You don't die in a firefight because of the weapon, you die because of no situational awareness, hesitation and more than a little bad luck. I've shot, been trained and been in real world duress more than 99% of the population...I carry standard, stock, out of the box tools. No lights, no lasers, no reddots...but I do have a lifetime of muscle memory, situational awareness and a mindset that I'm going home, no matter what. YOU are the weapon, no matter what the tool.
The majority of private citizens win gun fights from fighting back having nothing to do with caliber, capacity or gun type, most defense situation are won with no shots fired and if shots fired almost always bad guys flee not willing to stay, even a 25 ACP statistically your odds are you will survive, once again not because of the gun but you the person willing to fight back with a 99999.9 success rate winning if you take all of incidences that ever happened in the context of a private citizen, out of those incidences hardly ever a shot is fired and if even one shot fired bad guys almost always flee, not caring about what caliber, capacity or type of gun your resisting them with, bad guys don't stay for gun reviews 😅
Your right.. good situational awareness can prepare you for what's coming or may give you a chance to avoid a 'contact' altogether, I remember what was drummed into me back in the day, 'There are 2 sorts of people in a firefight... The Quick and the Dead!'
@@DLI002Quite true! The legacy of the high capacity squirt gun is fewer bad guys hit, more innocents hit, and property damage through the roof! We have 10+ rounds fired at a bad guy with an 80% miss rate being called proud of the importance of magazine capacity! Show one case where one with a high capacity magazine prevailed against multiple attackers! What you will find are a lot of rounds sprayed at a single attacker with an 80%+ miss rate being
People really took some old fat Chicken hawks advice like gospel. That's why they still spend $875 to have Clint Smith yell at them and tell them old man folklore about the Nam.
@@HanzBlitz-i8t Vs The new generation spraying dozens of rounds and hitting nothing? The fundamentals go back to the first Rifled muskets! The minor caliber squirt gun is a failure
@scoutdynamics3272 The new generation is leaving Nineteen Ellebun Fudds in the dust in terms of combat shooting. They still think OWB support side with their ugly photography vest covering the ol' Nineteen Ellebun is the way to go. Sorry, Fudds aren't keeping pace. Come teach the Weaver stance to the new generation. It's a whole other era of training, it's not just standing there beer gut puffing making small groups at 10 yards, it's fighting with a gun.
Ok I am 60 years old. I workout mostly with bodyweight and dumbbells 3 or 4 days a week. I am in the best shape of my life. I train or practice with guns and traditional archery gear as much as possible. I hunt, I fish, I eat what I kill and catch. Life is good. Get off of the couch men.
Paul Harrell had a practical mindset. He didn't care much about expensive tools. Life is vulnerable, we may be dead next week. So training is good, but don't over do it. There is a time for everything. Spiritual life is important. A man feeds, and protects his family. He must be able to give some direction, with humor and wisdom. At the end of the day, our lives are in His Hand. Joseph was a carpenter, and he was responsable for two VIP's... that went well, so we should have some confidence too.
In all my 57 years, as a Catholic practisioner and cathequist, I would give you an award for your Wisdom and Life Focus of a man that God wants us to be.
I'm 54 and lift weights and hike several times a week. I train from concealment with G26 but at end of the day, my hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness. And no weapon formed against me shall prosper.
This is the best advice a person could ever hear!! Few people understand the art of defense. Good real life training is the only way to comprehend what your capabilities are. Is everyone capable of this, no most don’t have the grit or health to experience this first hand. I used to wrestle and was fairly successful, but as you stated there were those that could absolutely at will defeat any attack you threw at them. I’m older now with specific health issues that have neutered my ability to throw down. I have always believed in the term “Peace through strength”. Be kind, be helpful, be an inspiration for the truth that others want to follow. Thank you that you took the time and labor to get this message out to a broader audience!!
Any gun is better than no gun. And any training is better than no training. If you’re out there rocking a muzzle loader because you’re European and that’s the only thing you can get, that’s better than having nothing. And if you’re trained with that, …
Excellent content! In 1974 I used my issued Colt Detective Spl .38 in a gunfight w/armed robbery suspects, to include a reload, and walked away unhurt. It’s an understatement to say I was lucky that night. In retirement the EDC is a small, light J Frame revolver. Hanging a bunch of high tech junk on a gun does nothing to improve your skills. I’m in my late 70s, handicapped, so doing the best I can to keep in shape.
Good video. "You must be willing and capable to exert extreme violence when it is time", I think is what you stated. I 100% agree with you. I am a retired Amy, infantry, 28yr veteran. I agree on fitness and hand to hand fighting sills. Absolutely. It gets challenging as we age. I'm 65 now. I cannot run anymore. I have all sorts of stuff that operates at suboptimal. It is important for me to remind myself to focus on what I can do, how I can train, what is possible? I can walk, bike, do lite weights, and since about 5 years ago, Krav Maga for broken down old farts with limitations. I found an instructor who focuses in that area, older folks. I also got into Pilates. Why? It helps with flexibility and all the supporting structures for the joints. Also, diet! I am eating the cleanest diet I ever have. Processed foods, fast foods, seed oils, sugars, chemicals, that stuff had to go. Also, the spiritual aspects of health for your body and mind must be tended to as well. (everyone can approach that in their own way, but I pray, read my Bible, reflect in the early morning.) All long journeys begin with the first step. The journey is completed if you never quit.
This is great content. Some in the 2A community are hyper focused on the next new gadget but can’t run up a set of stairs. Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to use my 20 ounce framing hammer on a finish nail.
