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    Defensive Knives?

    Well now I've been officially sanctioned for trolling. Sorry if folks misunderstood. I am putting points forward and arguing from a position. Seeing what holds up and what doesn't. I'm not doing this for fun, but to challenge my own possibly erroneous views about small knives in particular...
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    Defensive Knives?

    Those do look pretty wicked. I am. I like to stoke the fire to read better. I'm pretty familiar with it. Maybe you can show me the code or decision that distinguishes between deadly force and EXTRA deadly force. Once you are using deadly force--and you surely are with a blade--there is no...
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    Misunderstanding Intent and "Shooting to Stop"

    This issue has cropped up again so maybe we need to reexamine it. I think a lot of folks have misunderstood the familiar mantra of "shoot to stop, not to kill." It's a way of reminding ourselves that the INSTANT the threat is no longer sufficient to justify deadly force, deadly force MUST...
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    Defensive Knives?

    I think we 100% agree on that last bit. From what I can see, the knife related arts are the most difficult of all martial arts applicable to the real world. You need to have phenomenal coordination and reflexes, and stay aware of imminent counter-threats that can come from any direction. I...
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    Defensive Knives?

    Thank you for those, they are interesting. Maybe there are some regional differences at work here. In the Chi you can't exactly pack heat I hear. But notice how many of the wounded suspects are still at large after having been slashed and even had a knife to the chest? I don't find that...
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    Defensive Knives?

    Fair enough. I'm saying that tendons on a living thing are harder to cut than some of these drills I've watched appear to imagine. The skin can be flayed open--often is--with no substantive damage to anything important. I'm pretty sure that's by design. So I"m skeptical when I see drills...
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    Defensive Knives?

    Seriously? Because my own wrist has actually been cut open, and it didn't do much other than make me worried about my parents reaction to this blood pouring out. I felt no pain, and my hand remained fully functional. If anything it gripped tighter. Historical knife fighting--back when this...
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    Defensive Knives?

    If you are armed with a knife, what's going to stop the attack more reliably and quicker--a slash to his wrist or a stab right into his beating heart? You shoot COM, so why don't you stab there? These drills look like fun sport, but seriously? If my life is on the line, I'm going to go for...
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    Defensive Knives?

    Why this emphasis on non-mortal wounds? Aren't you using a lethal weapon as a non-lethal one, and isn't that a huge no-no? If I were told I had to defend my life, and could only use a knife, I'd want a dagger and I'd go for a heart strike. That's it. If my life is on the line, I'm going to...
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    Defensive Knives?

    Also, I'm being repeatedly told I have a poor understanding. Fine. But have any of you actually, in real life, sliced a major tendon with a small blade? I still have the scar from a slash across my wrist when I was young (not suicide, just stupid antics). It bled like crazy but didn't do a...
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    Defensive Knives?

    I'm just having trouble seeing how this works in a practical sense. I've read about and heard about many defensive *shootings* so I've got a good handle on those. But so much of the knife stuff seems sports-related or sparring-related. Are there any real-world examples of how a defensive...
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    Defensive Knives?

    Aren't you assuming a knife-on-knife fight or something equivalent? He draws, you draw, you go at it? That's getting dangerously close to mutual combat, and when the blood is flowing both ways I think you're going to have a tough time proving a case. And if it is a knife-on-knife fight, how...
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    Defensive Knives?

    The problem, as I see it, is that by having a knife you'll try to use it. Whereas if you don't, you will use more effective means to get away rather than trying to cut him up. Ever chased one with a knife as an LEO? I'm trying to think of any law enforcement officers who use a knife in that...
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    anti bear rounds for lcr .357 mag?

    You'd be better off with hardcast heavies even if you have to amp down the velocity in handloads. There are heavy metal jacketed hunting bullets for safari rifles, but ordinary FMJ's are just for keeping the barrels free from lead. They don't do much to improve terminal performance.
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    Defensive Knives?

    Well there's also your feet. Personally I'd prefer a system using kicks and evasion to keep out of a face-to-face entanglement. Barring that disarming methods would seem a better choice than trying to go mano-a-mano with a short blade.
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    Defensive Knives?

    Pretty much, yeah. From what I can see: 1. They require very extensive and constant training to use well. 2. Even with the best of training, you must get close enough to your enemy to be within range of his attacks as well. 3. They are useless unless you can close distance (which itself...
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    My First M39 Finn

    Make sure to give it a very through scrub. I can see dried cosmoline on the steel, and you esp. want that out of your chamber and receiver. I use a .45 phosophorous brush (the surplus kind for 1911's) and elbow grease along with mpro spray to get it out of the chamber and receiver areas...
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    My First M39 Finn

    Very nice! One of my most prized rifles is a 1970 M39. The myth is that they were built to get around Soviet restrictions imposed by treaty, but apparently they were simply being used to fill in for worn out M39 training rifles. They do tend to have a lot of cosmoline infiltration in the...
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    Getting Excited: M1 Garand vs FG-42 Shootoff

    That damage doesn't look too horrible. You should have just duck-taped it back together and kept rolling.
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    Interesting Encounter and Incident

    Turf just means it's my hood. I live there. Not a major factor but it weighs into the balance. For example I'm not worried about misunderstandings with the authorities and I know the legal boundaries and customs well. I wanted to make sure a neutral pair of eyes kept witness to any incidents...
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