https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv89_3rrW8Y
I don't know if this was cocked or not.
In the past, the first DA shot was considered a throwaway shot so you could get to SA for the remaining shots.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv89_3rrW8Y
I don't know if this was cocked or not.
In the past, the first DA shot was considered a throwaway shot so you could get to SA for the remaining shots.
The way I read it EL wasn't talking about untrained masses in Post #1. They have no idea what threat management is. Their mindset is, I presume, heavy on hope and light on reality. Perhaps this would put some perspective on that: http://blog.krtraining.com/beyond-th...ercent-part-1/ Does it matter which trigger your pistol has if you fire two rounds to get a CWP and don't fire another round for five years? I doubt it. IMO the argument presumes some level of skill.
"Gunfighting is a thinking man's game. So we might want to bring thinking back into it."-MDFA
Beware of my temper, and the dog that I've found...
" La rose est sans pourquoi, elle fleurit parce qu’elle fleurit ; Elle n’a souci d’elle-même, ne demande pas si on la voit. » Angelus Silesius
"There are problems in this universe for which there are no answers." Paul Muad'dib
" La rose est sans pourquoi, elle fleurit parce qu’elle fleurit ; Elle n’a souci d’elle-même, ne demande pas si on la voit. » Angelus Silesius
"There are problems in this universe for which there are no answers." Paul Muad'dib
I can't debate what Cooper said or not. But functionally that is what many LEO's did with their DA/SA. We can put labels on them, complain that the training was not sufficient quality/quantity, etc but it still happened. In this day and age a good question is, "Is there a viable alternative to just avoid the problem?"
What you do right before you know you're going to be in a use of force incident, often determines the outcome of that use of force.
I still believe the DA revolver is the best answer for most people. Like it or not, people shoot themselves more often than they shoot bad guys and by a pretty high margin (not counting suicides, strictly number of UDs causing injury or death vs justified shoots of non-criminals vs criminals). Capacity rarely matters, the shots are not challenging, etc.
Last edited by Hambo; 08-14-2017 at 05:40 PM.
"Gunfighting is a thinking man's game. So we might want to bring thinking back into it."-MDFA
Beware of my temper, and the dog that I've found...
When I took API 250 at Gunsite, Jeff Cooper delivered his terrific mindset lecture. He also referred to the "crunchenticker" and mentioned somewhat in jest, throwing away the first DA shot. Not sure if that was serious advice, or more a reflection of his dislike for DA triggers on semi-auto pistols. Glad one of our students, a bike cop from Southern California ignored that, as he won our shoot off with a Beretta 92.
Likes pretty much everything in every caliber.