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PocketGroove wrote: Yeah, SQLGeek. I feel good because my sense of self worth isn't dependent on badmouthing strangers online.

PocketGroove wrote:I love Hickock...that guy is like every redneck's uncle or grandpa. He's a great shot, his cowboy gun demos are cool, and he owns every silly glock on the planet. I'm from Georgia and he reminds me of family and I respect him. But I'm also a soldier and I've never seen him shoot from anything but some flatfooted, relaxed position. The dude is a x-cop from Tennessee. I wish it were always that easy for my friends downrange right now, but for them life isn't some steel plated hogan's alley for plinkin.

Yeah yeah yeah, nutinfancy...breathless twit....mall ninja....i get you.
At least this guy practices and trains in a realistic manner that most CHL holders and computer jockeys/collectors will never come close to encountering. If you ever get a chance to go through some modern military combat training, maybe you can and will relate to him. If you sit around practicing speed reloading and quick draws for your little competition thinking that is the end all/be all of gun ownership and use...then his reviews and style would not appeal to you. I totally understand...just look at all the beer-belly EDC photos. When was the last time you squeezed off a round when you were out of breath?

At least I've SEEN how he trains and I'm betting it's more than most guys have done in years. Actually, the way he trains is more rigorous than what the vast majority of US military forces encounter in a fully 20 years of service. Ask any Airman, Sailor, Solider, or Marine when the last time they ran up a mountainous, live fire range utilizing both long arms and pistols. Most will say never. Some will say, once...a while ago. The elite, might say yesterday, but odds are YOU don't know those guys and they won't tell YOU.

With the exception of the true combat arms personnel, most military jokers qualify on a rifle once a year and there is barely any real world training involved. They just group/zero/qualify. Most of which they do laying on their belly. I don't know what SWAT go through, but I've been trained by the Master Gunner of the Texas 36th Infantry Division who does train SWAT, and I'm sure it's even more intense because the stuff he says is so real it'llscare the crap out of your average solider or soccer mom.

It's so easy to speak low about others via the internet, especially when you have no clue what you're talking about. We all see it all the time. It's a shame to see it on this forum. But I love all the amendments, so let the free speech continue!

He's no Seal. He's not Delta. He's not even close to being an Army Ranger. He's not even a cop, and is he's hardly an American hero. But, the guy has shot a lot under conditions you haven't, and he does some solid internet reviews of gear that's interesting to me, and apparently a lot of others, regardless of whether his style suits you or not. Check his reviews out if you have a purchase on the horizon. They are better than most.