Boom! Video Gamer Soi Bois that not only are morbidly obese BUT situationally BLIND. Ones that take up space and air at a gym sitting on their phones. I had one blind-man walk into me yesterday at the YMCA. He was knocked backwards by the impact. I just stood there, my only words..."WATCH IT"! Maybe he "got the message". Probably not. I didn't feel like going to jail making an example.
backinthe day .... when I trained for armed security my father had given me 2 firearms that I used that day (yeah I was dirt poor back then) .... A 1958 Browning Highpower (Belgain made) and a "Montgomary Wards shotgun yeah really a Mossberg 500" made about 1965. My instructors asked us who had weapons that were over 20 years old and I raised my hand. They indormed us that we would almost CERTAINLY require an alabi-fire becuase of a weapon misfire. After I qualified WITHOUT a misfire I asked if I could finish shooting up my target with the shotgun and 30+ year old ammo that needed to be fired .... ALL OF THEM FIRED AND I FINISHED THE DAY WITHOUT ANY MISFIRE FROM WEAPONS OLDER THAN MY INSTRUCTORS .... After I informed the instructors that I had learned two things besides the instruction material .... 1 I learned that my ancient weapons were accurate and deadly and reliable (including old shotgun ammo) and two the instructors were not as reliable in transmitting accurate information. That Hi Power is VERY ACCURATE HANDGUN AND I STILL HAVE AND OCCASIONALLY USE IT ALTHOUGH IT IS NO LONGER MY PRIMARY. oh yeah still got the shotgun too.
My mom bought me my first rifle at J. C. Penneys when I was 9 years old. I was more responsible with it than any adult I have known. It was a very futuristic looking Remington Nylon 66 Apache Black .22lr with a black nylon stock and chrome receiver and barrel. Beautiful gun.
Great reminder that only applied knowledge is power. I’m fortunate to have access to a Gunsite affiliate trainer that helps keep my skills on a weekly basis. That allows me to pressure test different platforms to carry as a primary and backup handguns. I’m trying to exercise more even as my 60 year old body screams at me. Blessings to all! May we never have to use what we are learning.🤞✌️
@@TheRealZJM377 I discovered revolvers are not the most reliable. Seen three (concealed carry pieces) in various scenarios during training and competition, lock up and turn into a throwing object. These were people's defensive tools! Sure I saw a Glock keep jamming during comp, but that was a competition tuned gun with non stock springs and reloaded low recoil ammo.
This is what I was talking about in my last comment. Just because you have the latest, coolest pistol doesn't mean you're John Wick. Use and train with what you have and you're better off than a Staccato and a keyboard. Reality and not BS that's why I like this channel 👍
Agree 100% the man with 1 gun, Fear him because 9 times out of 10 he is proficient with it and knows that tool well. Not overwhelmed with to many platforms and forgets which one he has in a high stress situation to perform needed motor skills
I’m 77 and have found you to be very motivational. I work out several times a week and shoot on my home range often. I’ve shared this video with my son and grandson. Hopefull to attend one of your classes with them. Stay healthy and keep up your great work!
Finally got a 9mm. Wanted to be able to shoot it...a lot. Of course that's relative. I wanted to be able to shoot it often enough to get good enough to be fully competent with it to the point that I am deadly at any distance within 5-25 yards. Purpose - home defense of family and property. 2 months of shooting once per week on average, I think it's reasonable to say, for a civilian - I have met that goal. Hopefully I never have to find out for real...and if I do, hopefully I am swift in action and accuracy and able to keep adrenaline in check. As a recreational practitioner of martial arts, I feel as though training/sparring etc. can reasonably prepare you well for a physical self defense altercation(hand to hand). However, I don't feel the same when it comes to a gun fight. I feel like - even at my age of 47, I would much better be able to control breath, adrenaline and mindset in a street fight than I would if I had to use a firearm. That being said, I've also researched a bit and bought a budget AR-15, and have become minimally competent with the handling and use of a rifle for the first time in my life. Not trying to be a bad ass in my later life, just don't want to be ignorant of any potential tools with skills a man should be versed in. Especially since the election shift as well as global events and turbulence most folks don't pay attention to. To that end - I've also installed security cameras - each of the four cardinal directions of my home - linked to my phone. It's part of my job as a husband and father of a young child. God bless everyone and God bless the USA. And thank you sir for the great content. Subscribed.🇺🇸🙏
ARs do fill the bill as most universal for home defense. Especially pistol length in 300 black out. 12 gauge is too much recoil. Too much noise. Too little capacity if more than 1 on one or two on one home invasion. Easiest ti fix.
We're seniors, and these days we carry very lightweight, small caliber, low recoil...yesterday it was .25acp, but, it was ON us...we know retreat is a prefered option...at home we are loaded heavier, with guns spread around the house, as the state is okay with that...we see the range every week, maybe not as many rounds as we used to shoot, but once a week is plenty enough to retain familiarity with our firearms...we try to exercise, and have improved our diet...I figure we might have another dozen years before things get a little dicey, but zero gaurentees...a positive attitude is a big help...carry on...
The only faults I see are...1) 25 acp. I argue it IS the least effective pistol rd ever made. .22lr up close is more effective 2) We "TRY" to exercise. You Don't Try. You DO! PERIOD! Otherwise, sell the house and the guns and move to assisted living. I'm 70..I exercise 6 days a week. I'm ramping up what I do during those days.
@robertkeller9828 I'm 75 and approve of this comment. Exercise is a NECESSARY part of life...... a lifestyle. Along with eating properly, training and mindset.
@robertkeller9828 we are very aware of the limitations of the caliber, and are working to bump up to .32acp (breaking in the p32 now), but in the meantime the .25 will have to do...bear in mind the ballistics of the .22lr and .25 are extremely similar out of a short barrel, we will go with the little extra reliability...exercise this time of year is sporadic, I am Not going out in the cold rain...
Mike Tyson Quote- Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face . I always ask have you ever been punched in the face ? Have you ever been in a fistfight? I enjoy your speaking .
@aarongreenfield9038 it's something only people with experience can truly understand. A person who has never fought a trained fighter has no concept of what it's like to have all 5 senses faded. If mist people got hit truly hard in the face, they would completely freeze up. What tyson meant was that you can't execute a plan in a fight when all your senses are close to gone. You are in real trouble, and only intense training, conditioning, and experience can help you to survive long enough to recover and form a new strategy. You can't adapt if you can't recover.
I jump rope 1-2 hours a week and walk 5-10 miles a day (kids and dog help🧐). Mobility is so underrated. Go play a round of paint all when there is no fear of death and see how that adrenaline takes a toll on you
I’ve been seriously weight lifting for years now, hadnt snowboarded in 8 years. I just went and I realized I made a huge mistake neglecting mobility training 😂 and im pretty flexible as it is, but for some things you gotta be like a rubber band.
