max503
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I thought the reason cops switched from revolvers to semi-autos was to not be out gunned. I don't worry about round-count if a crack head is threatening me from 18 inches away. All I need is one good boolit.
I thought the reason cops switched from revolvers to semi-autos was to not be out gunned. I don't worry about round-count if a crack head is threatening me from 18 inches away. All I need is one good boolit.
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Another reason why sights, and practicing sighted fire, can be important is because it helps build "muscle memory" for getting the gun aligned on target. Even if you can't see the sights, or focus on them, prior practice will help instill proper alignment and improve your ability to hit the target.
In regards to Jim Cirillo, I believe he spent a great deal of time in developing a threat-focused shooting program, so he obviously wasn’t a proponent that using traditional sighted fire was appropriate at all times and understood that different scenarios required a different methodology.
Just to show you my line of thinking. I am almost 300 miles from home in a hotel in Nevada for work getting ready to head up on the hill to do some work in the morning. I do not have my snub with me that I carry almost every single day. There is a time and place for everything. This time I can't avoid SSS so I prepare differently.
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SOF-T Wide is a much better TQ or the CAT. They both require less force than the Rat to stop blood flow.
It's almost impossible to reload a double-action revolver in a short-range shootout. Has anybody ever done it?
How much harder to reload a single action!
There you are, poking out the empties one by one, while the Jackboys with their Glock Forties hammer you into the dust.
Nobody's too old to park that single action revolver, and get into a Glock, M&P, P226, VP9, or other modern handgun eminently suited to save your life.
"Ruger Fans" might indeed dispute this now, but you won't find any alive after a gunfight to do any disputin'. They'll be at the morgue.
N.B. to Mtgianni: There was no "conflict" between Oswald and Jack Ruby. Ruby shot an unarmed Oswald restrained by police. I have the autopsy report. The 158 grain bullet turned right and downward and perforated many vital organs.
Bless that young Feller's heart. Maybe one day he will learn the truth about some things.