Rail Driver
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under 1 second. It's on my hip cocked and locked.
How long does it take you to get to a loaded gun?
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LawScholar
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I'm at college, so it's about a five minute drive/ten minute walk to the campus police department, where I can check out my guns.
Makes me sick.
At home, I can access revolvers, battle rifles, duty pistols, and shotguns all in ~5-30 seconds.
Makes me sick.
At home, I can access revolvers, battle rifles, duty pistols, and shotguns all in ~5-30 seconds.
xfyrfiter
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If at home less than 5 sec. always loaded and chambered with sd guns.
^^^^
More justification for early warning devices such as:
--motion detectors
--dog
--gravel driveway
--reinforced anti-kick doors
For good HD and SD, it's more about the layers and less about the speed of getting a gun. Many situations for which the outcome was determined by speed of access to a firearm did so unneccessarily. That said, it's on my hip.
More justification for early warning devices such as:
--motion detectors
--dog
--gravel driveway
--reinforced anti-kick doors
For good HD and SD, it's more about the layers and less about the speed of getting a gun. Many situations for which the outcome was determined by speed of access to a firearm did so unneccessarily. That said, it's on my hip.
dodgensince74
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just timing myself to see how long it would take me, I would guess that it would take about 5-10 seconds to have the gun up and pointed, but only if I knew I was timing myself and depending on which gun I went for.
in a real life home invasion situation I am sure I would probably have to add at least 5-10 seconds on to that time. I would estimate that it would take that extra time for the brain to register the situation and for my body to react to it.
Its not the same knowing you are just checking yourself to see how long it will take you to go from just sitting/standing there to actually having a weapon in your hand ready to defend yourself as it is when confronted with the real thing.
I would bet that very few here(including myself) would be able to instantly react by reaching for or running for your weapon the very exact second the door got kicked in.
in a real life home invasion situation I am sure I would probably have to add at least 5-10 seconds on to that time. I would estimate that it would take that extra time for the brain to register the situation and for my body to react to it.
Its not the same knowing you are just checking yourself to see how long it will take you to go from just sitting/standing there to actually having a weapon in your hand ready to defend yourself as it is when confronted with the real thing.
I would bet that very few here(including myself) would be able to instantly react by reaching for or running for your weapon the very exact second the door got kicked in.
Nushif
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I'd have to ... swivel my chair left, drop a magazine, insert a new one and .. rack the slide. About four seconds?
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Always one loaded and ready to go within a few inches of my hands anywhere I sit, positioned for a fast grab and bring to bear in very little time. If I am not sitting, or wearing one, add a half a second. 2 to 5 seconds is a long time.
And some think that less than a second is pushing it? I think not. It's called practice and training. If a thug comes busting through your front door, with the intent of shooting anything that moves, and you take 3 to 5 seconds, you are now a statistic in the morning paper. At home is where you are most vulnerable, you should be even more ready to protect you and yours at home than anywhere else.
And some think that less than a second is pushing it? I think not. It's called practice and training. If a thug comes busting through your front door, with the intent of shooting anything that moves, and you take 3 to 5 seconds, you are now a statistic in the morning paper. At home is where you are most vulnerable, you should be even more ready to protect you and yours at home than anywhere else.
clutch
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Lucky me, just a few seconds and the door of this hotel room looks like it will take a few kicks so I'm cool.
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Tomcat47
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^^ Good Point Above ^^ (The registration of the attack that is)
Thats why ADT! My Doors all Give Audible Signal when opened (even starting to be opened)
But Best is CeeCee Alarm ( Longhaired Dacshund ) which goes off to footsteps on porch..friend or foe!
With that out of the way,
38 Revolver on lamp table loaded 3 shot shells 3 hydrashok. 1 sec?
If Dog or ADT Goes off I pick up 38!
30-30 Marlin aprox. 3 seconds away!
Wife in bedroom watching TV with 9 Shot Taurus 22 laying beside her
and my 9mm about 3 seconds away.
Thats why ADT! My Doors all Give Audible Signal when opened (even starting to be opened)
But Best is CeeCee Alarm ( Longhaired Dacshund ) which goes off to footsteps on porch..friend or foe!
With that out of the way,
38 Revolver on lamp table loaded 3 shot shells 3 hydrashok. 1 sec?
If Dog or ADT Goes off I pick up 38!
