Good Ol' Boy
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So far as I have read Eli Dickenson (22yo) fired 10 shots from around 40yds, with 8 of them making contact with the shooter. Add to that the PC said this happened in a matter of 15 seconds based on video.
I saw a photo of the shooter deceased and it looked like he had GSW's in his arm, leg and upper chest.
The point of this thread is not only the distance factor but the act itself. Many on here, including myself, have advocated unassing the situation at distances that great or more. But in this case it certainly saved lives undoubtedly.
That brings also into question at what distances we train. I normally train at 12-15yds. Occassionally I'll do some work at 25yds. I have shot at 50-100yds with my pistol "just for fun" but I'm not that good at it. Less than 50% hit ratio, and its not fast by any means.
The only thing I've read on Dickens gear is that it was a Glock he was carrying. Don't know if it was equipped with an RDS or if he was just using irons. Also don't know what kind of Glock. I did read that he braced himself against a post/column in order to take the longer distance shots.
So the questions here are what would you do, how confident are you at those distances and do you regularly train at those distances?
Would you engage or get you and yours out of dodge?
I saw a photo of the shooter deceased and it looked like he had GSW's in his arm, leg and upper chest.
The point of this thread is not only the distance factor but the act itself. Many on here, including myself, have advocated unassing the situation at distances that great or more. But in this case it certainly saved lives undoubtedly.
That brings also into question at what distances we train. I normally train at 12-15yds. Occassionally I'll do some work at 25yds. I have shot at 50-100yds with my pistol "just for fun" but I'm not that good at it. Less than 50% hit ratio, and its not fast by any means.
The only thing I've read on Dickens gear is that it was a Glock he was carrying. Don't know if it was equipped with an RDS or if he was just using irons. Also don't know what kind of Glock. I did read that he braced himself against a post/column in order to take the longer distance shots.
So the questions here are what would you do, how confident are you at those distances and do you regularly train at those distances?
Would you engage or get you and yours out of dodge?