High Exposure

PB and all, I was trying to rearrange my schedule to make this. Alas, it is not to be. Thank you for the invite. I would have very much like to have meet you all. Please don’t let the direction this thread veered off in deter you from planning more of these and sharing the dates. As has been said before, we have a bad habit of “eating our own”. The only way to break that cycle is to persevere and keep trying to get us all on the same page. Kudos!

This makes my heart soar like an eagle!

Pencil eraser and WD40 to clean the carbon off of a glass lens on a WML.

Can I have it? Very nice

G-Shock for the win!

Are you getting a malfunction and then manipulating the slide in an attempt to clear it first, and then ending up with a double feed with two live rounds? Did you keep any of the rounds that this happened too? Where the two rounds inline with each other ie: The nose of the second round up against the rear of the case that’s in the chamber? Or was one in the chamber and the other all jumbled in there? In my experience, two live rounds in the chamber is almost exclusively a magazine issue....

I’m sorry Howard, i’m confused... Did you get two live rounds, one in the chamber and right one behind it? Or one live and one spent? What do the rounds left in the mag look like? Does the top round look like it took a nosedive into the mag or is it sitting normally? When was the last time you did any preventative maintenance? Changed springs? Inspected the extractor? Approximately how many rounds do you have through the gun? Yes, you only changed the ammo, but maybe it ran a little hotter, or maybe a little weaker, and you are now seeing some indications of a weak recoil spring assembly or mag spring.

Ah, yes I am.

I was at the Sub Base there once to check out the museum. Very cool. I am going to bring my son there this fall I think.

I know it’s not a Glock, but I was seriously considering getting a Sig 320 just for this: 24oz unloaded with arm brace Mag in grip No Shroud

I would say there isn’t even a barrel shroud. There isn’t any exposed barrel in front of the slide to shroud. There’s is a shroud around the slide.

Blue guns are a great tool to have. Amazon is always a good bet. If you want a model of Glock, look at Lone Wolf Dist. Glock can be weird about who gets blue guns, as such other shops can decide not to send them to non .gov entities. If you want something a bit more versatile, get a SIRT Pistol. Expensive but worth it.

Add a HSP flat pack. Holds hydration, and some snivel gear.

You sound like my wife.

I like those rigs. Looking at one of the Haley or the Spiritus systems micro rigs that can be standalone chest rigs or can use the swift clips to attach on a PC.

These calls where you clear a structure are generally initiated by either an alarm called in by an alarm company, or a neighbor/passerby/ homeowner calling in unusual occurrence such as an open or unlocked door on their return, or unknown persons in/around the dwelling. It isn’t just - Hey, I am driving down the street and see an open door so I am going to go in the house.

How does a laser tell you what you are hitting under low light/no light conditions? The only way to know what you are hitting is to see what you are hitting by tracking your sights. In the dark, a laser tells you where your muzzle is pointed before you press the trigger. Nothing more. Nothing less. It does not aid in selecting a target location, it does not reveal your targets reaction to being shot and hit, or shot and missed. A laser also points both ways and reveals your position, the same as a white light does. However, unlike a bright focused white light, it does not create a glare that your intended target has to squint to see past or cause discomfort or natural reaction to turn your head, close your eyes, or block the light with your hand.

Are you objecting to the aesthetics? Or is there a practical reason you don’t want it sticking out?

I get it. I’m glad you recognize the need for a light and have developed a technique to use that you are comfortable with. As for the FBI technique where you hold the light away from your body - that is a technique for searching, it is not a technique for gunfighting. It is used to get light behind objects and probe shadows while using cover or concealment. Yes, in a pinch you can shoot from it, but it is not developed as a fighting stance. In addition to knowing how, you need to know why and when to use certain techniques. That’s the difference between knowledge and wisdom. Yes, being shot it as always a concern. Regardless of the lighting conditions. As is hitting what you are aiming at.

I hate the mentality of “Better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6”. Being judged by 12 implies I have done something wrong. Why not just do it right? Why not stack the deck in your favor? Why not be prepared? You have already taken the step of “I will have a gun and be able to use in in defense of what I love.” Why not take it a step further and say “I will set myself up for success in all conditions come-what-may.” That way you survive and you never have to be judged at all. I dunno, it seems pretty simple to me. It is like the shooter that spends $4k on a pistol but thinks $15 on a holster to carry it in is too much.

What? That’s insanity!!!! People would have to slay some of their sacred cows and perform in front of others! Don’t be silly. Everyone knows that when we are born we are granted all the skills necessary to be a gunfighter. Much much easier and cheaper to just say “I know what to do, my untested methods will work, and in a real situation I would just....”.

That wasn’t a demonstration of what a 10 year old can do. I can’t believe I have to explain that..... It was a demonstration of ambient lighting conditions that prevent a defender from seeing important detail that helps them make life saving decisions. It is daylight. In a home with lights on, and I still can’t see what someone is holding on their hands. You would think it is impossible. All decisions are made using Boyd’s Cycle or the O.O.D.A. Loop, O.O.D.A. - observe, orient, decide, act. Observe is the first - and for cause. If you don’t observe, and observe correctly, you can’t advance to the next step - orient. That means the bad guys reaction can now beat your action. If he can get to decide before you, you are now behind the power curve, and playing catch up. Bad place to be in a deadly confrontation.

Ambient light, during daytime hours, with daylight outside conditions. Which picture is he holding the SIRT training pistol, and in which photo is he holding a TV remote. How fast can you discern which is which? How fast can you then decide what to do next? Note: These pictures were edited only for PERSEC and DOGSEC reasons. I did not mess with lighting or colors. Pay no attention to mess on the left side of the photo. I’m in the middle of cleaning out my sons desk in preparation of the new school year.