Its nice to see some action in this part of the forum..and I am happy to see so many of you guys exercising your 2nd amendment rights...but who here is also a shooter? a real shooter? Like out of all you guys that carry, how often do you shoot? How many rds a year?
And most importantly what I wanna know is, out of all you guys, whats your criteria for allowing a pistol to be your carry piece? I hope you guys didnt buy your gun and a box of ammo, took it to the range, made it go bang bang a couple times and called it good for your carry piece.... to me, minimum 500rds without any major malfs before any of my semi auto are even thought of being carried, my wheelguns, ill let it drop down to 200 or so.
Next..how often do you practice? a lot? a little? none? Carrying that dope ass glock(not knocking anyone, i promise) dont do you no good when the shit hits the fan if the muscle memory isnt there, and not to mention in my belief, standard, shooting range practice is not sufficient for "training" yourself to be in a defense situation, standing at a firing line, letting off 1 rd every 2 seconds from a weaver stance isnt going to do you much good when the shit goes down.... Can you put rounds where they count from cover? from your back? from prone? weak hand only? strong hand only? inverted? Do you know the difference between cover and concealment in terms of what you pick to stand/duck behind when youre getting shot at? Cause Ill tell you what, with whats on my hip right now, you best pick a good place to hide...car doors aint shit, steel entry doors like at a business aint shit, even cinder block...phhht.. You need to practice for perfection, as when the time comes that you need it, youll be mediocre at best. (Clint Smith)
So I guess my point is, who here is a real shooter and who just owns a gun or 2, and thinks theyll be able to get the job done.
And for those wondering, I shoot approx 12k+ rds a year and have actually been trying to step it up, as this summer ill be competing in a local indoor pistol series (think bowling pin shoot meets heads up double elimination drag racing)...and a rimfire rifle series as well(all shots are off hand, no slings, no nothing allowed, varying ranges, only x's count for points).... Also starting to learn to reload my own...try to save a little coin at least.