I'm no poet,
and I know it.
But your feet show it;
they are Longfellows!
I'm no poet,
and I know it.
I took it a step further and shot four carry pistols, 5-shots, fairly quickly, at 7 yards, and compared the speed and accuracy of each.
The difference between the slowest and fastest was .13 seconds. The most accurate was very surprising...
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I'm well aware of that. Don't have one.How you time it.. It's a little thing called a Shot timer..
I'm well aware of that. Don't have one.
Then why are you even attempting to time something??
Thanks, Jim, for the definitive clarification.Anchorite said:
Out of pure curiosity, why did your department switch to different weights over the years? Cost? Availability? Politics? Science?
I thought that was obvious Anchor, it was recoil, recoil, recoil. Each load from the 155 grain .40 S&W jhp to the 135 grain, 180 grain and finally 147 grain 9m.m. recoiled less than the previous round.
Jim
Second shot shot time is but one issue. The issue is one of how many shots one can get into the upper chest area in the time available to the defender. That drives the likelihood of hitting something critical in an attacker who is moving at perhaps 180 inches per second.I doubt it makes a spec of difference in actual street or field use 2nd shot time
It does not change the laws of physics, slow the movement of the gun, or increase the number of hits that can be achieved.Range time hardens a shooter to recoil...
Sorry I triggered you.
I took it a step further and shot four carry pistols, 5-shots, fairly quickly, at 7 yards, and compared the speed and accuracy of each.
The difference between the slowest and fastest was .13 seconds. The most accurate was very surprising...
It was so surprising, that I did it again with the exact same results...
Now, was my exercise scientific? Nope. The G19 did poorly because the red dot washed out on the bright white plate and I was basically point shooting.
Did the exercise prove anything? Only that I shoot 9mm, .40 S&W, and 10mm all about the same. Yes, my split times were very slow, apparently. I'm not a competitor, other than GSSF indoor matches, where accuracy is more important than speed.
Have someone else shoot the exact same guns with the exact same ammo, and they would likely get different results. It does show that when choosing a carry gun, recoil should not factor into my choice.
The common denominator that I've found: Is grip strength and the overall weight of the shooter. Guys with bigger arms arent handicapped by 40, 45, 10mm as much.