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Re: Hisardut fight
Watching that fight reminded me of Karate Kid II when everyone was twirling those little paddle ball drum things.
Re: Martial Artist- my style is better than yours
Good post Mike….Now that the strike is over you should take up that profession too.
Re: Choke from the front – pros and cons of simultaneous counter
I knew the Krav answer but wanted to see what Prekarious1’s answer was. The technique he describes can work for him because of his size,strength, or ferocity in which he executes it.There are a lot of valid techniques for choke defenses outside of Krav but they don’t fit Krav principles because they aren’t instinctive or aren’t able to be performed by anyone regardless of size or strength. Most of the time they are learned responses that take a lot of practice to become proficient. That doesn’t mean once learned that they won’t work but you have to be able to execute it under pressure….side note (or back on topic)… The choke from the front with a push defense will work on a regular choke from the front elbows bent or not but it’s not as instinctive as the pluck if your standing still.
Re: Choke from the front – pros and cons of simultaneous counter
If you pluck at the elbow to force a bend in the arm ,what do you do if the choke is applied with the arms already bent?
Re: New gal
Kate, the Saturday Class in Gastonia wouldn’t be too advanced for you. Give it a try. It would be worth the drive.
Re: Practice Improves even an old guys pistol prowess
That is Jerry Miculek. He has won numerous International, National, Regional, and State Pistol Shooting competitions with a Revolver. He is sponsored by Smith and Wesson. He is a pretty good Autoloader and Rifle shooter as well.
Re: Krav Maga Vs MCMAP
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v1199868CAkDFZm4?searchId=2337299988402129174&rank=19
Sorry…don’t know why that didn’t paste in there in my previous post.
Re: Krav Maga Vs MCMAP
Here is the Human Weapon MCAP episode. This is only the first 5 minutes. If you want to see the whole episode you will have to download VEOH TV and watch it on there.
Re: Gun Advice??
quote vwr32:“They can’t just sit there in ambush all night waiting for the bad guy to enter the kill zone. I don’t think it’s too far outside the realm of possibility that once people have convinced themselves the noise was ‘probably nothing’, it’s time to go make sure and they’ll bring along any weapon at their disposal.”What happens after you’ve determined the noise was ‘probably nothing’? Example: You wake up thinking you just heard something. So you grab your gun, aim it at the doorway and listen. But no other noises occur. Did you dream the noise? How long will you sit and listen? Could you just go back to sleep without confirming it? Like I said, eventually (if it’s me) I’m going to clear the house.
This is so true. It’s hard to clear even the smallest building with two,three,four,or even five people and do it right. However without actually knowing that what you heard or thought you heard is an actual intruder(after listening for further noise) most guys are going to check it out if for nothing more (like V said )to confirm that it was nothing at all. Now if I knew someone was in my house and I was alone I would do what DFL said and wait for them to come to me where I have the advantage. Unfortunately with kids in the house I’m going to have to go hunting.
One thing (if it’s been said in this thread I missed it) that you need as a gun companion for home defense is a flashlight. Not a cheap one either. You need one capable of blinding light like a mag light, stinger, digi, or surefire. You also need to know/learn how to use it in conjunction with a firearm but that is a separate tactics discussion.
Re: Gun Advice??
Yeah Mike the M&P is a good gun. It has good ergonomics and one of the best features is that you can change the grip size with the included backstrap inserts. I don’t like how the trigger pull feels when it comes from the factory but that can be fixed. It’s not bad, just not as crisp as I’m used to on my other guns. Anyway brand new it is definitely more cost efficient than a Glock and most other polymer framed handguns. Funny you mentioned the Sigma. I remember when it first came out the joke was” Sigma the Bastard gun…for those that couldn’t afford a Glock”. It really didn’t shoot that bad but I didn’t much care for it.
Re: Gun Advice??
I don’t have a preference either blindfold.I said I carried a 45 ACP at my last department. My current department only allows the 40. My response was because the statement was made that the 45 GAP lacks stopping power which just isn’t correct. If you don’t want to believe the data that’s no big deal not all people do. Some people think we didn’t go to the moon either. Glock giving GA and NY State Police a sweet deal to buy the 45 GAP. I’m sure some discount was in order by sheer volume of guns purchased. Both State Police agencies were already using Glock Model 22s. The GA State Police admitted wanting a 45 when they went to the 40 but the model 21 frame was just too big for some peoples hand. The GAP is the same frame size as the model 22 so when it came time to buy new guns they went with the GAP. I was never advocating for Miriam to specifically buy a GAP or start reloading so I don’t know where you got that from. Like I said it was in response to the GAP lacking stopping power which became a side discussion in this thread.
Re: Gun Advice??
quote blindfold:Sometimes reports don’t tell “all” or the storyMuzzle speed, energy, and so on don’t always tell what kind of stopping power a bullet is going to have. The bullet may or may not expand or transfer inertia quiet to someones liking.
I had a friend who worked for a magazine and he tolds me that all of these tests are done but, some are based on who advertises with the magazine and spends the most $$$$. They can be given a better evaluation by only showing the good side of things.
So we may only be seeing 3 out of the 7 tests done.
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Ok …I don’t know how much background you have on the GAP so I’ll go in to a little detail. There is absolutely no difference in a 45 ACP and 45 GAP bullet. They are the same bullet. a 200 grain jacketed hollowpoint 45 bullet will fit in an ACP case or GAP case. The case on GAP is shorter and tapered. The whole reason Glock came out with the round was because people wanted 45 ACP stopping power on a smaller width frame with the higher magazine capacity that the Glock 21 has. I used to reload the GAP for GSSF and IDPA competitions and when the round was new GAP brass was nonexistent. To get the brass you had to buy loaded rounds shoot those rounds. I didn’t buy defense rounds for practice but just out of curiosity I chronographed two different brands to see if the fps matched up within the range that was advertised by both brands. I shot over 50 rounds through the chrono just practicing 25 yard shots and all the rounds were within + or – 6 fps what was advertised. That has nothing to do with the transfering of energy but if a gold dot 200 grain 45 ACP bullet moving at 1000 fps delivers say 400 ft lbs of energy it will transfer it the same out of a GAP if its moving at 1000 fps. The GAP tends to be slighty faster and slighty higher ft lbs using the same weight bullet but that can be because of the compression difference of the shorter case and the bullet seated closer to the powder . The data is too close in comparison to say the GAP lacks stopping power if your saying the 45 ACP does. The GA and NY State Police have both switched to the GAP for their issued duty weapon and both did their own ballistic testing and comparison to the ACP before making the switch. I haven’t shot anybody with either round but have put down injured deer with both rounds and couldn’t tell a difference. Both times I was using 230 grain Ranger SXT. As far as data being manipulated for a desired result because a certain company spends a lot of money on advertising with the magazine, I’m sure that can or does happen. Thats why I chronographed my practice ammo just to see if it was close to what the manufacture reported it was.
Re: Gun Advice??
quote russell:if you have exp in handguns i agree with the glock people, but only in 40s&w or 45 auto , i don’t like the 45gap i hear that it lack’s stopping power(i feel bad for our local sherrif dept they just changed to the gap)Whoever told you that doesn’t know what they are talking about.
