Hey, Bear... are you sure about that link? Every time I click it, I get just the far left hand corner of his front page, looks like a strip of green forest, and then it craps out...
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Hey, Bear... are you sure about that link? Every time I click it, I get just the far left hand corner of his front page, looks like a strip of green forest, and then it craps out...
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Originally posted by Filbird:
Hey, Bear... are you sure about that link? Every time I click it, I get just the far left hand corner of his front page, looks like a strip of green forest, and then it craps out...
It's the right link. Try cutting and pasting this into your browser: http://backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/
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Another magazine recently had an article on using .22LR for training, and a side bar article about an Israeli CT operator whom, in two separate incidents, took out two armed terrorists with his .22 cal. Beretta Model 70S. Both incidents were actual firefights. The moral of the story was to train to be competetent and confident with what you carry. A five shot J-frame (or a Charter or a Ruger for that matter) is just as deadly as a high cap wunder gun if the shooter can score hits in vital areas.
Some may knock the bullet capacity of a five shot, but I've run into plenty of gun toters carrying hi cap pistols that don't bother to carry a reload for their primary pistol thinking that fifteen rounds ought to be enough to handle the situation. If your mag has decided to malfunction at that defining moment, the best you've got is a single shot pistol and the hope that your one shot was placed accurately. Once in competetion, I watched a Border Patrol Agent who shot on the National pistol team reload his duty Model 66 with a speed loader faster than many can reload their semi. It is a matter of training yourself, and not just on the range. Drawing, dry firing, and reloading (safely with dummy rounds) can easily be accomplished in the privacy of your own home. There have been incidents where people with a total lack of training have prevailed when thrown into an armed encounter, but wouldn't it be better to err on the side of caution and work with what you have at hand.
What I found especially interesting about that article was how Ayoob described the old Marine's self critisim of how he handled the situation, of his equipment, and his carry methods. Don't wait for a critical incident to happen to test your ability or how well your equipment functions. In the end, I didn't see anything wrong with how the old Marine handled the situation, and he'd have probably been just as well off if he's been carrying a five shot instead of his .45.
Some may knock the bullet capacity of a five shot, but I've run into plenty of gun toters carrying hi cap pistols that don't bother to carry a reload for their primary pistol thinking that fifteen rounds ought to be enough to handle the situation. If your mag has decided to malfunction at that defining moment, the best you've got is a single shot pistol and the hope that your one shot was placed accurately. Once in competetion, I watched a Border Patrol Agent who shot on the National pistol team reload his duty Model 66 with a speed loader faster than many can reload their semi. It is a matter of training yourself, and not just on the range. Drawing, dry firing, and reloading (safely with dummy rounds) can easily be accomplished in the privacy of your own home. There have been incidents where people with a total lack of training have prevailed when thrown into an armed encounter, but wouldn't it be better to err on the side of caution and work with what you have at hand.
What I found especially interesting about that article was how Ayoob described the old Marine's self critisim of how he handled the situation, of his equipment, and his carry methods. Don't wait for a critical incident to happen to test your ability or how well your equipment functions. In the end, I didn't see anything wrong with how the old Marine handled the situation, and he'd have probably been just as well off if he's been carrying a five shot instead of his .45.
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With the typical gunfight over in seconds and the typical clearance of a mag malfunction over in a few more seconds, if your mag malfunctions and kills the gun you will likely spend the rest of your life clearing the malfunction.
Cases that are written up get written up for a reason. The chances of encountering a situation requiring a mag change are about equal to winning the lottery, probably less than that. That puts it far enough off my radar that five are plenty comfortable for me.
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That extra magazine, or that extra speed strip or speed loader are things we hope we never need, but carry them anyway. In the case that was cited to inspire this thead, the old Marine did fire to slide lock, and had to reload his pistol. He carried a spare. One thing I was taught at an NRA school, which applies to civilian CCW as well, is to execute a saftey circle as soon as the shooting stops...lower your gun to high ready and scan...left to right 180 degrees and up and down...look over each shoulder to check your six...make sure there are no more threats...then check your weapon...how many did you fire...is it jammed...go ahead and top it off to be ready for anymore threats...then check yourself for leaks...scan again...if nothing else, it helps break the tunnel vision that has overtaken you and you will hopefully be ready to deal with additional threats or to prepare for the arrivals of first responders so that you aren't the next shooting victim. One round may be enough. Five rounds may be enough. Whatever the case, be prepared anyway. The few seconds that a fight takes place will seem like an eternity as you're living it. Its amazing how sometimes the mind has a tendancy to take things into perspective, and remind you to rely on your training. Jim Cirillo taught that from experience.
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