I found DB's comments to be outstanding- specifically about drawing to an index. On another thread about whether to go on safe or not, I mentioned about training to put a M4 on safe so much that I couldn't imagine not doing it.
During dry fire- I've focused on pulling the trigger quickly, in order to try to go fast- it becomes automatic.
Could it become so automatic that I make a mistake in a ccw incident?
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This is good. I'm going to start practicing this.Originally Posted by Dagga Boy
I do this as well.
I also primarily do "Non Standard Responses" (NSR), and randomly vary the number and placement of shots on every draw.
I try to stay out of the 2 A's per draw rut that is easy to fall into, especially when playing a lot of gun games.
I vary my response to the "go stimuli" from nothing more than clearing cover and obtaining a firing grip all the way up to a mag dump COM on the move.
I also try not to be a slave to a buzzer. There are days at the range where it's pretty empty and I'll stand casually in front of my target over in the pistol bays and use a rifle shot from the adjacent rifle range as my "go" stimulus.
The only exception is when I go out to work on something very specific that I think requires multiple repetitions.
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That’s a very humbled response with someone with law enforcement experience. And a far fucking cry from the “operator” bullshit training, and gun fora repated ad nauseam. Everyone thinks they are Billy the Kid with their modded Glock.
I joined this forum due to your OP cause it was some sense in a land of the nonsensical. You need a margin of error. If the new thing was some company was trying to market was a 3.5-4 lb AR trigger with NO safety, people would instantly bash. Calling it dangerous, someone is gonna kill themselves or others. Somehow in the pistol world it’s ok. An ever increasing tendency to build new wonder strikers with 4lb triggers, short breaks, and minuscule resets, to make up for fundamentals. Deep thinking, and almost 20 years of TDA training while carrying Glocks this past few years really got my mind working, and that margin of error I need is pushing me back to TDA. I’ve quite enjoyed opening up my safe to grab what size I need, from a 43, to 26, to 19, or 17, and holstering it with a spare mag on the belt. Same controls, same trigger, same everything. But I’ve realized that “convenience” has come at the expense of leaving myself a margin of error, and I don’t enjoy strikers as much so I practice less. During my 20 years of TDA, I loved to practice, like I love driving a manual transmission in a car. I’ve got more control over a TDA, more feel, and more margin of error. TDA is home. Strikers are an automatic transmission. Sorry the only analogy I can think of that correlates, for me.
I truly thank you for the OP, as it isn’t anything new, but a deadly reminder of reality in a sea of bullshit, ego, and gun industry marketing. I do think we’d have less shootings in general with TDA, and fewer ND’s. It forces the user to be absolutely deliberate, and at the same time gives the user more margin of error. Not every draw means fire. Sadly current training, not everywhere, but commonplace, has led to a dumbing down and the least common denominator. Strikers are cheaper, easier for armorers, just easier. I am reminded often in life, the more difficult way is more rewarding, and many times leads to more expertise. I can only speak for myself, but it may be true for the industry, some times a step back leads to two steps forward. I just wish we had more modern TDA polymer platforms giving us light weight, high capacity, and solid reliability. At least we have Beretta and Heckler and Koch, and a gamut of revolvers. That’s better than nothing. I am honestly tired of pushing myself to like the staple gun nature of strikers. They lack the feel of a solid TDA, and feel = control. I am concerned with splits, but more concerned with safety, and having a margin of error in tense situations.
My novel ramblings of the day.
Last edited by Bodhi; 10-26-2017 at 10:32 AM.
Thanks for the response and the reminder, Daryl. I see your point.
Yeah. I've kinda lost my way. One of the downsides of playing games. You know what's in front of you and that the shot IS going to happen.
Thanks for the wakeup, DB!
In a sort of ghastly simplicity we remove the organ and demand the function. We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honour and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful.” ― C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man
A fellow troop I often shoot with is a big competitor, he lives for it. In fact, when we've been shooting on our off time I've never seen him use his off duty weapon from concealment, or his duty rig. It's all about beating the timer and prepping the trigger during the press out in order to gain speed. I shoot as DB does, with my finger indexed alongside the weapon during the draw stroke, until it's time to shoot. His times on the shot timer are always a bit faster than mine, which his huge ego loves. On the other hand, guess which one of us has had successful experience on the two way range and guess who hasn't?
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Boy can I relate to this. While I am starting to appreciate the TDA. This fact alone keeps me in Glock.
In all fairness to gun makers ,they aren't selling to gun forum members . Most shooters I see at my range use the cup and saucer grip--which is exactly what that texture would be good for. It is easy to forget on forums like this that most gun owners don't know fundamental shooting form, and they're the ones who buy the product.
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Becausa, it musta looka nice-a!!!!
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