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tgace · April 8, 2015, 04:41 PM

"Fine motor skill mantra...."

I don't buy it as wholesale as it's sold. What about magazine releases? What about bolt catches on long guns? What about punching in radio freqs and co-ordinates while under fire? What about putting in an IV on a wounded soldier as mortars explode nearby?

You will do whatever you train to do fine under stress. Try do do something new/untrained or unfamiliar? Sure stress will @#$% you up. But I wager I would hit the slide lever on the pistol I carry all day long and train extensively with just fine.

Combat pick-ups of unfamiliar weapons is a meme in search of a reality IMO....

April 8, 2015, 04:41 PM	#26
tgace Member Join Date: November 11, 2002 Location: WNY Posts: 19	"Fine motor skill mantra...." I don't buy it as wholesale as it's sold. What about magazine releases? What about bolt catches on long guns? What about punching in radio freqs and co-ordinates while under fire? What about putting in an IV on a wounded soldier as mortars explode nearby? You will do whatever you train to do fine under stress. Try do do something new/untrained or unfamiliar? Sure stress will @#$% you up. But I wager I would hit the slide lever on the pistol I carry all day long and train extensively with just fine. Combat pick-ups of unfamiliar weapons is a meme in search of a reality IMO.... __________________ You must concentrate upon and consecrate yourself wholly to each day, as though a fire were raging in your hair. - Taisen Deshimaru http://tgace.wordpress.com