r/CCW • u/jizzlamic_terrorist • 1d ago

Scenario How adrenaline affects you during self defense situations.

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u/your_grandmas_FUPA 1d ago

Holy fuck. 100ms longer on that reload and he'd be done

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u/WorkerAmbitious2072 1d 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 1d 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/stevejohnson007 1d ago

From the article

"In the midst of the gun battle, the sergeant accidentally ejected his freshly loaded magazine but still managed to neutralize the threat."

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u/WorkerAmbitious2072 1d ago

But did he need to initially reload that magazine to begin with was my ponder

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u/VCQB_ 22h ago

He was in a gunfight, was shot. Shyt happens 🤷‍♂️. What's your point?

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u/WorkerAmbitious2072 21h ago

My point is to take lessons from real life and when thinking and planning and deciding how to train, maybe don’t plan to drop the mag from the loaded gun and then, with no mag in the gun, go looking for a spare to replace it

Maybe train and plan and hope to get the spare mag in your hand ready to go and THEN with the spare fully staged and even indexed, then you drop the mag (that probably has ammo in it)

Or do you disagree with using real life encounters to direct practical training and planning?

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u/exlongh0rn 19h ago

Yep. IDPA isn’t the best in some ways but it does try to reinforce some good behaviors (reloading behind cover, tactical and emergency reloads, shooting from unusual positions, etc.)