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  1. Thread: Lock Your Doors

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    This reminds me of the title story in a Patrick...

    This reminds me of the title story in a Patrick McManus book:

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    I tried to find a copy of the story on the internet but was unsuccessful. It's hilarious.
  2. Thread: Lock Your Doors

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    I don't think that is particularly abnormal.

    I don't think that is particularly abnormal.
  3. Thread: Lock Your Doors

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    I hesitate to post this, but I think you have a...

    I hesitate to post this, but I think you have a better sense of humor than Joe in PNG:

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    Seriously, one of the things that we constantly hammered into our student officers regarding...
  4. The problem with revolver shooting under stress...

    The problem with revolver shooting under stress is the trigger weight of the DA stroke and short stroking.

    To deliver a fast sure DA stroke while holding the revolver steady on target - requires...
  5. I've got a foot in both yours and HCM's camps. ...

    I've got a foot in both yours and HCM's camps.

    (Note - if you are going to try anything I describe here, do so by chambering the live round with a magazine of one round - then insert a magazine...
  6. Back in the day when the Lindell System was...

    Back in the day when the Lindell System was widely taught, there was a story making the rounds about a smaller statured KCMO female officer who got in a fight with a much larger male. At one point...
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    Back in the 70's I think most agencies were...

    Back in the 70's I think most agencies were still shooting one hand hip as the close in part of their qual course. Often on the 'sundial timed' qual courses you'd see officers draw, look down at...
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    Thanks for the update - and reminder!

    Thanks for the update - and reminder!
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    With a bead-sighted shotgun the 'international...

    With a bead-sighted shotgun the 'international ready' was actually faster and more accurate for the majority of the officers we trained. We taught 'eye- bead - target - up to the cheek back to the...
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    https://www.efootage.com/videos/79883/soldiers-get...

    https://www.efootage.com/videos/79883/soldiers-get-quick-kill-training

    https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,899618,00.html
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    IDK if it was still the FBI Qual Course, but I...

    IDK if it was still the FBI Qual Course, but I went through my first FBI taught Firearms Instructor Course in 1977, we shot the 60 yard course for qual, IIRC it was called the Tactical Revolver...
  12. Are you sure those numbers reference days and...

    Are you sure those numbers reference days and dryfires are correct?

    If so I admire you.

    Can't tell you how many times I've placed notebooks in my range bag to track rounds fired and...
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    The highest BAC level I've ever personally...

    The highest BAC level I've ever personally encountered was .28 about an hour after an accident. The guy was obviously in no shape to do field sobriety tests as he was transported - gentle curve with...
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    That's about like all the Coca Cola machines at...

    That's about like all the Coca Cola machines at Wichita State University had Braille strips mounted above a red light that said (apparently): Change Not Available When Lit'

    My wife taught Braille...
  15. Willie - I'm pleased and surprised. I bought my...

    Willie - I'm pleased and surprised. I bought my 2.0 in April 2017 (I looked at my log) and at the time couldn't find any. I have it shooting where I want now, but will probably either get in line...
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    Not quoting Joe as he has me on ignore. It's...

    Not quoting Joe as he has me on ignore.

    It's true there are salt of the earth people today that help folks out. Not sure there are a lot more than there were in the 50's just different issues...
  17. I have not found any adjustable sights and I...

    I have not found any adjustable sights and I looked. I finally settled on Dawson's fixed sights.
  18. I don't think it is, I had looked at that earlier.

    I don't think it is, I had looked at that earlier.
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    I don't know that there can be a metric for...

    I don't know that there can be a metric for individuals, for society as a whole, though, I believe we can use several measures. Examples:

    1. Percentage of households living in poverty;
    2. ...
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    At last a confirmed Willie sighting! 116912

    At last a confirmed Willie sighting!

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    A lot to unpack when comparing then and now. One...

    A lot to unpack when comparing then and now. One of the things we often forget is how inter-connected we all are now - things that used to take several days or weeks to filter across regions are now...
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    I can see that and am guilty of it as well with...

    I can see that and am guilty of it as well with the second set of kids. We adopted our daughters in 2001, they were 3.5 yrs and 2.5 years old, we had fostered them for two years. I was 44 and my...
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    I understand the owner's son is going to try to...

    I understand the owner's son is going to try to set up USPSA matches in the future. Don't know what the time frame is though.
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    Armadillo's have been migrating steadily north,...

    Armadillo's have been migrating steadily north, not south in my experience. I never saw one in Kansas as a youth, there are plenty around now.

    I've never lived in Florida, but have been there...
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