tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post1411170757157532469..comments2024-03-28T23:57:50.103-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Practical defensive readinessPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-80450013359273997522015-01-14T07:52:26.436-06:002015-01-14T07:52:26.436-06:00I don't know if you've seen those stupid &...I don't know if you've seen those stupid 'personal carry decoys' or not, but they got me to thinking about open vs concealed carry, and more specifically, how to avoid ND.<br /><br />I wonder if you could make a 'mockup' pistol that emitted a directed IR beam (like the old laser tag systems), and do training where if you hooked your finger on the trigger too early when drawing, it'd set off an alarm? Some way to train you to NOT put your booger hook on the bang switch till the weapon has cleared?<br /><br />Just some idle musing.Toastridernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-81772437957814247422015-01-12T22:28:34.098-06:002015-01-12T22:28:34.098-06:00These are solid points.
In a large enough collect...These are solid points.<br /><br />In a large enough collection variances to individual preference are permissible. So Bob with a safe full of guns can keep the 10mm Glock and FN-FAL.<br /><br />On the other hand smaller collections dictate multiple users for a limited number of guns. I have heard these called 'pool guns'.<br /><br />Pool guns have to be sized to the smallest shooter. 6'4" Bob with ham hands can shoot an S&W Shield and a youth stock 20 gauge. He might not love them but he can make them work. On the other hand 5'3" Suzie is probably going to have a heck of a time trying to get her hands around that big Glock 20 and the FN-FAL is almost as tall as she is.<br /><br />This is a place where adjustable butt stocks are really handy. Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09612373437033635765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-33623170931983973352015-01-12T17:43:31.431-06:002015-01-12T17:43:31.431-06:00My wife small hands. Small. I traded a CZ75 plus...My wife small hands. Small. I traded a CZ75 plus cash for an M&P9 because it was the one semi in a major caliber where she could reliably reach the trigger. A gun she couldn't shoot was worthless to her. She also gets some fairly comprehensive training once a year. (She disdains the all women classes because she's there to shoot and drill and too many of the others aren't ready.)Shermhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07098953206824247173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-30113979401416367882015-01-12T15:08:52.040-06:002015-01-12T15:08:52.040-06:00Peter:
Thank you for a good, balanced and compreh...Peter:<br /><br />Thank you for a good, balanced and comprehensive look at what is really required for defensive use of a firearm.<br /><br />Just after high school I managed a local gun store. When someone said they were new to the topic and asking about a gun for home defense, we recommended simple, inexpensive, reliable firearms, good cleaning kits, secure holsters, and 2 cases of practice ammo. Then, we’d point them to the Massad Ayoob and Jeff Cooper books, and tell them that they should start reading and use what they read when they practiced (in the early 80’s, the NRA still pretended that civilians shouldn’t use firearms for self defense and wouldn’t teach it, and there was no local training that was worth the powder to blow it to hell). About 1 in 4 would take that advice, the rest wanting fancy and expensive toys and 1 or two boxes of hollow-points to “get to know the gun.” I rejoice in the availability of better ranges and training now than we had then.<br /><br />Fast forwarding to now, I had to drop my beloved Glock 10mm as my housegun, because my wife couldn’t get comfortable with it. Fortunately for me, she shoots a Glock 19 like a house afire, and so there’s one on either side of the bed. Likewise, she isn’t comfortable with an 870, an AR, AK or Mini-14, but she loves to bird hunt with me and we use side-by-side 12 gauges. So the house long guns are Stoeger Coach Guns with low recoil buckshot. Guns and ammo and skills are interchangeable on both sides of the bed, and I sleep soundly therefore.<br /><br />As usual, good points all. Keep up the good writing. Oh, and when do we get the next Maxwell book? <br /><br />FormerFlyerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com