As we have all heard Hamas terrorists are hiding behind everything, Hospitals, Mosques, Churches, Civilian homes etc. To get the Hamas terrorists the israelis are deploying a simple but effective plan. They yell out Hey Abdul. 5-10 terrorists come out of the wood work and get popped by the Israelis.
Hamas has tried to counter this by coming up with their own counter plan by yelling Reuben is that you?
The Israelis immediately countered this by yelling back Yes its me Reuben is that you Abdul, and again 5-10 hamas terrorists pop out saying yes it is I. Then they get capped by the Israelis.
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
BACK TO THE BASICS: RECOVERY
In the past posts of back to the basics I have been discussing the 8 fundamentals of marksmanship. Previously I covered:
Stance
Grip
Sight alignment
Sight Picture
Trigger squeeze
Breathing
Follow Through
Today we are at #8 Recovery. What I will cover here in recovery is Immediate action, remedial action and magazine changes
Your firing away at the range, or at a burglar and your weapon stops firing. You squeeze the trigger again and nothing. Your pistol looks like this:
You have had a misfire so as the word means you have to pull immediate action. The key to immediate action is the word SPORTS
Slap up on the magazine
Pull back on the slide
Observe if a round comes out
Release the slide so it goes forward and picks up another round
Tap the slide to ensure it is seated forward properly
Squeeze the trigger and get back in the fight or hitting your paper terrorist
You have done SPORTS and squeezed the trigger and again misfire nothing happens now we have to go to remedial action. If in a "Situation" you may have to transition to another sidearm. If you are at the range go through SPORTS till the "O". Pick up the round and look at the primer (The usually silver circle on the back of the round) If it is dented it means that the round has not gone off and that the primer is or weapon is bad. I would like to note that this is not always the case. I had an Automag III that I couldn't fire military .30 carbine through and the primers were dented, however if I put them in my 30 cal carbine they would fire. If I used commercial .30 carbine it wasn't a problem. If there is no dent then more than likely you have a broken firing pin. Other reasons for a misfire or non-fire are double feeds, failure to extract and failure to feed.
Next I will cover magazine changes. Your blasting away, your pistol stops firing and looks like this:
You have ran out of ammo, so you have to do a magazine change. Engage the magazine release, slide your non firing had down the pistol grip ensuring the magazine has fallen free. Bring your non firing hand to your chest down to your belt buckle and slide to your non firing side till you hit your magazine pouch, pull a mag out (Have them arranged so that when rotated up the magazine will go right into the magazine well of the pistol), load the magazine into the magazine well hit the slide catch and re-engage.
Just to summarize this posting we have covered the final Fundamental of pistol marksmanship and covered Immediate action, Remedial Action, and Magazine changes.
Stance
Grip
Sight alignment
Sight Picture
Trigger squeeze
Breathing
Follow Through
Today we are at #8 Recovery. What I will cover here in recovery is Immediate action, remedial action and magazine changes
Your firing away at the range, or at a burglar and your weapon stops firing. You squeeze the trigger again and nothing. Your pistol looks like this:
Slap up on the magazine
Pull back on the slide
Observe if a round comes out
Release the slide so it goes forward and picks up another round
Tap the slide to ensure it is seated forward properly
Squeeze the trigger and get back in the fight or hitting your paper terrorist
You have done SPORTS and squeezed the trigger and again misfire nothing happens now we have to go to remedial action. If in a "Situation" you may have to transition to another sidearm. If you are at the range go through SPORTS till the "O". Pick up the round and look at the primer (The usually silver circle on the back of the round) If it is dented it means that the round has not gone off and that the primer is or weapon is bad. I would like to note that this is not always the case. I had an Automag III that I couldn't fire military .30 carbine through and the primers were dented, however if I put them in my 30 cal carbine they would fire. If I used commercial .30 carbine it wasn't a problem. If there is no dent then more than likely you have a broken firing pin. Other reasons for a misfire or non-fire are double feeds, failure to extract and failure to feed.
Next I will cover magazine changes. Your blasting away, your pistol stops firing and looks like this:
You have ran out of ammo, so you have to do a magazine change. Engage the magazine release, slide your non firing had down the pistol grip ensuring the magazine has fallen free. Bring your non firing hand to your chest down to your belt buckle and slide to your non firing side till you hit your magazine pouch, pull a mag out (Have them arranged so that when rotated up the magazine will go right into the magazine well of the pistol), load the magazine into the magazine well hit the slide catch and re-engage.
