Nvm.
Nvm.
THIS is what I learned at my first 2 matches this year that 3 years of work at timed drills didn't teach me. My first match, I didn't do nearly as well as I expected, and I hadn't expected to do great. I didn't DQ, but my shooting was sloppy and not confident, making it both slow and inaccurate. I realized that ever since getting used to the timer, which didn't take long a few years ago, that range drills had involved an intense focus on my shooting mechanics. A competition or fight takes away your opportunity to do that.
This was my dickens inspired drill at the time.
I'm pretty sure if someone showed up at a range with a pistol that has sights mangled from an accident and made those hits neither people watching nor the shooter would claim chance didn't play a factor.
Luck is when preparation meets opportunity. Dude did the preparation and rose to meet the opportunity. Good for him.
I would still recommend that if you get cheap stock sights mangled in an accident you replace them and verify POA/POI and I don't think it's disparaging to the guy to say so.
Read through the posts and see a few references to luck. Zero luck, all skill.
The bad guy came to the mall for a one way exchange of gunfire. His first clue that it was a different game than he envisioned was taking two rounds. The ability to deliver first round HITS is crucial. If you’re going to go “surprise!” it needs to be more than a loud noise.
- It's not the odds, it's the stakes.
- If you aren't dry practicing every week, you're not serious.....
- "Tache-Psyche Effect - a polite way of saying 'You suck.' " - GG
This is absolutely spot on.
In one situation, during the AAR, another guy involved described my actions, to include me saying something along the lines of "you mother-f-er" after the guy flung some shots at me and miss at very short range, then taking some action. I don't remember saying anything at all. (not the first time I would respond to such a threat and not even know I had done or said anything. Extreme stress is an interesting thing) I just knew I needed to not let him get away and prevent any more loss of life.
Same with fights, and pre-fight indicators. That is one of the reasons why I actually really ended up thinking the video systems that were put in most patrol cars were excellent. Things generally happened too fast for my mind to process all the details and why I did what I did after a fight/altercation. There were generally a bunch of non verbal indicators, and body language things that were happening.
Going back and carefully examining the video, I could look at what happened and see in detail what I had reacted to, since it sometimes would turn into a much bigger altercation. Those videos were absolutely critical in doing that.
The guy I REALLY want to talk to is his grand father, the man responsible for teaching him how to shoot.