Gear is fun, and it sells ad space, but it is only a small part of the equation. I play the bass guitar, and Jaco Pastorius is on everyone's top 5 list of GOAT bassists. In my senior year of high school, I heard Jaco's self titled solo album, and, like everyone who heard it, I was blown away by the musicianship, technique, and most of all, the distinctive tone that Jaco achieved. Jaco played a Fender Jazz bass that he had ripped out the frets with a pair of pliers and epoxied over the fretboard. Many people thought, "Ah-ha! That must be the secret to Jaco's tone!" So hundreds of perfectly decent instruments were destroyed in that quest for tone. Those people soon discovered that it wasn't Jaco's bass that was responsible for that tone, it was Jaco. He had promised his wife that he would support their young family by becoming "the best bassist in the world." This was no empty boast; he practiced 12-16 hours every single day before achieving just that. Gear is nice, but there is no shortcut to just grinding and putting in the work.
Spot on.. Some of us have physical limitations and hands on conflicts will need to be minimized. This is where awareness in your surroundings is paramount. We need to adapt the use and control of firearms in a confrontation. Know what you are capable of. Practice, practice, practice. For me the best carry firearm is one you know, inside out, can hit with and manipulate. Caliber is secondary. BTW, everything can be a weapon... Including an empty 5 gallon gas can (metal)..... Don't ask...
Great information and thought provoking in our decisions not only on the tool we decide to use but also the training needed to master that tool. I personally take two training class a month along with going to the range three times a month. Some may say that’s overkill or too costly I say my love ones are priceless. Don’t be cheap or dickheads give up that burger or cocktail after work and invest in yourself.
Love ya man! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and time with family. Happy New Year to you as well. Just ordered some of your gun oil and coffee. Love the Original Blend medium roast! Good stuff. Thanks for this video as well. Very informative.
I’m stuck in the video space right now. I’m a firearms enthusiast but unfortunately I’m going through several surgeries. It pains me not to be out on the range training. I feel like I’m shrinking. I spent my whole life on my body and pistol training and it sucks watching my muscles get weak and my body get skinny. Your videos give me the motivation to hang in there because soon I will be able to go back out there and train. Thank you!
My glock 19 gen 3 i left bare bones when i bought her in 2011.shes had countless thousands of rounds through her and only one hiccup.thst was because the round had a flawed lip.after i reloaded it into the mag it still fired it.shes been good to me all these years and no matter how many guns i get she's always going to be my favorite baby
"When carrying, no gun is too small! Once the fight starts, no gun is big enough! No matter how big your pistol is, you will wish you had a rifle! If you have a rifle, you will wish you had a bazooka! If you have a bazooka, you will wish you had an M-1 tank! If you have an M-1 Tank, you will pray the U.S. Air Force is circling overhead ready to back you up!" Clint Smith of Thunder Ranch
Thank you for your content. It's straight forward, practical and realistic. Bottom line is, you fight the way you train and if your training lacks, so will you.
As always a very enjoyable video with pertinent content. As a former member of the British Military I have been shot at and shot back, as a proud American Citizen (since 1994) and Civilian Firearms Instructor I have not, nor do I ever wish to be involved in a live fire gunfight. I like to think because I train regularly I will be ready, my fear is that I am whiteness to an incident involving a Citizen Firearm Owner who believes they did not need any training other than the few hours to get their AZ CCW Permit. Like many NASCAR Drivers say "200mph 3 wide into turn 2 is not as scary as 75mph on Hwy95 with untrained drivers". Mick, I have attended your training and hope to again soon, thank you for doing what you do and always making your content shareable.
You asked about comments. Here’s my short story. I’m 68 years of age. Been carrying a handgun nearly daily for fifty plus years now. For the first 40 years my carry was the 1911 in 45acp. Other then when I was required to use a holster, I carried them with one in the pipe, hammer down with safety off and holsterless. Also known as Mexican carry. When I turned 58, I hired on as contracted armed security for multiple federal agencies. My issued duty weapon was a Glock 19 in a level 2 holster. After 5 years on contract, I went back into retirement. Since then, I have tried all kinds of polymer pistols and holsters. Until about a year ago. Now I’m back to my 1911’s carrying Mexican and I am happy, happy, happy. Easy on before I leave the house. Easy off when I get back home. Only difference is it’s usually a 10mm now. I like to think I came full circle. And I realize that there will be poo poo’ers out there. But I really don’t care. Always loaded. Always one in the pipe and never a fear of an accidental discharge placing on and off of my person. I do have to add though that once in a very great while, I’m stuck with a pocket pistol. One in the pipe. Safety off. And double action only.
I can tell you training with Mickey 2 or 3 times a year makes a big difference in my training at home throughout the year. A thousand pulls of the trigger, whether live or dry, does make a noticeable improvement!
As someone who carries a gun for a living, I appreciate the tool analogy. Pick the right one, and train deliberately with it until you master it. We are fortunate to live in a time where there are great choices when it comes to the tool and the training that goes with it. There really is no excuse. We do formal training quarterly, and I'm blessed to live where I can walk out the back door and train on my own. I'm guilty of not spending enough time on the physical stuff. I need to step that up. Great content, as usual.
Im carpenter as well , Hungarian Immigrant in Germany , run every Morning 5km but sunday and visit the Range at least once a week to fire at leas one hundred rounds . 😊 Greatings from Germany
I agree … people try to tell you it’s better to carry a gun without a thumb safety because a thumb safety will get you killed. And it’s better to NOT carry a gun at all than to carry a gun without one in the chamber … All things come with pros and cons . A safety or a carry gun without one in a chamber never killed anyone and both come with pros and cons, know them and decide which is best for you
You are absolutely correct on the training aspect. I trained in Kempo Karate for 12yrs and always learned new techniques. Same applies to firearms. Training is of importance, especially if your life or family lives are in danger.
Another great video. 👏 I would also just add on top of range training, when it comes to home defense, practice your plan as well. That can also matter more than tools. Things like where you have staged your weapons, phones, medical, fire extinguishers etc. -- when you sleep, when & where you lounge, when you shower, etc. Things like pretending an emergency is happening in different rooms, or planning tactics to create a fortified barricade area for example, is a helluva lot easier to do with some intelligent thought & foresight beforehand, rather than it will be to come up with a plan on the spot when (God forbid) the door is already getting kicked in on the fly.
