ashby koss
Shooter
I believe Coach would agree, training is NOT punching paper at the range once a month. Training is testing yourself and your gear. The best training I've engaged in that tested me, my competence and my gear is the concealed carry match Coach hosts at Parabellum. The only pressure there is 20 other shooters watching and a timer running but I've seen people fold like a cheap lawn chair under that slight amount of pressure. If you are convinced you are prepared I would suggest coming out to one of the concealed carry matches and show the rest of us how it's done. You can never have enough realistic training.
One more thing.. I often hear people say they have never had a malfunction. If you've never had a malfunction you haven't participated in nearly enough training. I have a couple thousand rounds through two different Glocks, one I compete regularly with and one I carry. I have never had a malfunction with either that I can attribute to the pistol. I have had malfunctions but every one I can attribute to a magazine or the ammo. If you do any significant amount of training you will have malfunctions. Knowing the procedure to clear a malfunction should be something you do without thinking.
Realizing what you don't know is the beginning of wisdom. Realistic training will teach you what you don't know.
[FONT=&]NRA Life Member / [/FONT]Basic Pistol instructor[FONT=&] / RSO[/FONT][FONT=&]
[/FONT][FONT=&]"Under pressure, you don't rise to the occasion, you sink to the level of your training. That's why we train so hard" [/FONT][FONT=&]
[/FONT][FONT=&]Unnamed Navy Seal[/FONT][FONT=&]
[/FONT][FONT=&]“Ego is the reason many men do not shoot competition. They don't want to suck in public” [/FONT][FONT=&]
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[/FONT][FONT=&]Aron Bright[/FONT]
Thank guys for derailing. I really just wanted to know in a bad situation does the human tend to resort to training or natural muscle memory or both and which would you prefer. My training is my business not yours.