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Some will argue that a DA revolver is the fastest gun..
ya gotta know how to use it though.
Lance Jacobs
At least we can take comfort in the fact that both father and son are now both with God, and that all of the suspects are now awaiting trial for capital murder.
According to my training notes, my best time to draw and fire two rounds on target (7 yards distance) is 1.66 seconds from a IWB holster at ~4:30 (under a shirt) with a Glock 43.
That said, I agree with many others here; it would be a hard decision on whether or not to draw while at gun point at that close distance, chambered or not.
Great thread. I've gone back-and-forth on this issue over the past year. As a scientist, I'm accustomed to acquiring data to help guide decision making. According to my training notes, my best time to draw and fire two rounds on target (7 yards distance) is 1.66 seconds from a IWB holster at ~4:30 (under a shirt) with a Glock 43. If I incorporate racking the slide to chamber the first round, my time goes up to 1.94 seconds (0.28 seconds slower). My best splits are ~0.16 seconds, so this amounts to almost 2 additional rounds fired (which may or may not be needed in a real situation). I would consider myself an intermediate shooter, but maybe not.
That said, I agree with many others here; it would be a hard decision on whether or not to draw while at gun point at that close distance, chambered or not. IF the bad guy's splits were twice as slow as mine (call it 0.3 seconds), he'd still get 5 shots off before I could draw and fire with one in the chamber. Maybe I should practice more...
Guns make lousy clubs.
Good point. Ultimately, the take home is that my best times (under no stress WITH one in the pipe) aren't fast enough. One in the chamber, yes, but that same adrenaline may slow a person's decision to react in the first place; which may or may not be beneficial (is the BG just using his gun as leverage to steal, or does he intend to kill?).You are factoring in your best times at racking the slide and shooting in a non stressful situation, You need to add in that you would be in extreme stress and have Adrenalin running through your system maybe making your motions jerky.
I always keep 1 in the chamber now and this video proved to me that it was a good decision on my part (I am still trying to get my brother to carry 1 chambered) I would only draw and fire if he took attention away from me and I thought I could pull it off or.. if I thought he was going to shoot me anyway and I figure I should try to take him with me.
So shoot to wound and bury alive?Hollywood sells the idea when actors cycle a round in the chamber of semiautomatic or lever action the situation is getting serious. Have overhead and been told by naïve people bad guys will leave upon hearing that noise? Television entertainment and movies are an awful place to get firearms training. Real world thugs and criminals might have excellent hearing but the last thing they should hear when confronted with a aimed preloaded weapon is the dirt being shoveled on their caskets.