My family laughs at me for walking around the house at night with my plate carrier on Just trying to get used to the new tool I hope I never need to use
Thanks for the video. As you've seen from other videos, asking me to comment is dangerous because I like to write long comments. I'm a disabled engineer. I should be at the refinery making young engineers listen to my old guy stories and old guy rambling. My failed health has stolen that from me, so I write long comments on UA-cam. People who don't like long comments should just keep scrolling. I'll probably have to split this into a comment and a reply to my own comment. When I read your video title, my immediate thought was "No gun will get me killed. My lack of skill with a particular gun might get me killed, but even that factor is unlikely. If I am killed, the most likely reasons will be a tactical mistake on my part, a situation that I don't see coming until I am overwhelmed, and/or simple bad luck." The closest I've come to being murdered was in 2018. Two intruders broke into my home. They were a Bonnie and Clyde couple on a two-state crime spree. I live about a mile from any other houses, and they seem to have run out of gas in a stolen vehicle near my home. At first, they picked up and moved a gas can that I had left outside. They then decided to break into my home. I heard noises on my enclosed front porch, but I thought that noises were from one of my pets knocking things around in his cage. I was awake around four-thirty in the morning and sitting in my living room. I even said to my pet, "Steamboat, what are you doing back there?" Unfortunately, it wasn't Steamboat. I heard a piece of metal hit the concrete floor, but I thought a mouse had knocked something off a windowsill. I then heard noise from the storage room between my garage and kitchen. This was in the back of my house. The noises weren't right. Something that shouldn't have been there was back there. For maybe fifteen to maybe forty-five seconds, I sat up in my chair but was frozen in denial. I hoped that it was just an animal, maybe a raccoon, but I was afraid to look because I thought it would be worse. I kept hearing noises. I got up and walked towards the kitchen. I was still aware that noises had also come from the front of the house on the enclosed porch. The kitchen has a window in the top half of the door to the storage area. I saw a vertical shadow cross some boxes, and I knew that a person was in my house. I howled and went to the kitchen door. I saw Bonnie running towards the French door that I would later find she had opened by breaking the glass. I really don't remember whether I heard the break. I was frightened but furious. I shouted "You're going to F****** die!" If Clyde had pushed through the front door from the porch, I would be dead today. That door wasn't all that strong. I'm sure he could have broken the door. I can only assume that my howl startled him and that he thought I was armed. As it turned out, I had only my cane, a push dagger, and a small kukri. I'm guessing that Bonnie was near the edge of the window and saw me coming. She probably thought that the kukri was a pistol. Otherwise, she might have stayed to fight with the pathetic old man approaching her. I rushed to my bedroom and got a revolver. I tried three or four times to call 9-1-1, but I couldn't hear anything. As it turned out, my cell phone was connected to a Bluetooth headset which was in the living room. In my frightened state, I understood the 1800's technology of my revolver. I was clueless on how to solve a problem with my cell phone. I went to the living room without really thinking and picked up the headset. I found myself talking to the 9-1-1 dispatcher who had answered my fourth or fifth call. I'm in a bit of a rural area. Response time was about twenty-five minutes. I was fortunate that Bonnie and Clyde didn't try to come back to fight me. They had at least one handgun. I don't know how the fight would have turned out. I've made some changes. I now carry a handgun with me at all times. Even in my living room, a handgun is nearby. I've put motion detecting chimes in the storage area and enclosed front porch. I've had some false alarms. Occasionally, I am spooked, and I dial 9-1-1 to hang on the phone with me while I check things. When I'm not spooked, I check things with a handgun in my hands and ready to fire. I have a motion chime at the end of my driveway. I haven't tried to get many of the more modern security devices because they rely on good internet. In my rural area, the speeds are too slow to make a modern security system function. I have motion lights all around my house. I rarely see them trigger, but someone creeping around my house would have the constant irritation of lights coming on and illuminating him (or her or them). I have fob-triggered sirens in these areas. If I hear the alarm chimes, I trigger the siren. Maybe that would scare an intruder into leaving. At the very least, I will irritate and distract the intruder by turning the siren on and off. I still believe that success or failure in a situation will depend mostly on my ability to get the fight on terms that are advantageous for me. One of the sayings that I've occasionally seen on the internet is "If you find yourself in a fair gunfight, your tactics suck." I've looked at my cell phone a little more and would probably be less likely to screw up cell phone use today. I would be on 9-1-1. I would do the usual things to position myself where the attackers would have to approach me on terms that were advantageous for me. On that night, lighting wouldn't have been a problem. I was already keeping a light on in the storage room, in the enclosed front porch, and in my living room. If I'd had a handgun nearby, having enough light to shoot wouldn't be a problem. While we think of full-sized pistols as being the better choice for home defense, even a concealed carry pistol becomes awkward and inconvenient when one is carrying it around the house. A full-sized pistol would be worse. A full-sized pistol with a light would be worse to a greater degree. I tend to keep little flashlights near me. I've reached a point where I don't practice shooting that much with the traditional two-handed grip. A part of me feels that if I'm ever in a situation, there's a good chance that I will have a small pistol in one hand and a flashlight in the other. I practice in the traditional flashlight hold with the wrists crossed and the flashlight pointed where my gun is pointed. Occasionally, I try to practice always getting my hands positioned so that my gun is pointing to the center of my flashlight beam. I'd love to develop the muscle memory so that my flashlight always points where the gun is going to shoot, but I doubt that I'll reach that level.
