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https://www.shootingillustrated.com/content/controlling-the-reactionary-gap/
I thought this was interesting.
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That 2 seconds is where most fail. That’s where the 380 pocket rocket can’t be drawn.
That’s where if you watch the video of the church shooting and the guy fumbles his draw and gets shot failed.
It’s why I push competition shooting. I don’t care if your the last place shooter you are going to be ahead of everyone who did t drag their selves outta bed.
This is an area where the American military failed for years too. We shot with the Nordic battalion in the Balkans and they started from magazine out so you had to load and engage. Our infantry struggled. -
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If you are reacting, you are already at least 1.5 seconds behind the situation.
One of the best instructors I ever had, carried a pair of .38’s, one in each front pocket. He made sure that we understood that when you are reacting, you have failed. Failed to observe, failed to act preemptively, and failed to comprehend the situation.
And while he also carried a G17 in his duty belt, the little snubbies were always there. He would occasionally move them to his coat or suit pocket unobtrusively, so he could keep his hand on one of them, if not both.
This goes back to fighter pilots in WW1, and was explained in some form by Dennis Teuller with the 21’ garbage.
It is just another way to describe your OODA loop, Observe, Orient, Decide and Act. You do this all day long without realizing it, but it takes about 1.5 seconds to do it for everything. That car coming down the street on the other side…If you are caught unawares, it hardly matters what gun, holster or gear you have unless your opponent makes a mistake.
Look at the Abe assassination for video evidence. He fires the first shot and before anyone really begins to react, a second or so later the second and killing shot is taken.
Then you see the briefcases come up and people start scrambling. Too late.You ever have a car come out of nowhere? It was there, but you were not observing it. People are so focused on their phones, screens and the like today that it’s stupid easy to walk right up to them. Not observing.
According to most of my coworkers, my name is Jesus, or that is what they scream or blurt out when they notice me next to them. Nobody said that I had to make noise.
Bill Jordan used to do a demonstration, he would hand a person a cocked SAA Colt and tell them to shoot him when they saw him go for his gun. That .357 carried in that Border Patrol “Jordan” holster, it was gonna get ‘em. So they watched and waited for him to move.
BANG!
Nobody ever saw the little .38 come out of his pocket in his other hand and the primer charged case scared everyone.A combination of focus and a lack of observation.
That “pocket rocket” is great, just have it out when the bell rings instead of trying to get it after. Same for the belt gun.
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