whittling wrote: |
Well it's like this.Shot placement may matter ,but in a shootout you don't really have time for accurate groups.Basically If you like lots of bullets to shoot with or you are small built ,use a 9 .But if you like power take .45. |
Whittlin', you are partially right when you say you don't have time for accurate groups in a shootout situation. However...it's like anything else...practice makes perfect. Also, it doesn't matter whether you are shooting the "Wonder 9", a 1911 .45 or a .22 rimfire...you MUST practice with it.
As Stoves said mate, "Spray and pray is useless. A miss is a miss, regardless of caliber." if you are not going to practice and perfect your ability with your chosen defensive firearm, then you are subscribing to the "spray and pray" philosophy, and in reality probably shouldn't be carrying or using a firearm for self defence.
When you pick up your defensive firearm, everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, must become second nature to you...from the mindset, the grip, the "point"and/or sight alignment, the trigger pull and follow through, the reload (heaven forbid you would ever need to do this, but you will need to replace the one round that you fired) and the final security of your firearm in order to assist the felon you have taken down.
The military practice, practice and then practice some more with their firearms mate...this way everything becomes a drill...you do it without consciously thinking...it just happens, the same way every time. The Special Forces people I know practice a "double tap" with their pistol...constantly...and when they pull and fire their pistol two holes appear almost instantly within 3/4" of one another in the middle of the forehead. I have shot with these guys and with all of my target shooting training/practice and my military practice, I could not get two shots off as quickly and accurately as these guys...simply because of the amount of practice they do to maintain their skills.
An old adage we have in the aussie Army mate...
"As you train, so you fight.", "Train hard, fight easy."
Says it all to me mate.
Bushy wrote: |
A .22 will kill on the first shot if place well, but it may not convince him to stop fighting...He may still want to play for a bit more... |
Very true mate....unfortunately...but then again a one shot kill will take him out of the fight...but don't miss.
Cheers, Vince