30-30 Marlin aprox. 3 seconds away!
Wife in bedroom watching TV with 9 Shot Taurus 22 laying beside her
and my 9mm about 3 seconds away.
offroader1006
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my shorthaired mini dachshund is good for the same. People laugh at how effective of a guard dog she could be. I tell them, "All she has to do is wake me up."
Nushif
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Yay! We have 1/2 of the Tibetan Alarm System!
We have a Lhasa Apso and a Shi-Tzu and the lot of them are loud enough to wake me and give me plenty of time to reach my Mossberg 500.
Now all I have to do is hope that a Mossberg 500 is equal to a Tibetan Mastiff.
Owen Sparks
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I have a very alert little Rat Terrier. She sleeps in the bed with us and goes off at the slightest odd noise. She does not need to be big enough to rip a bad guys throat out, all she has to do is wake up the crazy man with the shotgun.
TexasBill
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Seems to run between 0.7 and 0.9 seconds for the PX4 on my hip. Can run up to 1.8 seconds with some holsters (memo to self: get better holsters). Add reaction time and I still have a gun in my hand in 2-3 seconds.
Some of you folks may want to re-think your times. To get my closest long gun, a Beretta CX4 that I keep unloaded, into action, it takes about 22.5 seconds from sitting at my desk to dig the safe keys out of my pocket, unlock the safe, pull out the loaded 20-round magazine, insert it into the gun and chamber a round. And that's with me controlling everything - no surprise, no response time, etc. And the CX4 is with the other rifles next to my desk. I have a pretty good idea that in a real SHTF situation, my time would be 30 seconds or more.
22.5 seconds is a long time in a home invasion scenario.
Some of you folks may want to re-think your times. To get my closest long gun, a Beretta CX4 that I keep unloaded, into action, it takes about 22.5 seconds from sitting at my desk to dig the safe keys out of my pocket, unlock the safe, pull out the loaded 20-round magazine, insert it into the gun and chamber a round. And that's with me controlling everything - no surprise, no response time, etc. And the CX4 is with the other rifles next to my desk. I have a pretty good idea that in a real SHTF situation, my time would be 30 seconds or more.
22.5 seconds is a long time in a home invasion scenario.
chevyman097
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Well if im at home I usually have one on my person or withing a few seconds reach. If im at work, unfortunately I have to leave the third floor and proceed to the parking garage. If in a hurry a couple of minutes, but about 5 minutes if im just strolling along.
mgkdrgn
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as long as it take for me to reach in my pocket 
Swiftyjuan
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The Glock 23 is laying just to the right of the mouse (the computer mouse), and I have ADT and a watch cat. The cat alerts when anyone is approaching the house (I don't know how she does it, must have super hearing). She just wants to be petted, but she makes a great first alert tool! The Winchester Defender is about 5 seconds away.
Jonah71
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The G 26 doesn't take up much room on my desk. If it fails for some reason I most likely wouldn't have much time to reach for the S&W Mod. 36 in the desk drawer or the G 23 on my hip.
Karl Hungus
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0.00 seconds. I have a loaded, cocked Redhawk in my left hand aimed at the only door to the room (I don't believe in windows) as I type this (with my right hand).
Just as a side note your alarm has a "chime" that when activated goes ding ding, every time an alarmed door or window is opened. You get used to it so it doesn't bother you after a day or two. My mother used to open windows and doors all the time when she was here, constatnlly ecposing the envelope I created, but at least I knew a door or window was now no longer secure, and could go with hand in pocket to see if she did it again.
They don't listen at 90. Just about every alarm made in the past 20 years has this feature, lool at the keypad, enter your code and hit the button that says chime, it's on now. To remove it just do it again.
They don't listen at 90. Just about every alarm made in the past 20 years has this feature, lool at the keypad, enter your code and hit the button that says chime, it's on now. To remove it just do it again.
Arkansas Paul
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I'm at school, so about 45 minutes.
22-rimfire
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Depends on what room I am in when the breakin starts. But certainly under 30 seconds from any point in my home.
merlinfire
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At home at the pc, about 3 or 4 seconds, which seems like an eternity.
In bed, about 1.5 seconds.
At work, about 55 minutes. I really need to get that CCW permit....
In bed, about 1.5 seconds.
At work, about 55 minutes. I really need to get that CCW permit....
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