Revolver Defense

[David E]

You completely missed my point. I wouldn't grab the cylinder either (and certainly wouldn't "wait" to get shot). You questioned going "physical" vs. shooting. My point is at very close range doing something physical is more effective than shooting. A gun disarm while crushing their throat, for example. Way more effective than drawing your gun and shooting them as they are shooting you and you see who bleeds out first.

No, you missed MY point: the OP states the partner grabbed the gun, THEN things got "physical." It was this window of time I was referring to when I said someone should've shot the bad guy before it got "physical."

IE; grab bad guy's gun, draw own gun, shoot bad guy.

I never said anything about drawing and firing on a drawn gun and expecting to win in the described scenario.



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[David E]

Takes 3/4 of a second to react. He was quicker and accurate too.

3/4 of a second to react ?? Not unless there's a physical impediment.

A typical reaction time for someone expecting an impending start signal (think of runners in the starting block waiting for the gun) is 1/4 second. The fast guys are, well, faster than that. Bill Jordan was one of the faster guys.

Now if you're talking about someone seeing something, assessing the risk and deciding to act (calm husband suddenly pulls gun 10 minutes into the domestic disturbance call) then 3/4 of a second is VERY fast to react to that.

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[strambo]

Roger David, I see what your saying. I consider grabbing the revolver going physical, albeit in a less efficient manner than just striking them in the first place which is where I'm coming from.

The OP didn't go into details but I'm sure once the cylinder was grabbed it became an immediate tussle, hard to get a field of fire clear of your partner when they are going at it would be my guess.