Good article to save on the HD. He mentions always including "discrimination drills" in your practice. What are those? Target identification?
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- Sun Jul 11, 2021 12:43 pm
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- Topic: Why do I need to carry spare ammo?
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Re: Why do I need to carry spare ammo?
- Sat Jul 10, 2021 12:50 pm
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
- Topic: Why do I need to carry spare ammo?
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Re: Why do I need to carry spare ammo?
This supports what I've always presumed, as well. I've never been in a gunfight, so I'm not speaking from experience, but it is clear, very clear, than most armchair combatants severely underestimate the level of stress they'll experience when they see an attacker's muzzle pointed at them and a finger starting to squeeze the trigger.
One instructor writing on the web compared it to having a bad fall. Thinking about a moment when you suddenly, unexpectedly, tripped or slipped and fell to the ground face first, slamming into the ground. Recall, as best you can, your mental and physical state during that half-second when you were on your way down. That's approximately the state you will be in when you're in a deadly force self defense situation. You stop breathing. Your eyes freeze. Your muscles stiffen. Your brain stops processing information. This is where those stories come from about LEO's emptying their magazines at a subject 3-5 yards away and missing.
This is also why it's so important to practice different draw-and-fire routines over and over, until they become second nature, until you can do them instantly and smoothly, without thinking. My CHL instructor was a retired DEA agent and ex Blackwater operator in the middle east. Every single morning, he practiced drawing and dry-firing his SIG 226 from concealment, 50 times. It was unbelievable how smooth and fast he was. He would draw and put 4 shots into you before you could blink, simply because he had done it so many times it was just an instant, reflex action.
These thoughts came to my mind when I read the above post.
One instructor writing on the web compared it to having a bad fall. Thinking about a moment when you suddenly, unexpectedly, tripped or slipped and fell to the ground face first, slamming into the ground. Recall, as best you can, your mental and physical state during that half-second when you were on your way down. That's approximately the state you will be in when you're in a deadly force self defense situation. You stop breathing. Your eyes freeze. Your muscles stiffen. Your brain stops processing information. This is where those stories come from about LEO's emptying their magazines at a subject 3-5 yards away and missing.
This is also why it's so important to practice different draw-and-fire routines over and over, until they become second nature, until you can do them instantly and smoothly, without thinking. My CHL instructor was a retired DEA agent and ex Blackwater operator in the middle east. Every single morning, he practiced drawing and dry-firing his SIG 226 from concealment, 50 times. It was unbelievable how smooth and fast he was. He would draw and put 4 shots into you before you could blink, simply because he had done it so many times it was just an instant, reflex action.
These thoughts came to my mind when I read the above post.