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I was smoking a cigar while shooting and was plunking away at a stand of metal targets all in a row that you can knock over etc. Then I started a practice run were I shoot one handed at one target until I knock it down and if I don’t on the first shot; I start walking toward the metal stand firing as I go until I get the target down, puffing on the cigar all the while.

This is good practice in case I get into a gun battle at some casino poker room.

-Zeno


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I am assuming a large degree of misanthropic facetiousness here, but I would be slightly careful how you practice. first, I am not Mr. Tactical, and am not advocating that you must go to the super duper high speed low drag tactical gun camp for lunatic wannabe pistolero ninjas, so don't read too much into this. But I would not practice walking toward a target thinking of a real gunfight. I would possibly practice one handed shooting, weak hand shooting, shooting and moving and taking cover and concealment. (Assuming all rules of gun safety proper training, safety goggles, helmets, legal releases, a lawyer on retainer in your jurisdiction giving you advice, etc.....)But if my first shot fails (which you must assume when using a handgun) I am not real excited about moving at a leisurely pace closer to the guy shooting at me. Remember the cop who was trained to pick up his brass when he executed a revolver reload. When he got in a real gunfight and had to reload he stopped and picked up his brass and put it carefully in his pocket. Bad idea. When I have shot w/ cops they are very insistent that you let your spent mags fall where they may - you never stop to pick one up. If one gets damaged you buy a new one. Much better plan. You don't want to get in bad habits even if it means damaging your stuff. You play like you practice. Practice only makes permanent. Perfect practice makes perfect.

As for casinos, that is a bad scenario. Too many bystanders, too much confusion, too much of everything. The only time I was ever really in danger in a casino I was unarmed. But I reacted the exact same way as if I had been armed. A guy kidnapped some casino employee at gunpoint and brought her to the casino to cash a check. She ended up getting word to somebody that the guy with her was an armed lunatic kidnapping and robbing her. Anyway, he got in a little confrontation with a security guard with guns drawn and death threats made, yada yada. No shots were fired, but I was plenty afraid. I looked for HDPW, looked for cover, and looked for an exit. I kept a lot of slot machines between us and potential gunshots. Had I been armed, I would not have drawn a weapon and would have just looked for a way out. Just as I did. Hide behind bulletproof stuff and haul ass if you can.

I am way too much of a misanthrope to be a hero. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]


P.S. The poker games didn't stop. What are a few caps getting busted off in close quarters compared to making sure the house gets the drop and the people see every hand of 3-6 they can? [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]