Excuse me - but - exactly how is it out of context?
What I'm seeing here is someone takes an unadvised shot - they either failed to check the backstop or - didn't care what they were shooting at/into and budda-bing-budda-boom - their round sails through the bad guy's arm & nails some blue-haired old woman wearing a cloth homemade Corona mask square in the chest.
I'm far less concerned about how my bullet is going to work than I am about where it's going to end up.
Anyone that's going to take a risky shot - where a miss or shoot through is going to hit someone - had best go back to square one & start paying attention to the basics.
& yes - I DO call that "spray and pray".
How was it taken out of context? Well for starters, you took what I said and made it sound like I was saying that shot placement doesn’t matter at all....
that’s not what I was saying. Being as close to spot on with your shots as possible is
very important. Using a gun that you shoot well and using a caliber that still allows you to shoot well even follow-up shots,
is just as important but… if your ammo doesn’t do what it supposed to do,
or can’t do what it’s supposed to do because of limitations of barrel length then those well-placed shots really ain’t gonna matter a whole lot.
Not having a bullet that penetrates deeply enough to where the vital organs are and doesn’t have enough velocity to fully expand and create the wound channel that it needs to make, doesn’t matter how precise those shots are. Hell even wadcutters are probably gonna be better if whether or not you’re worried about your bullet penetrating enough or expanding because at least one of those won’t deflect off bone when it hits it; that sharp edge will cut through that bone and create more damage at least that way.
But yes, I’m not saying a well-placed shot or what you just described, a piss poor shot that went through your assailants arm. Unfortunately, that’s not what I’m talking about. It’s starting to sound to me like you don’t care what the hell comes out the end of your barrel, as long as it’s a well-placed shot that’s all that matters.
But you know, stress is a big thing. Fear is a big thing. Having things happen lightning quick is also another thing. You can train all you want to think you could be 110% prepared for any time anything lightning quick is ever going to happen to you, but the chances of being as quick and precise in a real life situation is not gonna be the same as when you’re out there on the range shooting at a paper target.
But again, I’m not saying that shot placement is not important. I’m not saying that having a gun too large for your hands is not important. I’m not saying that trying to shoot a caliber that’s too much for you is not important either, all I’m saying is that it all goes hand-in-hand. Making sure you have the right ammunition that does what it’s supposed to it’s just as critical at stopping someone with something as inadequate as a handgun.
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