Are you guys tired of all the guns yet? 🙂
I have a few videos from class I wanted to share, this is one of them. The scenario is that you are being attacked and your weapon has a double feed (this means there are 2 live rounds competing for a single firing chamber).
Here is a pic of a double feed from a non-glock:Racking the slide won’t fix it, and in this particular case, you are shooting with your weak hand because you have been shot in your right arm. (We did a ton of weak hand work, especially fixing and dealing with all types of weapons malfunctions). There are lots of little things I am doing in this exercise, and I am also making some mistakes as well, but the idea is that if you do screw up, you keep on going and do not give up. That’s good advice for anything you do in life- don’t be afraid to try and learn something, make the mistake and get better. I wonder how likely it is, if a semi-automatic pistol owner experiences a basic malfunction in a pressure situation they will just assume the weapon is bad when all it needs is a simple clearing. With the adrenaline going, they pull that trigger and hear a click, how else would they know what to do in that situation unless they were trained? How many variations of that same scenario can be played out as well? How many people in those situations would actually be able to calmly think about that particular problem when bullets are flying? You can’t, you have know it by reflex.
Michael, the training you recieved there looks like it was top notch. I especially like this most recent post about staying calm and fighting through when things don’t go as planned. That is what I refer to as the "will to live" which is something inside that you either have or don’t. You cant teach it. You know what I do for a living, and now know "some" of the traing we get. The most important thing you can do is to try and find a place or a way to continue to practice, that is the hardest, yet most important part. Also, if you an find a place that you can use simmunition rouds, and actually engage in a gun fight you find that to be invaluble. Sim rounds are notorious for malfunctioning, therefore you must be able to rectify the situation quicly, behind cover, while taking fire. Nothing compares to that, and it is a good measure of your ability to stay calm and think clearly while under fire.
Jealous. Looks like a blast.