the target which rely upon a target focus, rather than focus on an aiming device (sight(s), laser dot, etc.).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Point_shooting

One-handed shooting is taught strictly as the choice when one hand is disabled or otherwise unavailable.

Two handed firing was .68 seconds faster (an almost 25% advantage) than one-handed shooting.
https://www.usconcealedcarry.com/blog/one-hand-or-two-instin...

Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 22:57
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 39
Grading comment
Thanks Wendy
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
one-handed (shooting) stance


Explanation:
Hello
There are many one and two-handed stances.
The text does not say which one must be adopted so I guess any one-handed stance will be okay.


    https://outdoorempire.com/pistol-shooting-stances/
    https://www.usconcealedcarry.com/blog/one-handed-shooting-stances-new-names/
SafeTex
France
Local time: 22:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks SafeTex. The YouTube I quoted shows the actual exercise referred to in the text, so it's definitely one-handed, and the guy has his arm straight.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Daryo: yes, but that's only part of the story - even with only hand you can still put the hand on some stable support and then it's no longer "à bras franc" // franc = "free" of any support
20 hrs
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +2
off-hand/offhand


Explanation:
Maybe?

From the OED:
adj.
U.S. Shooting. Of or relating to the technique of firing from a gun (esp. a rifle) held in the hand without other support; (also) designating this type of shot, or a person skilled in such shooting.
adv.
U.S. Shooting. From the hand, with no other support.

tir à bras francs - offhand practice or firing
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YI4tAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA453&dq...

1900
Pour le revolver, le tir doit avoir lieu à bras franc
1936 Olympic Report:
ANY TARGET PISTOL AT 50 m.
Weapon: All kinds of pistols were permitted without restriction. The weapons were tested in respect of their safety only. Glasses could not be attached to the weapons.—Distance: 50 m.—Target: Model of the “Union Internationale de Tir,” of 0.50 m. outside diameter with bullseye of 0.20 m. The target was divided into 10 rings, counting 1 to 10 points. The central circle was of 5 cm. diameter and counted 10 points.—
Position: Firing was carried out standing and off-hand. By the latter was understood that the hand was stretched out, completely free, and that the butt-end had no prolongation which could serve as a support to the hand beyond the wrist. [p.35/821]
https://stillmed.olympic.org/Documents/Reports/Official Past...

All firing is done standing in the off-hand (one handed) position with no artificial support.
https://tsra.com/indoor-precision-pistol/

Toutes les épreuves se tirent en position debout à bras franc (c’est-à-dire sans appui).
https://www.votrecoach.fr/sentez-vous-sport/le-tir-sportif-u...

When firing a handgun offhand, you simply take aim, hold your sight picture, squeeze the trigger, make sure to follow through, and then do it all over again.
https://www.quora.com/When-firing-a-pistol-one-handed-whats-...

Off-hand shooting
When it comes to actually shooting your pistol, there are several different techniques you can use. There’s the average shooter’s technique, where you use your strong shooting hand to pull the trigger and your weak hand as support, but then there’s also offhand shooting. Offhand shooting simply means you shoot without your support hand.
https://blog.refactortactical.com/blog/5-pistol-drills-to-tr...


Alison MacG
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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Notes to answerer
Asker: Well, bravo for your research Alison! This looks pretty conclusive, thanks.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  GILOU
11 hrs
  -> Merci, GILOU !

agree  Yvonne Gallagher: well done!
1 day 22 hrs
  -> Thanks, Yvonne
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