I just finished Jim Cirillo's Tales of the Stakeout Squad by Paul Kirchner. It is a fascinating read; in fact, I found it riveting. It's a biography, and there's a lot in it about the man and his family, but there are a lot of things pertinent to us here on ST&T.
We won't be deliberately going into harm's way, or lying in wait for expected armed robbers, or loading our shotguns so that the later shots will be slugs that will not endanger bystanders as we fight outside, but there is a lot that we can learn.
Three examples: How to spot a robber's back-up man in a store; the idea of looking for a backstop before shooting at someone; the extreme rarity of the one shot stop.
There is a lot on handguns and long arms. The latter included the M-1 Carbine and the Ithaca Model 37 shotgun. The Stakeout Unit got rid of double barrels after some bad experiences.
For service handguns, the officers had a choice of Colt Official Police or the Smith and Wesson Model 10 revolvers in .38 Special. Cirillo selected the later due to his preference for its double action trigger pull. I am old enough to have heard police officers opining on the pros and cons of Smiths and Colts back in the day.
Jim carried two four inch Model 10 revolvers on his belt, one cross-draw; one had a custom heavy barrel. That led to Massad Ayoob's coining of the term "New York Reload". For back-up, he carried a Colt Cobra with a hammer shroud, plus a Walther PPK in a belly-band. All that plus extra ammunition.
I doubt very much that you will encounter many persons decked out like that in an open-carry jurisdiction!
Jim later became a proponent of Glocks--always two.
There is quite a bit on bullets, loads and so forth.
Several persons contributed to the comments. Massad Ayoob, Marty Hayes, and a few others come to mind. Jim's relationship with Jeff Cooper is also touched upon.
I recommend it for your bookshelves or e-readers.
Here's a link. I bought the Kindle edition from Amazon.
We won't be deliberately going into harm's way, or lying in wait for expected armed robbers, or loading our shotguns so that the later shots will be slugs that will not endanger bystanders as we fight outside, but there is a lot that we can learn.
Three examples: How to spot a robber's back-up man in a store; the idea of looking for a backstop before shooting at someone; the extreme rarity of the one shot stop.
There is a lot on handguns and long arms. The latter included the M-1 Carbine and the Ithaca Model 37 shotgun. The Stakeout Unit got rid of double barrels after some bad experiences.
For service handguns, the officers had a choice of Colt Official Police or the Smith and Wesson Model 10 revolvers in .38 Special. Cirillo selected the later due to his preference for its double action trigger pull. I am old enough to have heard police officers opining on the pros and cons of Smiths and Colts back in the day.
Jim carried two four inch Model 10 revolvers on his belt, one cross-draw; one had a custom heavy barrel. That led to Massad Ayoob's coining of the term "New York Reload". For back-up, he carried a Colt Cobra with a hammer shroud, plus a Walther PPK in a belly-band. All that plus extra ammunition.
I doubt very much that you will encounter many persons decked out like that in an open-carry jurisdiction!
Jim later became a proponent of Glocks--always two.
There is quite a bit on bullets, loads and so forth.
Several persons contributed to the comments. Massad Ayoob, Marty Hayes, and a few others come to mind. Jim's relationship with Jeff Cooper is also touched upon.
I recommend it for your bookshelves or e-readers.
Here's a link. I bought the Kindle edition from Amazon.
