Flak you are certainly entitled to your opinion. But you should at least base it on knowledge of who you attack.
First off I would not be attacking but defending.
I can assure you that I can in fact hit the target that fast. There are people here and on other forums who can verify that.
You can assure me all you want. I can take one step with my arm extended with a knife and cut that 8 feet in half allready. How long does it take to take two steps?
I said it was my personal choice to draw and fire, it may not work for someone not as skilled.
Wow, you sure have a big head eh?
In this particular scenario, you will not be able to put any distance between you and the assailant.
There appears to be a door behind you in this scenario. Anyways... ANY distance is better than none.
Are you counting on him being slower than you? Counting on throwing a can of soda or moving a chair to distract him?
I don't care how fast or slow he is. In this scenario all I can count on are my tactics to give me the best chance of survival. Throwing soda or chair tossing are wasting the less than a second you have to act, so no. I believe if that would've been part of my tactical plan I would have said as much in my previous post, which I didn't.
In these situations it is critical to score the first hit. Best to score multiple first hits.
These situations are called Tueller fraction drills. That is Tueller drill done at a fraction of the 21 ft. And in these drills scoring the first hit or multiple hits only happens if you keep out of range of his attack.
It takes 0.2 seconds for a human to react to visual stimuli and begin to act upon it.
The fastest draw ever on record was recorded by a Russian. He drew and fired from an open carry thigh high holster old west style and scored a hit in 0.208 seconds. He could never repeat the act and still cannot get below 0.241 seconds. It is widely believed he was able to anticipate the signal. Keep in mind that this is a man who is a professional fast draw competitor who fires from an open, non concealed holster, from the hip and does not have to process that there is a man with a knife coming into a room.
The fastest draw from concealed carry ever recorded on video was Lenny MaGill who is a concealed carry/ weapons instructor. His time was .68 seconds. That is just the draw not the oh crap... oh yeah my gun time. If you don't know who Lenny MaGill is just google him. He and Mas Ayoob worked together on some videos used for Ayoobs lethal force institue.
.68 seconds is too slow in this scenario. And you can brag all you want, but I don't believe you are as fast as Lenny. And Lenny wasn't surprised like in this scenario.
I'd be interested to know what training and qualifications enable you to make such an assumption flak?
I helped teach the Lake county sherrif's department several classes of advanced handgun tactics including the Tueller drill under sheriff Phil McDonald. Ever hear of Thunder Ranch? That is where I worked after I retired from military service.
If you really can get off 2 shots in under .68 seconds then I'll eat my hat. Course... I don't own a hat.
