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Losing a Gunfight: Are You Behind the Power Curve?
- Thread starter Mike H.
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BassCliff
Hellcat
Hi,
Perfect practice makes perfect.
Among all the firearms training classes my range offers, they also have "stop the bleed" and personal protection classes, including baton and pepper spray. It's probably not enough to defend against a Filipino warrior, but maybe this old man can convince some young punk to leave him alone. Those classes are on my list.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
Perfect practice makes perfect.
Among all the firearms training classes my range offers, they also have "stop the bleed" and personal protection classes, including baton and pepper spray. It's probably not enough to defend against a Filipino warrior, but maybe this old man can convince some young punk to leave him alone. Those classes are on my list.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
Career woodsman
Alpha
PERFECT practice makes PERFECT. Imperfect practice... not so successful.
Mr. Untactical
Master Class
I've heard it said that if you're in a gunfight, you've already lost. I'm a firm believer in the axiom that the best gunfight is the one I never have.I’ve never lost a gunfight.
That said, I arrive at my office early every morning. First one in the building. And every morning, I unload my CCW and practice drawing from the holster, aligning my sights with a clear target (aim small, miss small) and pulling the trigger. I reset the trigger and go again. I generally do 5 reps at a "far" target (Ipad hanging on the wall about 15-20 yards away) and another 5 reps at a short range target (nametag outside an office at 3-5 yards). In the first four reps, I'm deliberate, thinking through all the steps, and reciting a rule of firearm safety with each one. On the fifth rep, I put it all together and go. If I don't get it "right" - i.e., holster cleared with no snags, smooth presentation, iron sights on target, trigger pressed, not jerked - I call it good. If not, I go again until it is (good).
I don't know how anyone who carries a gun expects to get it into a fight quickly without doing something similar. It's difficult enough to shoot well and shoot accurately... to stack a decision to shoot, followed by draw and presentation up beforehand and still do the shooting part well? Perfect practice makes perfect, indeed.
Bassbob
Emissary
BassCliff
Hellcat
Hi,
I wouldn't want to come in second place either.
@Mr. Untactical has good advice too. Every day, when I put on my EDC, I take at least two or three practice draws. It helps me focus and ensures my clothing will not be in the way. I will change my shirt if it gets in the way.
Let's be safe out there.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
I’ve never lost a gunfight.
I wouldn't want to come in second place either.
@Mr. Untactical has good advice too. Every day, when I put on my EDC, I take at least two or three practice draws. It helps me focus and ensures my clothing will not be in the way. I will change my shirt if it gets in the way.
Let's be safe out there.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
KillerFord1977
Emissary
SimonRL
Ronin
Belt Fed
SAINT
I'd lose quickly, i never shoot a gunI’ve never lost a gunfight.
I'm nearly 77 years old. Had multiple surgeries for rotator cuffs, broken ankle, two back surgeries, partial kidney removal, and two hip replacements. Agility...not much. Arthritis in my fingers are a "pain" (no surprise)...particularly my trigger finger. There is no way in hell I'm am going to give up being armed. I've got a pretty good idea of my limitations and the ramifications of screwing up, but I'm still carrying an "equalizer".
SL66
Professional
Of all the ways one could die, a "gun fight" is not high on my list. I do not leave the house each day wondering is today the day I get involved in a " gun fight". If by chance I do, i will do my best to come out of it alive. Should I neutralize my attacker I will likely go bankrupt defending my actions and the real fight will begin. Until attitudes on self defense change, the meaning of alive is very subjective.
Lo-Profile
Master Class
There are no winners in a gunfight only survivors.
Only been in one outside the military .... It's a PITA, was in AZ and the assailants were illegals armed with stolen guns
Only been in one outside the military .... It's a PITA, was in AZ and the assailants were illegals armed with stolen guns
Mr. Untactical
Master Class
I use the Mantis X10 to get into timed drills when I'm home, but I need to get a PACT timer and get outside. Unfortunately, I don't have many places I can go to draw from the holster and run different scenarios. Shooting ranges frown on active practice (although I see why).
While skills on drawing, and all that are Important most folks don’t train or practice right. To them a gun is a fire extinguisher or like a security blanket.
The majority if they shoot anything similar to a LE qual it’s not a timed course with large B27 type targets with unrealistic larger than normal of not anatomically correct vital zones (remember that X ring for max points that was doing nothing but hitting the Guts if a person was hit there)
Folks really need to do Cognative decision making drills with tight par times.
Like the 5x5 drill, Dave Spaulding’s Thoracic box or any of the various drills in B8 repair center like the 5 yard round up Range-master assessment the Bakersfield and many others and until hih are at lest 80 (90 if your any type of instructor) your not good enough.
The majority if they shoot anything similar to a LE qual it’s not a timed course with large B27 type targets with unrealistic larger than normal of not anatomically correct vital zones (remember that X ring for max points that was doing nothing but hitting the Guts if a person was hit there)
Folks really need to do Cognative decision making drills with tight par times.
Like the 5x5 drill, Dave Spaulding’s Thoracic box or any of the various drills in B8 repair center like the 5 yard round up Range-master assessment the Bakersfield and many others and until hih are at lest 80 (90 if your any type of instructor) your not good enough.
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KillerFord1977
Emissary
Yep. Those and skill tests for shoot while on the move, reload, malfunction, and all of it together.
So true as to shoot and scoot as it relates to repetition. Hard for me to find a range to do so and getting ready to just build one myself. Strange after having done it for years, being away from it gives the feeling of being more vulnerable and plain unprepared. I have an excellent range to practice my "aim", but no holsters, no more than a round a second, unless on a challenge course, where I spend most of my pistol time. With five targets under 2 second the goal, but from a holster would be more useful. Having been in a couple of those fights for your life, you do exactly as you train, to include training wrong and just how fast the flaws become apparent. Questioned one method and after months of training to find my concerns were correct. Having to change from muscle memory in seconds, unsettling. Then skills like speed are all that will save your life, no time to fumble or...