My health failed about ten years ago. I lost my career and my income. I'm on disability, and I can't afford a huge amount of ammo on disability. The manufacturer of my favorite carry gun says not to dry fire practice much or use those laser cartridges much on my gun. I've broken a striker from doing about forty or fifty laser cartridge shots per day for about two weeks. The manufacturers of those laser cartridges say that they've worked with the firearm manufacturers to be sure that everything works together, but my firearm manufacturer denies this claim and says that over-practice with the laser cartridge is likely to break my striker again. In a good week, I practice once or twice a week shooting about a dozen or so shots in each session. Because I tire easily, I don't try to shoot much more than that. I'm often practicing a draw and shoot. I'll also practice a rotate, draw, and shoot. I'll practice drawing my gun while drawing my flashlight, turning on the flashlight, and shooting from that braced flashlight hold. Often, I practice double-taps. I'm usually practicing at seven or eight yards because that's the distance that is best for my "range." I also try to shoot some kind of long gun once a week. That might be nothing more than an air rifle or .22 rifle. That practice isn't ideal, but trigger time is better than not having trigger time. Again, ten or twenty shots in a session is typical. I don't practice with a 12-gauge as much as I should, but when I do, I'm pretty effective out to fifteen yards. I once heard noise outside and was trying to look around carrying my 12-gauge and a flashlight. That was awkward and ineffective. I bought a light for my 12-gauge. If I didn't have a light on a shotgun, I'd use a headlamp. Ideally, I'd use both for those situations. I'm not sure what to think of lights on rifles. At short range, they should be fine. At most rifle ranges, most flashlights won't have enough reach. I can't afford any kind of night scope or IR scope for a rifle, but that would be the best idea for a defensive rifle. From 2002 to 2013, I lived at sea level. I was badly overweight, but I had a bit of pulmonary capacity. I could do continuous jab-cross punches on a heavy bag for about five minutes without stopping. I had a bit of power because I could rotate that weight effectively. When I moved to 5300 feet elevation, I could still jab-cross on a heavy bag for about four minutes without stopping. My health failed in 2015. In 2017, I tried to hit the heavy bag and nearly fell after three punches. In 2020, another UA-camr encouraged me to try again. Over the past four years, I've gotten to where I can throw about fifteen to thirty jab-cross punches on the heavy bag. I'm a little fuzzy-headed when I stop, but I've never fainted or fallen. For years, I didn't do pushups. I would try, and I would never progress according to the progressions that fitness experts said I should see. I would become more and more frustrated until I stopped. In 2020, that same UA-camr and one other suggested doing inclined pushups and said not to worry about repetitions. I could do about fifteen repetitions of an inclined pushup of about fourteen inches. I took the attitude of "Screw the experts. If I do fifteen inclined pushups a day and never do a single pushup more, that's better than not doing any at all." Over four years, I've gotten where I usually do about twenty to twenty-three. I've hit thirty once. To Hell with those who look down on that number of pushups. Doing about twenty inclined pushups on five or six days a week is better than doing zero. For years, I didn't do squats. Every expert seemed to describe the perfect squat differently. All of them seemed to say that failure to follow their perfect form was worse than not doing squats at all. Again, that UA-camr encouraged me not to worry about the hot air from the fitness gurus. I filmed myself squatting once, and he said my form was good enough. I've gotten to where I do twenty to twenty-five squats with a sixty-pound bag of sand on my shoulders about five or six days a week. It's not going to qualify me for any fitness influencer's approval, but it makes me a little stronger than I otherwise would be. I walk with a cane for balance. Since becoming sick, I find that maintaining my balance requires more energy than it did in the past. When I'm in public in particular, I use a cane to keep from becoming too tired too quickly. That same UA-camr teaches cane use for self-defense, and I train a bit on the techniques that he recommends. I have a routine where I train using a cane or a staff. I also have a swinging club routine. For a long time, I was doing these alternately about four days a week. Some pressures have hit this year, and I'm not finding the energy to keep up with these routines. I need to get back to them. I also walk about a mile and a half per day for about five or six days a week. I walk in my driveway so that I can get inside easily if I have a problem. I don't get any vertical movement, but I walk. If I'm attacked, I have about twenty seconds of fight in me. If I weren't sick, the training I've done would probably have me fit to put forth about two or three minutes of fight. If I weren't sick, I would also be increasing my training to extend that time. As it is, I have about twenty seconds. If I'm surprised, I'm going to try to use cane strikes and elbows to give myself time and distance to draw a handgun. I'll then shoot if the attack is continuing. If I'm not so surprised that I have to fight immediately, then I'll try to move to a better location for defense or escape the area completely. I don't move fast enough to outrun anything. For me, escaping the area means not being noticed. If that won't happen, I'm looking for cover where I can draw a gun. I'll never win a fast draw fight, so I'm not even considering that tactic. If I reach cover, I'll be losing energy because of stress, but to me, the twenty seconds of fight only includes punches, cane strikes, and elbows. (At my health, a kick is not going to happen. For the record, I do train elbow strikes even though I can only throw about twenty at a time.) I live in a rural area, and self-defense classes are not really available. On top of that, I couldn't last through an entire hour-long class. I wish I had an option to train with someone. I'm sure that all of this is more than you wanted to hear. You invited us to leave our thoughts about preparation, and those are my thoughts. Being unable to do many of the usual things one does in life means that I have too much time to think on these things.
Pocket guns are just that. They serve as a GET OFF ME weapon that is small enough and convenient enough to conceal in a pocket. Better than your fingernails, but not as good as the FIGHTING HANDGUN YOU LEFT AT HOME.
Fantastic video!! Right on target well spoken!!! I agree 💯 percent. I own 10 pistols & none of them have any tactical lights or red dots on them. They are all basic “tools” for me to use in my time of need. I myself DO prefer to EDC a full size duty pistol simply due to the fact I can better control better aim better follow up shots with a full size pistol. Absolutely nothing at all wrong with subcompact or micro pistols just not my preference. I did subscribe!!! Would love to see more future videos from you!!! God Bless!!!!!🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷
Good stuff. I carry and train with simple stuff that works. My range time is spent running drills with my carry guns, and plinking with my fun range toys.
Wow! Thank You for breaking this down the way you did, couldn’t have said it better. It’s frustrating and tiring debating back and forth with people that think and so call themselves “firearms experts.” I’ve always strongly believed that the tool doesn’t make the master, yes it’s important that you can trust your life with that tool and that it is reliable. For me is more important the training and work you put into it. I try to train as if there’s always going to be malfunctions and disadvantages regardless of your firearms reliability and preference. So that your always expecting them to happen even if they don’t. Not worrying about having the most 100% fail proof firearm, thinking that we’ll always have an advantage and be in the most convenient position. Because you never know the day you can wake up ass backwards inside out and have that malfunction while at a disadvantage, then what?. Remember every second counts and determines life or death. AWESOME VIDEO👏
We dont live in a perfect world..all the training anyone can absorb isnt an absolute..many of us do the best we can with what time we have..defending ones self against a violater, depending many times on the "communities" the violater is spawned from, can cause tones of grief..Im old school meaning just night sights and a hogue grip..no lights or red dots..but thats just me..there will always be criticisms no matter how/why one chooses whatever firearm/holster etc..being aware of your surroundings will always be an endless task..just be prepared as best as you can..great vid👍
I did ok back in the day 40 years or so ago with the issued Browning HP us Brits got when carrying out certain roles in that troubled part of the UK, it didn't have fancy red dot optics, lasers or a light on it, it wasn't even double action, its shortcomings were overcome by proper training, I don't want to go into details but in a situation where it had to be used there was no time to look through the sights to line things up, it had to be used instinctively at close range, any bells and whistles would have been a hinderance, as long as you can 'point' quickly and accurately before discharging the weapon thats all that matters in situations like that.
