Anyone can look cool and collected on the one-way firing range.
Just ask any of the guys who show up at the my club's range on a lazy Sunday afternoon where they play 'Sonny Crockett' against
paper bad guys for an hour or so.
Hey, at least they are trying.
Id be willing to bet, thats more than most do.
Same is true for a semi clearance between on the range and under fire.
Ever have a squibb in your semi, or a round get stuck in the chamber, or a magazine base plate give way.
Tell me you are going to get those cleared under fire.
Supposed you get shot in the head. Now what are you going to do? You can make up a scenario, so I can too.
This isnt about making up scenarios. Its about learning to deal with things that can happen, and maybe, if youre smart, some things you might want to address, so you reduce the possibility that they do.
A squib with either shuts you both down.
The mag blowing out? Push the mag release and reload.
gotta love "generally"...
Yep. its the nature of the beast. Semis
generally choke and stop due to things that a revolver
generally ignores.
And semis
generally choke and stop many, many, many times more frequently than revolvers,
generally...
Generally, anything made by man can screw up, and generally has to someone, somewhere, sometime.
Ever stop to wonder why there is a "Tap Rack Bang" drill in the first place??
could it be because its needed???
Hey, I was trying to be nice to the revolvers.
Ever notice they dont seem to have a drill to get them back up and running?
Everything stops sooner or later. If youre carrying one or the other, because someone told you it wont, I would suggest you rethink it.
With either, you should be practicing getting them back in the game. At the very least, understand what can go wrong and learn, and be ready to address it. Thats just common sense gun handling as far as Im concerned.
My experience has been, with an auto, its a TRB, or maybe a TRRB, depending on how bad things are. That "generally" has always got the gun back into action in the moment.
Over the years, Ive had a few squibs with them, but at least the autos give you a clue, and you get a heads up. The revolvers dont, if the round makes it into the barrel. Of course, with either, you need to be paying attention too.
Ive also had a couple of rounds that were bad, and would not chamber, and would not extract once they got into the chamber. Thats really about the only thing (other than a squib) that might really cause you grief, and depending on your gun, may or may not be easy to remedy. Things like 1911's, and similar, with a factory spring, are pretty easy. Anything that wont allow you to jam the lower portion of the front of the slide into something, figure most things with a captured RSA, its a bit different, but can still be done. Its a lot easier if you know whats wrong and youve done it before to know.
With the revolvers, with most things, its simply another gun, assuming you brought one. That, or the "killer rabbit" drill.