Just to summarize this posting we have covered the final Fundamental of pistol marksmanship and covered Immediate action, Remedial Action, and Magazine changes.
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
BACK TO THE BASICS: FOLLOW THROUGH
In previous posts I covered 6 other principles of Pistol Marksmanship. They are as follows:
1. Stance
2. Grip
3. Sight Alignment
4. Sight Picture
5. Trigger squeeze
6. Breathing
Today I would like to take a little bit of time and talk about Follow Through. First what is Follow Through. Follow Through is the act of after firing at a target that immediately after the weapon goes through the cycle of operation the firer immediately brings the weapon back down to bear on the target so it may be re-engaged if the need be.
One might argue that A. I shot him with a 44 he aint getting up or B. My pocket cannon will do the trick. This might be a legitimate argument to some people but historically it has proven to be negated. I will bring to light two examples where follow through was critical.
During a terrorist take down in the Republic of Mozambique the terrorists were wearing body armor. The Counter Terrorism force initially upon engaging the enemy fired center mass on the targets which did not go down at that time. A Rhodesian armed with a pistol immediately changed his tactics to doing a double tap center mass and one shot to the head. Currently this type of drill is still utilized and referred to as "Mozambique Drill"
I'm sure a lot of readers here saw the movie "Black Hawk Down" about the failed raid in Somalia by US Forces. The Somalis chew a local herb, which basically makes them stoned and unfeeling of pain. On more than one occasion during this battle these guys would still keep advancing after being shot in the torso multiple times with 5.56mm. Again back to the head shot.
Some years ago I witnessed a person that was messed up out of his gord on PCP. The guy was not the biggest but when he was under that stuff it took 4 of us to restrain him and he did break restraints, both wrists, and an ankle. He was willing and able to keep going. Think if I shot him center mass do you think he would have stopped?
Here is my final scenario to follow through. Your nervous, somebody just broke into your house, you see the guy, you shoot and miss. It has and will happen, you have to immediately re-engage your target. If he falls then go up to him, poke him in the eye and if he moves shoot him again.
I have given a few examples of the importance of follow through. I can not stress enough its importance especially in a home defense situation.
1. Stance
2. Grip
3. Sight Alignment
4. Sight Picture
5. Trigger squeeze
6. Breathing
Today I would like to take a little bit of time and talk about Follow Through. First what is Follow Through. Follow Through is the act of after firing at a target that immediately after the weapon goes through the cycle of operation the firer immediately brings the weapon back down to bear on the target so it may be re-engaged if the need be.
One might argue that A. I shot him with a 44 he aint getting up or B. My pocket cannon will do the trick. This might be a legitimate argument to some people but historically it has proven to be negated. I will bring to light two examples where follow through was critical.
During a terrorist take down in the Republic of Mozambique the terrorists were wearing body armor. The Counter Terrorism force initially upon engaging the enemy fired center mass on the targets which did not go down at that time. A Rhodesian armed with a pistol immediately changed his tactics to doing a double tap center mass and one shot to the head. Currently this type of drill is still utilized and referred to as "Mozambique Drill"
I'm sure a lot of readers here saw the movie "Black Hawk Down" about the failed raid in Somalia by US Forces. The Somalis chew a local herb, which basically makes them stoned and unfeeling of pain. On more than one occasion during this battle these guys would still keep advancing after being shot in the torso multiple times with 5.56mm. Again back to the head shot.
Some years ago I witnessed a person that was messed up out of his gord on PCP. The guy was not the biggest but when he was under that stuff it took 4 of us to restrain him and he did break restraints, both wrists, and an ankle. He was willing and able to keep going. Think if I shot him center mass do you think he would have stopped?
Here is my final scenario to follow through. Your nervous, somebody just broke into your house, you see the guy, you shoot and miss. It has and will happen, you have to immediately re-engage your target. If he falls then go up to him, poke him in the eye and if he moves shoot him again.
I have given a few examples of the importance of follow through. I can not stress enough its importance especially in a home defense situation.
Friday, July 4, 2014
BACK TO THE BASICS: BREATHING
First off I would like to start todays post by wishing everyone a happy 4th of July. I hope everyone has a safe and fun filled holiday.
In previous posts I have been covering the fundamentals of pistol marksmanship with:
1. Stance
2. Grip
3. Sight Alignment
4. Sight Picture
5. Trigger squeeze
Now we are here at #6 Breathing. In my training in various shooting schools and training one of 2 thoughts have been driven in me. The first being before squeezing the trigger exhale and during the natural pause between exhaling and inhaling squeeze off your round. The other being that exhaling takes time in a stress situation and breathing being a muscle movement does not make a stable firing platform. So just stop breathing and fire. I also wanted to verify this so I gave a shout out to fellow gun slingers to make sure that I wasn't making anything up in my old age and basically with the answers that I received my train of thought was verified.
