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FireForged · March 1, 2019, 06:23 PM

winning a fight can hinge on 1 issue but generally speaking, it hinges on several things. The key is to identify the most practical skills and develop them. Being super fast can make up for some deficiencies in other areas but I wouldn't count on it. I think that speed of draw is not likely to be the deciding factor in many gunfights but it could be.

I think that the speed in which a persons realized that danger is unfolding, the speed in which they reconcile the need to act and the mental fortitude needed to carry out a forceful response is probably as important.

I have never tried to be a fast draw, I simply try to make the process unencumbered as possible. The speed associated with that process is simply a byproduct not a primary goal. I am not trying to be fast, I am trying to be fluid/smooth.

The skills I consider most practical:

Awareness
Judgment
Mental Resolve (grit)
Tactics
Strategics
Marksmanship
Smooth, practiced and unencumbered presentation of a weapon
Fitness

March 1, 2019, 06:23 PM	#28
FireForged Senior Member Join Date: November 4, 1999 Location: Rebel South USA Posts: 2,074	winning a fight can hinge on 1 issue but generally speaking, it hinges on several things. The key is to identify the most practical skills and develop them. Being super fast can make up for some deficiencies in other areas but I wouldn't count on it. I think that speed of draw is not likely to be the deciding factor in many gunfights but it could be. I think that the speed in which a persons realized that danger is unfolding, the speed in which they reconcile the need to act and the mental fortitude needed to carry out a forceful response is probably as important. I have never tried to be a fast draw, I simply try to make the process unencumbered as possible. The speed associated with that process is simply a byproduct not a primary goal. I am not trying to be fast, I am trying to be fluid/smooth. The skills I consider most practical: Awareness Judgment Mental Resolve (grit) Tactics Strategics Marksmanship Smooth, practiced and unencumbered presentation of a weapon Fitness __________________ Life is a web woven by necessity and chance...