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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
I could not imagine the stress involved in a situation where I could actually justify using one. I want as little to do as possible. Nothing else to find; nothing else to do. Retrieve the damn gun, try to stop shaking so bad, try to calm the heart rate, make sure my family is safely behind me with the threat in front. No bull*****. No locks to fuch with. No separately stored clip to first retrieve, then try to fumble into the gun. And it still ain't ready to go; the slide has to be racked. Maybe some bull***** little key has to be inserted into the grip and turned to free up some ill-conceived "child safety" device. No way; not in my house. No ******* way...
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Soooo true. The first practical shoot I did, sort of a Hogan's Alley thing, at the NRA range, I just about soiled my pants. I had a SIG P220, all ready to go in a holster. The instructor told me calmly what was going on and then suddenly started screaming at me, "They're in the house NOW!!!!!" Nothing at all like tv. I shot very well, but I was shaken up by having some stranger yell at me unexpectedly. I even did ok left handed from behind a door frame. But imagine having your life or your loved ones' lives depend on being cool-headed in a real life situation.
When I did an IDPA shoot a few years ago, you'd have been amazed by how many of the guys missed their first shot because it was from double-action, which almost no one practices. We were something like three yds. from the target and as soon as the buzzer sounded, folks went nuts. When things get stressful, you do not want to have to deal with unlocking a gun, finding the ammo and worrying about making it in time. I'd rather concentrate on my target ID, accuracy and staying alive and nothing else.