With the above paragraph in mind I decided I was going to prove or reinforce the above. So my plan was to create a stress environment for myself (To mimic what the body is doing in a situation where you might have to pull your weapon and engage a hostile) and test out the different breathing techniques both good and bad. We have been getting thunderstorms in the afternoons here in Southwest Virginia. Which I hate being out doors while one is approaching, so I decided to do my testing while one was approaching. Also stressing me out was getting it done before the rain came so I would not ruin my camera and then just as an extra precaution I walked a 50 yard circle briskly before firing. All 10 shots for each iteration were fired with a SIG 229R at 8 yards (24 ft). Position 3-4 were utilized in double action. (From a chest ready position to a firing position. This is so you don't fixate on your sights while moving) at a 3 inch dot.
This first picture was while I was breathing. Though if I was shooting at a person at 8 yards I would have killed them. An increase in Range may have resulted in misses.
This photo is of a shot group that was accomplished when I saw a lightning, or heard thunder I would take a shot. Exhaling as i went from Position 3 to 4. One thing that I noticed was again under stress I could feel and see my heart rate translating to the pistol and I felt my stress build as i was squeezing the trigger.
In this picture when I got to position 4 I stopped breathing and fired. I again fired with the lightning and thunder to simulate a target popup or presentation. There was a pretty good consistency but I still could feel stress in myself, and some heart rate translation to the sights.
Here is something that came to me while I was doing this test. There is a natural pause when you are breathing in also vs breathing out. Though I never heard about utilizing it I decided to put it to the test. Again I fired with lightning and thunder, under stress and as I went from position 3-4 breathed in. I actually felt calmer with no heart rate translation. I didn't believe this result so I tried it 3 more times and the result was the same each time, no throws and a tight consistent group. This is the first one that I shot I had my front sight on the 10 in the later times I aimed at the 12, 3 and 9 0'clock positions with the same result.
In my humble opinion it seems to be better during a stressful situation before you squeeze the trigger take a breath first as you are going from position 3 to 4.
In previous posts I have been covering the fundamentals of pistol marksmanship with:
1. Stance
2. Grip
3. Sight Alignment
4. Sight Picture
5. Trigger squeeze
Now we are here at #6 Breathing. In my training in various shooting schools and training one of 2 thoughts have been driven in me. The first being before squeezing the trigger exhale and during the natural pause between exhaling and inhaling squeeze off your round. The other being that exhaling takes time in a stress situation and breathing being a muscle movement does not make a stable firing platform. So just stop breathing and fire. I also wanted to verify this so I gave a shout out to fellow gun slingers to make sure that I wasn't making anything up in my old age and basically with the answers that I received my train of thought was verified.
With the above paragraph in mind I decided I was going to prove or reinforce the above. So my plan was to create a stress environment for myself (To mimic what the body is doing in a situation where you might have to pull your weapon and engage a hostile) and test out the different breathing techniques both good and bad. We have been getting thunderstorms in the afternoons here in Southwest Virginia. Which I hate being out doors while one is approaching, so I decided to do my testing while one was approaching. Also stressing me out was getting it done before the rain came so I would not ruin my camera and then just as an extra precaution I walked a 50 yard circle briskly before firing. All 10 shots for each iteration were fired with a SIG 229R at 8 yards (24 ft). Position 3-4 were utilized in double action. (From a chest ready position to a firing position. This is so you don't fixate on your sights while moving) at a 3 inch dot.
This first picture was while I was breathing. Though if I was shooting at a person at 8 yards I would have killed them. An increase in Range may have resulted in misses.
This photo is of a shot group that was accomplished when I saw a lightning, or heard thunder I would take a shot. Exhaling as i went from Position 3 to 4. One thing that I noticed was again under stress I could feel and see my heart rate translating to the pistol and I felt my stress build as i was squeezing the trigger.
In this picture when I got to position 4 I stopped breathing and fired. I again fired with the lightning and thunder to simulate a target popup or presentation. There was a pretty good consistency but I still could feel stress in myself, and some heart rate translation to the sights.
In my humble opinion it seems to be better during a stressful situation before you squeeze the trigger take a breath first as you are going from position 3 to 4.
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