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Hey, Special Snowflake!
mott555:
--- Quote from: jthhapkido on January 27, 2015, 01:04:10 PM ---Personally, I always suggest the S&W Alaskan in .500S&W for self-defense, since self-defense situations always occur at less than 7 yards, and knockdown power is obviously the most important thing.
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You can't do better than a .50 BMG Barrett converted to an SBR!
All joking aside, good article, and certainly not unique to the firearms world. Most people don't know what they don't know, but think they do, and I see that all the time in IT.
I can say after my first few IDPA matches I am really glad I never had to act in a self-defense scenario (or worse, one with hostages) because competition shooting really showed me my faults. I was floored at how poor my fundamentals became just because of the stress of being on the clock!
abbafandr:
If you aren’t a competition shooter, then you probably aren’t as good at shooting as you think you are. (If you are a competition shooter, that doesn’t mean you are automatically good—but it DOES mean you probably have a pretty good idea of how good you are.)
I wonder if this is why I can't any 'shooters' to do any competitions with me. :(
kozball:
--- Quote from: mott555 on January 27, 2015, 01:08:20 PM ---
I can say after my first few IDPA matches I am really glad I never had to act in a self-defense scenario (or worse, one with hostages) because competition shooting really showed me my faults. I was floored at how poor my fundamentals became just because of the stress of being on the clock!
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Stress.
A little makes you default to your level of imbedded training with muscle memory.
A lot makes you make poor decisions slowly along with muscle freeze.
I still believe that the 98% of gun owners ( couch commandos ) have never delt with an adrenaline dump. And that is a dangerously negligent.
depserv:
This article makes good points and I agree completely that those who carry should get all the realistic training they can, and practical pistol competition is a good form for that training to take. But the article ignores the fact that a lot of people have had life and death experiences, that involve what it calls an adrenaline dump and having to stay calm and do their best, so they might know more about how they will perform than we think. For example, years ago one of my neighbors tried to commit suicide by hanging himself; his mother came up to his room and saw him hanging; she stayed very calm, cut him down, and called 911. She didn't panic and she saved his life. How many of us have had something happen suddenly when we were driving and had to react suddenly and do everything just right to avoid a crash, and found that we stayed calm and did everything right? I had a scaffold suddenly drop out from under me quite a few years ago when I was about 60 feet up; I caught myself, stayed very calm, and climbed back to the part that didn't collapse; I remember looking back and noticing the difficulty in the climb I had made and thinking at the time how it seemed like the easiest thing in the world. It scared the hell out of the other guys on the scaffold that didn't fall, but the one whose life was on the line didn't get scared. How many of us have had experiences like that? I think they give us an idea of how we'll do under stress in a life or death situation. Competition, on the other hand, is stressful, but it is not life or death.
I don't point this out to suggest that training is not a good thing; I say do all you can, and use competition to make the training as realistic as you can. Ammo is the most expensive hobby I have. But it seems like the concealed carry community is constantly telling us how we're going to be so scared we'll barely be able to move. Saying that gives a person the look of one with wisdom on the subject, so everyone wants to outdo each other about how scared we'll be. I'm not a psychologist, but I think this might have the effect of parents constantly telling their kids that they're stupid or bad or won't ever amount to anything. It's fine to let people know what to expect, but I think it's overdone sometimes. This article didn't overdo it, but other things I've seen did.
Lmbass14:
Yep, I can shoot a quarter at 600 yards with my glock 23 open sights. Of course those are head shots. I'm the best. I know it all.
Until you go to a Rock your Glock or any other competition and get your a$$ handed to you on a platter.
Need to go to the ENGC and shoot one of those plate mates. And I know it will be another reality check. Also will also bet that something will be learn which I would become a better shooter.
Like Jimi Hendrix said: "Smart people talk, smarter people listen."
I'm all for listening, specially the people who are a lot better/smarter than me.
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