Get a Rock Island FSHC in .45ACP with 15 rounds and a light mount on the bottom. You won't be undergunned. If that doesn't tickle you get it in 10mm and really make some noise.
I carry everything from 442, Kahr CW40, G26, USP 45 compact, M&P40 full size. The only thing I do is steel night sights. No lazers, trigger jobs, lights or anything else. Only my home defense tools have lights. I train, wear a purpose made gun belt and a very good holster. I can outshoot all of my buddies that have those things. You don't become Eddie Van Halen by buying a guitar.
You think different. 😂. Thx. Of course, the pump shotgun racking in the dark thing way predates the modern era. Super Vel was early in on making what ammo? .45 super or .450 smc? 10mm? .40 super? Can't quite recall.
10 mil is a fine wildrrness gun. That compact 9 mil is superb urban carry, concealed. Is what the private investigater carried in the crime movie Gone Baby Gone. Setting of South Boston.
Heck yes brother, you always welcome at my house, have some chicken paprikash, then go build a house and hit the backyard range my brother. Spent 12 years in the Marine Corps as a Rifleman and it cracks me up some of these guys worried about a firefight but can't get up a flight of stairs. Your body should be just as lethal as your weapon. That means you mind body and weapon
We have the luxury of being mostly safe almost all of the time, so we can navel-gaze about what-if's and how-to's instead of doing. It is a good thing we don't have to do, that we are insulated from a lot of life's brutalities and savageries.
Good morning Mick. As I was listening to this in the shower I had this overwhelming thought that your father is very proud of you and loveves you very much. Can't wait to train with you again. Stay well!
The right self defense firearm for me is one i can carry all the time and not be tempted to leave it home because it's unbearable to wear all day. Hellcat 99% of the time, G19 when i'm not gonna be sitting all day, or im wearing heavier clothing.
That being said, I'm inherently a better shooter with the G19, but at self defense range I'm proficient enough with the hellcat it'll do. Probably won't be doing a Dickens with it though
Life or death Accuracy and power for the job 💥✨💫 but if your a lil person the struggle is real with recoil management with big bores(that's when training comes in, to negate the negatives)
All of mine work just fine. Different guns for different purposes. Alone 5 shot airweight. With Family Semi Auto with much more ammo and again that depends on area.
You don't die in a firefight because of the weapon, you die because of no situational awareness, hesitation and more than a little bad luck. I've shot, been trained and been in real world duress more than 99% of the population...I carry standard, stock, out of the box tools. No lights, no lasers, no reddots...but I do have a lifetime of muscle memory, situational awareness and a mindset that I'm going home, no matter what. YOU are the weapon, no matter what the tool.
The majority of private citizens win gun fights from fighting back having nothing to do with caliber, capacity or gun type, most defense situation are won with no shots fired and if shots fired almost always bad guys flee not willing to stay, even a 25 ACP statistically your odds are you will survive, once again not because of the gun but you the person willing to fight back with a 99999.9 success rate winning if you take all of incidences that ever happened in the context of a private citizen, out of those incidences hardly ever a shot is fired and if even one shot fired bad guys almost always flee, not caring about what caliber, capacity or type of gun your resisting them with, bad guys don't stay for gun reviews 😅
Your right.. good situational awareness can prepare you for what's coming or may give you a chance to avoid a 'contact' altogether, I remember what was drummed into me back in the day, 'There are 2 sorts of people in a firefight... The Quick and the Dead!'
Brain is the weapon.
You are right!!! It’s the Indian not the arrow
Right. And you don't win by yelling 10 mill. Sometimes gun guys lose touch with reality.
"Capacity issue".
You are only outgunned if you miss. -Col. Jeff Cooper
That's not true
@@DLI002Quite true! The legacy of the high capacity squirt gun is fewer bad guys hit, more innocents hit, and property damage through the roof! We have 10+ rounds fired at a bad guy with an 80% miss rate being called proud of the importance of magazine capacity! Show one case where one with a high capacity magazine prevailed against multiple attackers! What you will find are a lot of rounds sprayed at a single attacker with an 80%+ miss rate being
People really took some old fat Chicken hawks advice like gospel.
That's why they still spend $875 to have Clint Smith yell at them and tell them old man folklore about the Nam.
@@HanzBlitz-i8t Vs The new generation spraying dozens of rounds and hitting nothing? The fundamentals go back to the first Rifled muskets! The minor caliber squirt gun is a failure
@scoutdynamics3272 The new generation is leaving Nineteen Ellebun Fudds in the dust in terms of combat shooting. They still think OWB support side with their ugly photography vest covering the ol' Nineteen Ellebun is the way to go. Sorry, Fudds aren't keeping pace. Come teach the Weaver stance to the new generation. It's a whole other era of training, it's not just standing there beer gut puffing making small groups at 10 yards, it's fighting with a gun.
Ok I am 60 years old. I workout mostly with bodyweight and dumbbells 3 or 4 days a week. I am in the best shape of my life. I train or practice with guns and traditional archery gear as much as possible. I hunt, I fish, I eat what I kill and catch. Life is good. Get off of the couch men.
I’m 59 and with you. Get your lazy ass moving!💪👊
Best comment. Everywhere I go I see obese men waddling when they walk with gun stickers on the back of their vehicles.
Ok Dan
But you ain't a hookin bull like your nephew Josh!😅
@@JoshBenware LOL, you can't hang with me Ole Son😀
Paul Harrell had a practical mindset. He didn't care much about expensive tools. Life is vulnerable, we may be dead next week. So training is good, but don't over do it. There is a time for everything. Spiritual life is important. A man feeds, and protects his family. He must be able to give some direction, with humor and wisdom. At the end of the day, our lives are in His Hand. Joseph was a carpenter, and he was responsable for two VIP's... that went well, so we should have some confidence too.
