Get a better scope...Oh, we have fire ants, but I can't shoot 'em....
You could shoot 'em, but it pisses off their friends...
Get a better scope...Oh, we have fire ants, but I can't shoot 'em....
Pretty much.
Just saw a show last night where they had a team of four ex-mil guys (two of 'em were Force Recon, one a SEAL) up against a lone wolf former ParaRescue guy using simunitions in a scenario in an abandoned hospital. Technique stayed pretty basic during those encounters, even though these guys were highly trained and it wasn't an actual life or death situation. There was a lot of "gun up, shoot shoot shoot shoot shoot... and we run away" going on.
Basically, they'd pull the trigger until they either could or had to move, or until the other guy was "dead". The ParaRescue man fell back on his own training, so there was never an engagement that burned an entire magazine. Shoot and scoot, rinse and repeat.
Staggering ammo is a waste of time. IMO, it's far better to keep everything uniform and loaded with good quality JHP's. Things like staggering ammo are in the same realm as "counting your shots". Honestly, if the time ever comes that you'd have to use your gun for self defense, you're mind is going to go blank, your eyes are going to bug out of your head, your whole body is going to tense up, etc. You'll never be able to count on remembering which type of bullet is in the chamber, you'll more than likely just keep yanking that trigger until the threat is gone.[/quote]
Not if you train properly. You will fight as you train, period. I train for ammo management all of the time, and I think that if the SHTF, I will instinctively drop the mag after 14 and reload{ I would seriously hope that the threat would be gone after 2 shots and and an assessment}
As if that's not the proper way to do it!
I disagree with staggering the ammo simply because of the fact that the FMJ is very likely to overpenetrate and hurt an innocent bystander. Jusy my 2 cents.
I'll stagger ... one in you arm, one in your leg, one in your arse
If I can help it, I NEVER sit with my back to a door.
You mean with fmj's or HP's?I'm neither for staggering ammo nor using fmj's, but I do think that the odd's a round going through one person and seriously injuring another person is rediculously slim.
Does anyone know of any cases where this happened?
I think the odds of missing the intended target and hitting an innocent bystand is much higher.
You mean with fmj's or HP's?