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ClydeFrog · May 25, 2010, 01:03 AM

I agree with & disagree with some of the recent posts here.
I'd agree that proper training and tactics can help you address real issues like target ID, rapid reloads, shoot to stop drills(aka: Mozambique drills) etc.
This live fire skill training will help you know & understand how/what your selected firearm will do in a fluid, high stress environment.
As I posted before, in a real event you really should not "spray & pray" but you may also fire 5/10/15 rds very, very fast. Any member can watch a skilled target shooter work a single action 1911a1 pistol or Glock 21/17/32/22 semi auto so fast it looks like a machine pistol.
If you were in a deadly force incident in a mall/supermarket parking lot and a armed felon attacked you to steal your vehicle and you shot a 15/16/18 round service pistol to slide lock would you still feel the same way about shooting a high # of rounds? I'd doubt it.
Like my FATS training incident in the early 1990s, you can't predict exactly how or what a violent felon will do.

May 25, 2010, 01:03 AM	#113
ClydeFrog Junior member Join Date: May 1, 2010 Posts: 5,797	Real deadly force incidents, training; rapid fire, Youtube; race guns... I agree with & disagree with some of the recent posts here. I'd agree that proper training and tactics can help you address real issues like target ID, rapid reloads, shoot to stop drills(aka: Mozambique drills) etc. This live fire skill training will help you know & understand how/what your selected firearm will do in a fluid, high stress environment. As I posted before, in a real event you really should not "spray & pray" but you may also fire 5/10/15 rds very, very fast. Any member can watch a skilled target shooter work a single action 1911a1 pistol or Glock 21/17/32/22 semi auto so fast it looks like a machine pistol. If you were in a deadly force incident in a mall/supermarket parking lot and a armed felon attacked you to steal your vehicle and you shot a 15/16/18 round service pistol to slide lock would you still feel the same way about shooting a high # of rounds? I'd doubt it. Like my FATS training incident in the early 1990s, you can't predict exactly how or what a violent felon will do.