Training matters for many reasons. A carpenter isn't a carpenter without years of training.
@@CarryTrainer yes, it certainly matters
In all my 57 years, as a Catholic practisioner and cathequist, I would give you an award for your Wisdom and Life Focus of a man that God wants us to be.
@@seguridadcorporativa2419 Thank you
@@seguridadcorporativa2419 I appreciate your comment very much, I feel honored
I'm 54 and lift weights and hike several times a week. I train from concealment with G26 but at end of the day, my hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness. And no weapon formed against me shall prosper.
Amen!
Amen 🙏🏾
This is the best advice a person could ever hear!! Few people understand the art of defense. Good real life training is the only way to comprehend what your capabilities are. Is everyone capable of this, no most don’t have the grit or health to experience this first hand. I used to wrestle and was fairly successful, but as you stated there were those that could absolutely at will defeat any attack you threw at them. I’m older now with specific health issues that have neutered my ability to throw down. I have always believed in the term “Peace through strength”. Be kind, be helpful, be an inspiration for the truth that others want to follow. Thank you that you took the time and labor to get this message out to a broader audience!!
I bet you can still form a strong base and use frames effectively. Don't count yourself short
The best weapon against aggression is intuition 🤗
Any gun is better than no gun. And any training is better than no training. If you’re out there rocking a muzzle loader because you’re European and that’s the only thing you can get, that’s better than having nothing. And if you’re trained with that, …
Excellent content! In 1974 I used my issued Colt Detective Spl .38 in a gunfight w/armed robbery suspects, to include a reload, and walked away unhurt. It’s an understatement to say I was lucky that night. In retirement the EDC is a small, light J Frame revolver. Hanging a bunch of high tech junk on a gun does nothing to improve your skills. I’m in my late 70s, handicapped, so doing the best I can to keep in shape.
How is it junk?
@ It’s just an expression. Would you prefer “stuff”?
I see you post this tale on several different vids. Would be curious to hear your story.
@ Check out “Out of Ammo” by Massad Ayoob Fall 2016 edition of American Handgunner.
I carry a S&W 442. And a Glock as my main gun. But i have really big soft sopot for J frames.
Good video. "You must be willing and capable to exert extreme violence when it is time", I think is what you stated. I 100% agree with you. I am a retired Amy, infantry, 28yr veteran. I agree on fitness and hand to hand fighting sills. Absolutely. It gets challenging as we age. I'm 65 now. I cannot run anymore. I have all sorts of stuff that operates at suboptimal. It is important for me to remind myself to focus on what I can do, how I can train, what is possible? I can walk, bike, do lite weights, and since about 5 years ago, Krav Maga for broken down old farts with limitations. I found an instructor who focuses in that area, older folks. I also got into Pilates. Why? It helps with flexibility and all the supporting structures for the joints. Also, diet! I am eating the cleanest diet I ever have. Processed foods, fast foods, seed oils, sugars, chemicals, that stuff had to go. Also, the spiritual aspects of health for your body and mind must be tended to as well. (everyone can approach that in their own way, but I pray, read my Bible, reflect in the early morning.) All long journeys begin with the first step. The journey is completed if you never quit.
Great points! A physical limitation or two doesn’t make us helpless. Only our worries inhibit our abilities.
This is great content. Some in the 2A community are hyper focused on the next new gadget but can’t run up a set of stairs. Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to use my 20 ounce framing hammer on a finish nail.
Well said
Boom! Video Gamer Soi Bois that not only are morbidly obese BUT situationally BLIND.
Ones that take up space and air at a gym sitting on their phones.
I had one blind-man walk into me yesterday at the YMCA.
He was knocked backwards by the impact. I just stood there, my only words..."WATCH IT"!
Maybe he "got the message". Probably not.
I didn't feel like going to jail making an example.
That better be a titanium hammer or you can't hangout with the cool kids anymore! 😂
backinthe day .... when I trained for armed security my father had given me 2 firearms that I used that day (yeah I was dirt poor back then) .... A 1958 Browning Highpower (Belgain made) and a "Montgomary Wards shotgun yeah really a Mossberg 500" made about 1965. My instructors asked us who had weapons that were over 20 years old and I raised my hand. They indormed us that we would almost CERTAINLY require an alabi-fire becuase of a weapon misfire. After I qualified WITHOUT a misfire I asked if I could finish shooting up my target with the shotgun and 30+ year old ammo that needed to be fired .... ALL OF THEM FIRED AND I FINISHED THE DAY WITHOUT ANY MISFIRE FROM WEAPONS OLDER THAN MY INSTRUCTORS .... After I informed the instructors that I had learned two things besides the instruction material .... 1 I learned that my ancient weapons were accurate and deadly and reliable (including old shotgun ammo) and two the instructors were not as reliable in transmitting accurate information. That Hi Power is VERY ACCURATE HANDGUN AND I STILL HAVE AND OCCASIONALLY USE IT ALTHOUGH IT IS NO LONGER MY PRIMARY. oh yeah still got the shotgun too.
Properly maintained machinery is reliable. 👍
My mom bought me my first rifle at J. C. Penneys when I was 9 years old. I was more responsible with it than any adult I have known.
It was a very futuristic looking Remington Nylon 66 Apache Black .22lr with a black nylon stock and chrome receiver and barrel. Beautiful gun.
Great reminder that only applied knowledge is power. I’m fortunate to have access to a Gunsite affiliate trainer that helps keep my skills on a weekly basis. That allows me to pressure test different platforms to carry as a primary and backup handguns. I’m trying to exercise more even as my 60 year old body screams at me. Blessings to all! May we never have to use what we are learning.🤞✌️
Love that tongue in cheek Glock will fail! Glocks are awesome and we all pretend not to know it.
It's also the most reliable handgun on the planet
Revolvers are too
@@TheRealZJM377 I discovered revolvers are not the most reliable. Seen three (concealed carry pieces) in various scenarios during training and competition, lock up and turn into a throwing object. These were people's defensive tools! Sure I saw a Glock keep jamming during comp, but that was a competition tuned gun with non stock springs and reloaded low recoil ammo.
