Just some observations concerning the "best" pistol or reliability/accuracy threads that I've seen recently.....
First question I have is to ask ourselves how many times a quality 9mm pistol will fail to fire with the first round in the chamber?
Keeping the above statement in mind, how many times have any of us had to draw our firearm on an assailant? And in what percentage of those cases did the person actually need to fire their pistol? 1, 10, 100 times? How many who believe in 100% reliability even carry on a regular basis? From a statistical point of view, it kind of makes the whole percentage failure rate irrelevant, doesn't it?
Has there ever been a study that shows that policemen who carry a specific handgun die in the line of duty less frequently then those that don't carry that specific handgun?
Why do folks abuse or not clean their guns to the extreme degree and then talk or make reference about it on the internet? This practice baffles me, especially if they carry this gun on a regular basis. Unless you live in a cave, it takes 15 minutes to clean a gun. Why do some of these same people not participate in survival and/or fitness training for themselves, or at least go to handgun training schools instead of burying their firearm in a sandbox.
How many of us could put our handgun in a ransom rest, fire say 10 rounds at 10 yards, and then duplicate what the ransom rest did using a standing two-handed hold?
How come some of us are not willing to put up with a 1% failure rate with our firearms given the fact that being aware of your surroundings and avoiding areas you know are unsafe will keep you far safer then the knowledge that 5+ rounds didn't fire for you the last time you shot off 20 boxes of WWB at the local range. Ask yourself what constitutes more reasonable thinking in personal safety in the practical environment that you now inhabit.
Now ask yourself if the way you perceive things are exactly the same as everyone else you know, and then look at the physical characteristics of yourself versus others. Is there any logical reason to believe that your personal choice in a handgun should trump the body style and personnel perceptions of your neighbor?
Now, in the spirit of irrelevance, let's see if I can figure out how many angels can dance on the head on a pin......
First question I have is to ask ourselves how many times a quality 9mm pistol will fail to fire with the first round in the chamber?
Keeping the above statement in mind, how many times have any of us had to draw our firearm on an assailant? And in what percentage of those cases did the person actually need to fire their pistol? 1, 10, 100 times? How many who believe in 100% reliability even carry on a regular basis? From a statistical point of view, it kind of makes the whole percentage failure rate irrelevant, doesn't it?
Has there ever been a study that shows that policemen who carry a specific handgun die in the line of duty less frequently then those that don't carry that specific handgun?
Why do folks abuse or not clean their guns to the extreme degree and then talk or make reference about it on the internet? This practice baffles me, especially if they carry this gun on a regular basis. Unless you live in a cave, it takes 15 minutes to clean a gun. Why do some of these same people not participate in survival and/or fitness training for themselves, or at least go to handgun training schools instead of burying their firearm in a sandbox.
How many of us could put our handgun in a ransom rest, fire say 10 rounds at 10 yards, and then duplicate what the ransom rest did using a standing two-handed hold?
How come some of us are not willing to put up with a 1% failure rate with our firearms given the fact that being aware of your surroundings and avoiding areas you know are unsafe will keep you far safer then the knowledge that 5+ rounds didn't fire for you the last time you shot off 20 boxes of WWB at the local range. Ask yourself what constitutes more reasonable thinking in personal safety in the practical environment that you now inhabit.
Now ask yourself if the way you perceive things are exactly the same as everyone else you know, and then look at the physical characteristics of yourself versus others. Is there any logical reason to believe that your personal choice in a handgun should trump the body style and personnel perceptions of your neighbor?
Now, in the spirit of irrelevance, let's see if I can figure out how many angels can dance on the head on a pin......