JohnO - thanks for providing the link to this interview. Bill Allard, along with his died-entirely-too-young partner, Jim Cirillo - were invaluable resources for us. Thank God there are written and recorded links to their modern day gunfighter lives - engaging killers time after time. Not only did they prevail, they were totally willing to share the invaluable knowledge they gained through those encounters.
The old adage is true: "There is no substitute for experience."