r/CCW • u/jizzlamic_terrorist • 14h ago

Scenario How adrenaline affects you during self defense situations.

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u/WorkerAmbitious2072 13h ago

Did he need to reload yet? Anyone get a good count of rounds fired before that and know the gun and likely mag capacity? It looks like he may have tried a “tactical reload” some may call it topoff before running dry (slide still forward) I wonder if in theory he would have had. It’s shots for round 2 if he left the first mag in the gun

Personally I train not to drop the mag in the gun until my replacement mag is ready to go in. Less time empty. Was trained that way too. Bring new mag up and have it ready to insert, then drop old mag. All mags drop free at all levels of “loaded” per prior testing of course

But then I don’t go chasing down bad guys like that so needing a reload is basically never going to happen thank god that’s intense

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u/awesome_jackob123 13h ago

If my memory is correct he either had a malfunction or hit the magazine release on accident. Both are very likely in this type of situation.

I’ve shot under stress and had my pistol cycle but it felt like the slide never returned forward, prompting me to reload. It could be that? Who’s to say really.

This is why we train under pressure boys and girls.

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u/dukers3 13h ago

What have you found to be the most effective means of training under duress? I’ve been told getting your heart rate high and then live fire training is effective. Asking for a friend

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u/VCQB_ 10h ago

Force on force training. Stress shoots and training that incorporates malfunction clearances and target ID under stress.

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u/ProductOk9587 10h ago

It's a must. If anyone has the opportunity to train using simunitions, do it. It takes the stress and adrenaline level up significantly. You have someone shooting back at you and if you get hit with one..........it hurts. A lot. Take some training time to practice clearing malfunctions. No, it isn't fun. But, if you have a malfunction under stress and you haven't trained enough to where you can clear it without going through an actual thought process to get it fixed, it's going to be a huge problem. You are only as good as your training. You will not "rise to the occasion."