How often do you practice pistol shooting?

[DoubleDuty]

Why have a hunting or fishing license? This license doesn't require any skill.

It helps provide money for conservation of wildlife

 

[Sam7sf]

It helps provide money for conservation of wildlife

Yup. I have a friend who buys a hunting license but doesn’t hunt anymore.

 

[CaliGunner]

Sorry for derailment. I got bored and started cleaning the shed. Caligunner requested to see my carrier.

Just a condor. I took my bags and a few pounces off. Leatherman mut. I remember a flashlight and can’t find it. Lol I think I still have water food and first aid in em.

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I don’t remember if this other load vest is condor or not. Never really used it.

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I think we’re ready for booog-loo.

 

[studenygreg]

Those are revenue generators to fund wildlife conservation.

I buy a hunting license every year and dont hunt . Well I can't afford to.

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[Rhino]

You didn't make a poll option for dry firing?

LaserLyte or similar and dry firing, or even dry firing by itself is a good way to practice if you have limited ammo.

 

[Axxe55]

I buy a hunting license every year and dont hunt . Well I can't afford to.

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I think back on all those many years I bought hunting licenses, and either didn't get any game or something always came up during hunting season and didn't get to go.

 

[Rhino]

It helps provide money for conservation of wildlife

Allegedly. What does the game warden actually do to protect the deer on my grandparents' ranch? The game warden protects them you say? Don't trespassing laws cover that? The game warden doesn't exactly camp out at my place, and the sheriff could just as easily be called.

Honestly, the hunters themselves, and landowners are the ones most interested in preserving the wildlife. The hunters on my family's place are very careful not to shoot all the deer, and in fact feed them more when food is scarce.

I think the only thing the king should be doing is prosecuting wanton destruction of game.

I know Game Wardens that I like, so this is not personal against them, but a philosophical difference based on my own observations.

 

[Sam7sf]

Amen to that, Rhino. If you love to be in nature you love to take care of it.

 

[Axxe55]

Allegedly. What does the game warden actually do to protect the deer on my grandparents' ranch? The game warden protects them you say? Don't trespassing laws cover that? The game warden doesn't exactly camp out at my place, and the sheriff could just as easily be called.

Honestly, the hunters themselves, and landowners are the ones most interested in preserving the wildlife. The hunters on my family's place are very careful not to shoot all the deer, and in fact feed them more when food is scarce.

I think the only thing the king should be doing is prosecuting wanton destruction of game.

Personally, I'll rat out a poacher in a heartbeat.

 

[toddnjoyce]

…Just a condor. I took my bags and a few pounces off. Leatherman mut. I remember a flashlight and can’t find it. Lol I think I still have water food and first aid in em.

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Does the job.

Below is the only photo of me while across 13 deployments. Taken at Camp Phoenix near Kabul in Nov 2012.

RBAV carrier. Right shoulder is a single point sling, left shoulder is a monkey harness for helo ops. Soft armor + level IV plates. Out of the shot is an IFAK on the left side and an admin pouch on the right. On front row mag pouch there’s also a belt cutter. Too much crap but it was an admin move.

The M9 was not normally chest mounted, but we had MATVs which are/were a little tight so it made sense at the time for that and some other reasons.

 

[Sam7sf]

Does the job.

Below is the only photo of me while across 13 deployments. Taken at Camp Phoenix near Kabul in Nov 2012.

RBAV carrier. Right shoulder is a single point sling, left shoulder is a monkey harness for helo ops. Soft armor + level IV plates. Out of the shot is an IFAK on the left side and an admin pouch on the right. On front row mag pouch there’s also a belt cutter. Too much crap but it was an admin move.

The M9 was not normally chest mounted, but we had MATVs which are/were a little tight so it made sense at the time for that and some other reasons.

Awesome. Thanks for sharing Todd. I like the concept of a chest mounted handgun.

 

[toddnjoyce]

Awesome. Thanks for sharing Todd. I like the concept of a chest mounted handgun.

No problem. One challenge with hanging shît off the front is if you have to go prone which is why I staggered rifle mag pouches. The pistol up there really fûcks with the prone position so I only put it up there when we were doing primarily mounted ops.

