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He has no idea what he will use for work. He has not been hired yet and most agencies in NJ don't let you choose your duty gun.

Everybody looks for "cheaper", nobody considers "best value" for your money. Drives me nuts, but it keeps a lot of crappy companies in business.

Nothing you state here is true. Cops are held to the same standard as everyone else when it comes to using deadly force in self defense or in defense of others. A gun is no surer than a taser. But, a taser may be used in instances where a gun can't, and vice-versa. My Taser X2 is semi auto and loaded with two shots, in theory, I can control two people. That being said, if I have multiple assailants, the Taser is most likely not the right tool for the job.

I use the Federal .223 64 gr TRU JSP. I am not worried about barrier blind performance in an HD rifle. I am not shooting in and around cars, so I don't need it want the extra penetration or mass retention.

Glock

Not to steal Vlads sale, but why switch from the MOE Handguards. They'll do everything you need for a "no frills" gun. Save your $$ and put it towards the new riflegun, training, ammo, etc...

IWC makes some nice direct mount options for the Alpha. A WMLX at 12 o'clock works well too.

The Alpha will fit over a cut down gas block with no issues and uses the standard barrel nut: BCM Carbine length upper with 14.5" barrel and perm muzzle device. Ground down the standard FS assembly, and cut off the delta ring and spring to fit a 13" Troy Alpha tube. No reason to go to a two piece block.

I'm in FL, I'll call you when I get back and go over options. I trimmed my 14.5 BCM down to do almost the same thing. Took about 1/2 hour but I used a tube thy used a standard barrel but - Troy Alpha. I don't think you can get he has block small enough, but you could probably cut it off and get a two price gas block. Take a good look at the Troy Alpha tube. Slim handguard, free float, uses a standard barrel nut, and you can find them cheap lately

Ah, Capt. Obvious..... Yes, all carry is a compromise. I think we all understand this. Proposing the carrying a long gun as "the gun you shoot the best" for CCW is a strawman argument that does nothing but muddy the waters and take the conversation in an unhelpful direction. Of course, if we could carry a long gun concealed we would - I know I would. We all know that a long gun is better for the job at hand than a handgun. But let's face it, it just isn't practical. Going from carrying a Ruger LCP to Glock 19 to a 1911 there is really very little difference in comfort, preparation, or aggravation with a huge increase in ability and effectiveness. Any pistol to a long gun is apples to hand grenades. It is impractical and defeats the purpose of carrying concealed.

Why not? I mean trying to conceal it in a rental Tux or something aside, it's your wardrobe - you can choose how you want to hide your piece. If you want to carry a 1911 you can. Plenty of people do every day - good guys and bad guys alike. I carry everyday. Usually a Glock 35, occasionally a G23. I have no problem concealing either regardless of the weather.

Everyone should read this 1000 times and commit it to memory. This is the correct mindset. This is the answer. If you had every handgun you owned on a table in front of you when the balloon went up, which one would you grab to solve the problem at hand. THAT is the gun you should be carrying. Not a .22 because it's small or a .380 because it fits in your pocket. A gun carried in defense of your life, or that of another, should be comforting not necessarily comfortable. The right belt and holster makes varying anything easy in relative comfort. The bad guys are carrying and hiding full size 1911's and Tec-9s in basketball shorts and T-Shirts. Why can't we? Because they have a better mindset towards their carrying.

Except for the guys that sold a P2K LEM to buy 2 Glocks and 10 spare mags and ammo.

Glock 23 or 35 with SF X300U.

I'm pretty sure they are all like this now, or are moving towards this style. I'll see if I can get the scoop...

This one is real, although the gun is on the other end:

It's an ad campaign for one of the Call Of Duty games or something. Totally fake.

Where do people get the idea that you don't see your sights and just see people shooting at you? It is not true. If you train yourself to use your sights, you will use your sights. If you train yourself to be observant, you will be observant. If you train it, you retain it. The idea of absolute loss of all "fine motor skills" is absolutely flat untrue when talking about trained actions. Untrained actions are another story, and can be susceptible to some degradation. Think about it: Trigger Pull = fine motor skill Mag release = fine motor skill These things would be impossible if you lost the ability to control fine motor skills under stress. Ask an F22 or AH64 pilot if they retain their fine motor skills under stress. Ask a NASCAR or Indy driver pushing through a crash scene, a Pro Golfer whose one behind the leader at the back 9, or a MLB player whose at bat in the bottom of the ninth, with a full count, down by one, and bases loaded. Trained fine motor skills are retained. It's called "procedural memory" and the goal is to achieve the unconscious competence level of achievement - You think about the final necessary act and you can complete the appropriate steps on auto pilot. This allows you to devote the lion's share of your concentration on situational awareness, target acquisition, target identification, shoot/no shoot decisions, and sight picture while your body handles the grip, appropriate body position and movements, trigger manipulation, light/laser switches, and everything else you have trained on at the square range. I will look into it. Thanks for the tip!

Nope. My training is in something other than CQB, but there is a CQB component to each practical exercise. It's been sims only. It is way off the grid though. I shoot everything both eyes open except when zeroing and pistol shots past 25 yards.

Agreed. People don't know what they don't know... I should also add that all the sims guns we are using are iron sights only.

But could your irons outshoot him with an optic designed to shoot 500m that was zeroed properly? If we are gonna compare, at least make it apples to apples.

Again, this is bullshit. I am currently in New Mexico for work. I arrived on Sunday night and have spent the week so far in these small old houses that are used as shoot houses with sims doing CQB with an AR and a Glock. As an experiment to prove to myself yet again that I am not wrong, at lunch I ran some solo runs through the house on static shoot/no shoot targets using point shooting. The funniest thing happened. I missed. A LOT. And I ran through a lot more ammo. I scored a few lucky hits, but they weren't good hits, or anywhere near where I would want them in real life. I then did a few runs through the house using the sights. I was faster, more accurate, used less ammo and got multiple rapid critical hits on my targets - all with sights. Point shooting does not work.

If you think you don't have time to aim, you definitely don't have time to miss. If you don't use your sights you will most likely miss. If you don't use your sights, you won't know if you hit. It's not like the movies.

This is bullshit.