Posted on 08/21/2013 8:04:33 AM PDT by marktwain
Good article. Thanks for making the effort to share what responsible people do to help their fellow man.
Good read and an amazing shot for the circumstances. Glad to see the involved citizen got an appropriate award.
Yeah, good article indeed!
Now half of the suspense in reading stories of citizen heroism is guessing how LEO’s will respond to it.
BUMP!
Hey man, nice shot.
Pythons are spendy, even used.
Nice shot indeed. And me still struggling with staying on the paper at 25 yards. Grrr.
The Python has one of the greatest factory revolver triggers ever.
Great research, and thanks for posting. Yeah, repeated hits at 54 yards on a moving target that is shooting back is awfully good shooting. And yeah, I bet he wished he’d grabbed the long gun.
If this story appeared in the Media it would be to criticize Rick Perry.
/johnny
Excellent write up! Thanks for sharing!
Agreed. Should have brought the rifle.
Also should have brought more ammo, if he had any in the house.
To quote the Sergeant from the opening scenes of Dances with Wolves: “Better git down Lieutenant, them boys are shooters!”
With a Python?
If you practice at long range you can hit consistently.
I have a number of friends who normally shoot at 100 yards and they are quite accurate.
Well no. I don’t need no stinkin long barrel. /s
But seriously, S&W 59 for home defense, and Glock 26 for (eventual) CCW. They told me it would be harder with the smaller weapons. They were right. Practice practice practice. So many bad habits to overcome from a childhood misspent on nerf toys and cap guns.
“One picture worth. . .” writ large. With them, I felt like I was led by the hand and taken on a battlfield tour.
This has also prompted me to try some 50 yd shooting with my CCW .380 just to see what would be the chances in a “what if” situation. Not optimistic, but What The Hey.
Never tried a python. Generally don’t like most single action triggers I have tried. Especially being a newbie. Really messes with my aim.
I’m a diehard S&W fan (especially guns made in the 50’s or pre-war) and the Python has an exceptionally good trigger. They are pricey though.
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