If it was walk to work day, the pistol was usually inside my ruck unless/until we were going to assault and then it went on a thigh.

 

[sparkyv]

Until I get me some primers, I'll keep mostly shooting my 22LR rifles.

 

[Sam7sf]

No problem. One challenge with hanging shît off the front is if you have to go prone which is why I staggered rifle mag pouches. The pistol up there really fûcks with the prone position so I only put it up there when we were doing primarily mounted ops.

If it was walk to work day, the pistol was usually inside my ruck unless/until we were going to assault and then it went on a thigh.

I wanted to ask about prone. When I set up my vest I was aware of what got mounted to the chest but wasn’t sure how ocd a guy needs to be. Probably just fill that space with mags.

 

[toddnjoyce]

I wanted to ask about prone. When I set up my vest I was aware of what got mounted to the chest but wasn’t sure how ocd a guy needs to be. Probably just fill that space with mags.

About prone. Getting flat to not get shot is a whole hell of a lot different than shooting prone using an assault pack to support your rifle. There’s some experimentation needed to find what’s comfortable. For a while I rocked a 6-wide bandolier instead of the double stack with an admin pouch on the chest.

Everything is a compromise and what works well in some conditions may not work well in others.

 

[paknheat]

Yup. I have a friend who buys a hunting license but doesn’t hunt anymore.

I do that too. Wether I’m hunting or not.


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[Tblack89]

You want to know something funny? I feel like my California CCW qualification group was full of very skilled shooters compared to my Texas LTC group.

In California, CCWs are extremely rare, some counties don't even issue them (not sure now due to the supreme court ruling in Breun). In the counties that did issue them, you had to have a credible "good cause" statement, and the range qualification seemed more complex.

You had to fire at 3,7, and 10 yards. BUT, you had to do an emergency reload in between shot strings. So the first drill would be like "fire 5 shots on mark, slide locks back, drop mag, load another mag, tap/rack or release slide, fire another 5 shots". Then it would continue. You had to get 25 shots out of 30 on target WITH the gun you intended to put on your CCW (yes in Cali, you had to have a list of guns on your CCW).

So overall, you had to show that you had familiarity with your weapon, enough so that you could do a reload on a locked back slide WHILE shooting, and continue shooting within the time limit. The mechanics may seem simple to people who shoot regularly, but to a newbie? Kind of scares me.

In my CCW group in California, everyone basically got 30 out of 30 shots on target. Very nice groupings too.

 

[Orbie]

Unfortunately, live fire is uncommon due to lack of time, traveling and current ammo prices. I dry fire multiple times a week since that can be done anywhere in private.

 

[Axxe55]

You want to know something funny? I feel like my California CCW qualification group was full of very skilled shooters compared to my Texas LTC group.

In California, CCWs are extremely rare, some counties don't even issue them (not sure now due to the supreme court ruling in Breun). In the counties that did issue them, you had to have a credible "good cause" statement, and the range qualification seemed more complex.

You had to fire at 3,7, and 10 yards. BUT, you had to do an emergency reload in between shot strings. So the first drill would be like "fire 5 shots on mark, slide locks back, drop mag, load another mag, tap/rack or release slide, fire another 5 shots". Then it would continue. You had to get 25 shots out of 30 on target WITH the gun you intended to put on your CCW (yes in Cali, you had to have a list of guns on your CCW).

So overall, you had to show that you had familiarity with your weapon, enough so that you could do a reload on a locked back slide WHILE shooting, and continue shooting within the time limit. The mechanics may seem simple to people who shoot regularly, but to a newbie? Kind of scares me.

In my CCW group in California, everyone basically got 30 out of 30 shots on target. Very nice groupings too.

Again, trying to tell us Texans how it's done in California, and how you're someone special because you got a CCW there.

Here, we just call that a special kind of stupid!

 

[oldag]

I definitely think they should be including reloads, not sure why it's not mandatory here.

25 yards sounds good too, we can call it the Dicken Standard. 10 shots at 40 yards, must score 8 hits.

Why? In what percent of the incidents will a reload be required? The tiniest percentage?