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.
I don't do short-barrel pistols because I cannot hit a chosen target when shooting with a 2" barrel. It's fine at 10' or less, but I'd like to know that aiming would help. With a 4" or better (and I prefer 5"), I can hit quickly and accurately at quite a distance, and I can even hit up close with instinctive shooting.
Equilibrium!
Thoroughly fine film, need to watch it again real soon.
A friend of mine actually survived, barely, a gun fight. He took an FMJ .357 round in the arm which severed his brachial artery. He put 3 rounds of .357 HP ammo into Mr Bad Guy at distances starting at about 12 feet and ending within arms reach.
The final round severed BG’s spine, ending the fight. BG finished his day by shooting himself in the head. It was all caught on video. Interestingly enough they were both armed with identical firearms, Smith and Wesson model 686.
The entire fight was over in less than 15 seconds.
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Thanks.
I think at 5-7 yards, whoever gets their gun out of the holster first is going to win. You shouldn’t need to deliver well aimed fire at that distance. Your countless hours of semi-realistic firearms training should make it unnecessary. Speed and fluidity is what wins this fight. IMHO.
Rule 7. Half the time it's light out, the other time it's dark. Practice for either.
A very cool film, but you don’t have enough rounds to rely on statistics - and it takes just one to kill you.
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