Do you remember the air war over Vietnam. The U.S. arrived with a lot
of long range missiles and no short range guns. But partly due to rules of
engagement, a lot of the air to air engagements were settled at short range.
Given rules of engagement of Self Defense or Home Defense situations, is
it a surprise that most shootings are at very short range?
So, isn't accuracy at 25 yards pretty much moot with regards to self defense
and home defense? How many rooms in your house are 25 yards wide?
None? I thought so.
So, we can pretty much rule out accuracy at 25 yards as irrelevant to
self defense and home defense. That doesn't mean you can't practice at
that distance to hone your skills, but choosing a weapon that is guaranteed
to group 5 rounds within 1" at 25 yards over another pistol that is guaranteed
to group 5 rounds within 2" at 25 yards even though the more accurate
pistol is four times as expensive and then using the accurate pistol for
home defense or self defense is kind of ridiculous. It's much better to choose
the less accurate pistol and then spend the money you save to buy practice
ammo. Also, getting yourself some training with the savings seems like
much wiser course.
Don't you think that if you shot a perp at 25 yards and the distance from
you and the perp at the time of the shooting is somehow known at your
trial (e.g. surveillance camera) that you'd be in big trouble unless the perp
was shooting at you from that range?
So, what is the maximum useable accuracy for a home defense or self defense
firearm? Again, we're not talking about match pistols or competition pistols.
Cheers,
Jae
of long range missiles and no short range guns. But partly due to rules of
engagement, a lot of the air to air engagements were settled at short range.
Given rules of engagement of Self Defense or Home Defense situations, is
it a surprise that most shootings are at very short range?
So, isn't accuracy at 25 yards pretty much moot with regards to self defense
and home defense? How many rooms in your house are 25 yards wide?
None? I thought so.
So, we can pretty much rule out accuracy at 25 yards as irrelevant to
self defense and home defense. That doesn't mean you can't practice at
that distance to hone your skills, but choosing a weapon that is guaranteed
to group 5 rounds within 1" at 25 yards over another pistol that is guaranteed
to group 5 rounds within 2" at 25 yards even though the more accurate
pistol is four times as expensive and then using the accurate pistol for
home defense or self defense is kind of ridiculous. It's much better to choose
the less accurate pistol and then spend the money you save to buy practice
ammo. Also, getting yourself some training with the savings seems like
much wiser course.
Don't you think that if you shot a perp at 25 yards and the distance from
you and the perp at the time of the shooting is somehow known at your
trial (e.g. surveillance camera) that you'd be in big trouble unless the perp
was shooting at you from that range?
So, what is the maximum useable accuracy for a home defense or self defense
firearm? Again, we're not talking about match pistols or competition pistols.
Cheers,
Jae