Posted on 03/17/2015 8:51:41 AM PDT by w1n1
For some folks, the worst experience is a breakdown on a macadam road. A close brush with death is another thing. You think much differently and more clearly afterwards. If we escape death, we are pleased with the results, ideal or not. Others have commented that before a near death event, nothing was important, and afterwards, everything was. Training gives us preparation and practice keeps us sharp. When an assailant who is roughly the size of a tree is bearing down on you, weapon in hand, you may regret a lack of tactical repertoire.
PHASES OF AN ATTACK
What is happening becomes more important than how it happened, and if you can’t impede their scheme, then you are in for a shiv or a hail of bullets. I have and have done my best to cultivate a true sixth sense. Some may call it situational awareness, but I have always had it. I have not been intelligent enough to listen or take my own counsel at times, and some incidents came at me faster than a car wreck. Training and preparation are very important, but the question of why we train must be answered before we fire the first shot.
Facing a killer, someone with acute mental issues, can lead to an autopsy with your initials on it. I recently looked over a report that read “death by homicide–unknown etiology.” I do not wish to be a victim, regardless of the type of homicide. In practice sessions, we may stand at the 7-yard line and pour rounds into a stationary target, or we may want to get more realistic. Perhaps three terrorists at a fast-food restaurant isn’t realistic, but we might want to be somewhere in between. Is the awareness of the actions our “protein-fed-ex-con” criminal classes take enough to motivate us to our personal best? When facing an attacker, your actions had best be smooth, deliberate, and immediate.
It isn’t possible to practice for every scenario, but it is possible to keep an open mind and limber body. Every event is different yet similar, and each scenario can be diagrammed. I have considerable experience in creating emergency flow sheets and this project is not dissimilar. For the most part, I concentrated on short-range battle because almost all personal defense situations, happen inside 21 feet. When you diagram the action and train each part, in due consideration, you are better prepared for a deadly attack. Every confrontation does not result in an engagement, and the fight you avoid is the best one. However, we should be prepared and confident. Read the rest of the story here.
5 rules of a gun fight:
1) gun beats no gun
2) fast beats slow
3) hit beats a miss
4) bigger holes beat small holes
5) more holes beat one hole
“5 rules of a gun fight”
Rule 6.
Fire first.
“5 rules of a gun fight”
Rule 6.
Fire first.
BTT
That is covered by fast beats slow
> “5 rules of a gun fight”
> Rule 6.
> Fire first.
No effing kidding !!!
In a firefight at a distance of about 15 feet, I am only alive today, because I was able to get a round chambered and fired faster than my VC opponent who had that “Oh, Crap” look on his face when he realized I was in position to shoot first and he was still changing magazines.
I personally think this is a mistake on his part, especially at 25 feet or less, especially the "less" part.
It can be learned and you can become proficient at it.
Sounds like a really bad day for the VC guy...
5.56mm
If I don’t have a round chambered my gun is disassembled for cleaning.
At less than 25 feet, I can pretty much guarantee my shooting will be instinktive!
Per Wild Bill Hickok:
“Speed is good, accuracy is final.”
He was well known as a slower draw but extremely accurate.
Marker
Wow! Now THAT was a poorly written collection of disjointed thoughts and old platitudes! I would not have made it all the way through if I didn’t like reading about guns in general. Where’s the diagram?!? What is this?
It's a shallow attempt to pimp a blog.
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