@@warrenharrison9490 o why?not even for concealed carry
@@TheRealZJM377 I'd consider a revolver for a CCW backup and bear country in the correct caliber.
This is what I was talking about in my last comment. Just because you have the latest, coolest pistol doesn't mean you're John Wick. Use and train with what you have and you're better off than a Staccato and a keyboard. Reality and not BS that's why I like this channel 👍
That's right. I just recently started practicing and training with my revolver kind like what he showed but with a 5in barrel
Thanks Jim
What is it?
@@CarryTrainer Taurus Raging Hunter
This is a fact. Someone that trains with a hi point will be more effective than someone with a Staccato who never trains
Agree 100% the man with 1 gun, Fear him because 9 times out of 10 he is proficient with it and knows that tool well. Not overwhelmed with to many platforms and forgets which one he has in a high stress situation to perform needed motor skills
Well said and agree 100%
I’m 77 and have found you to be very motivational. I work out several times a week and shoot on my home range often.
I’ve shared this video with my son and grandson. Hopefull to attend one of your classes with them. Stay healthy and keep up your great work!
Finally got a 9mm. Wanted to be able to shoot it...a lot. Of course that's relative. I wanted to be able to shoot it often enough to get good enough to be fully competent with it to the point that I am deadly at any distance within 5-25 yards. Purpose - home defense of family and property.
2 months of shooting once per week on average, I think it's reasonable to say, for a civilian - I have met that goal. Hopefully I never have to find out for real...and if I do, hopefully I am swift in action and accuracy and able to keep adrenaline in check.
As a recreational practitioner of martial arts, I feel as though training/sparring etc. can reasonably prepare you well for a physical self defense altercation(hand to hand). However, I don't feel the same when it comes to a gun fight. I feel like - even at my age of 47, I would much better be able to control breath, adrenaline and mindset in a street fight than I would if I had to use a firearm.
That being said, I've also researched a bit and bought a budget AR-15, and have become minimally competent with the handling and use of a rifle for the first time in my life. Not trying to be a bad ass in my later life, just don't want to be ignorant of any potential tools with skills a man should be versed in. Especially since the election shift as well as global events and turbulence most folks don't pay attention to. To that end - I've also installed security cameras - each of the four cardinal directions of my home - linked to my phone. It's part of my job as a husband and father of a young child.
God bless everyone and God bless the USA. And thank you sir for the great content. Subscribed.🇺🇸🙏
ARs do fill the bill as most universal for home defense. Especially pistol length in 300 black out.
12 gauge is too much recoil. Too much noise. Too little capacity if more than 1 on one or two on one home invasion.
Easiest ti fix.
We're seniors, and these days we carry very lightweight, small caliber, low recoil...yesterday it was .25acp, but, it was ON us...we know retreat is a prefered option...at home we are loaded heavier, with guns spread around the house, as the state is okay with that...we see the range every week, maybe not as many rounds as we used to shoot, but once a week is plenty enough to retain familiarity with our firearms...we try to exercise, and have improved our diet...I figure we might have another dozen years before things get a little dicey, but zero gaurentees...a positive attitude is a big help...carry on...
The only faults I see are...1) 25 acp. I argue it IS the least effective pistol rd ever made. .22lr up close is more effective 2) We "TRY" to exercise. You Don't Try. You DO! PERIOD!
Otherwise, sell the house and the guns and move to assisted living.
I'm 70..I exercise 6 days a week.
I'm ramping up what I do during those days.
@robertkeller9828 I'm 75 and approve of this comment. Exercise is a NECESSARY part of life...... a lifestyle. Along with eating properly, training and mindset.
@robertkeller9828 we are very aware of the limitations of the caliber, and are working to bump up to .32acp (breaking in the p32 now), but in the meantime the .25 will have to do...bear in mind the ballistics of the .22lr and .25 are extremely similar out of a short barrel, we will go with the little extra reliability...exercise this time of year is sporadic, I am Not going out in the cold rain...
I like the way you think.
Great video and it's about time someone talked about practical applications not just the size of your gun.
Mike Tyson Quote- Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face .
I always ask have you ever been punched in the face ? Have you ever been in a fistfight?
I enjoy your speaking .
But he probably pronounced it in the faith, So what was he really trying to convey 😮😮😮
Hahaha
@aarongreenfield9038 it's something only people with experience can truly understand. A person who has never fought a trained fighter has no concept of what it's like to have all 5 senses faded. If mist people got hit truly hard in the face, they would completely freeze up. What tyson meant was that you can't execute a plan in a fight when all your senses are close to gone. You are in real trouble, and only intense training, conditioning, and experience can help you to survive long enough to recover and form a new strategy. You can't adapt if you can't recover.
I jump rope 1-2 hours a week and walk 5-10 miles a day (kids and dog help🧐).
Mobility is so underrated. Go play a round of paint all when there is no fear of death and see how that adrenaline takes a toll on you
I’ve been seriously weight lifting for years now, hadnt snowboarded in 8 years. I just went and I realized I made a huge mistake neglecting mobility training 😂 and im pretty flexible as it is, but for some things you gotta be like a rubber band.
Gear is fun, and it sells ad space, but it is only a small part of the equation. I play the bass guitar, and Jaco Pastorius is on everyone's top 5 list of GOAT bassists. In my senior year of high school, I heard Jaco's self titled solo album, and, like everyone who heard it, I was blown away by the musicianship, technique, and most of all, the distinctive tone that Jaco achieved.
Jaco played a Fender Jazz bass that he had ripped out the frets with a pair of pliers and epoxied over the fretboard. Many people thought, "Ah-ha! That must be the secret to Jaco's tone!" So hundreds of perfectly decent instruments were destroyed in that quest for tone. Those people soon discovered that it wasn't Jaco's bass that was responsible for that tone, it was Jaco. He had promised his wife that he would support their young family by becoming "the best bassist in the world." This was no empty boast; he practiced 12-16 hours every single day before achieving just that. Gear is nice, but there is no shortcut to just grinding and putting in the work.
I love your analogy on using the right tools for the right job with the wrenches.❤
Spot on.. Some of us have physical limitations and hands on conflicts will need to be minimized. This is where awareness in your surroundings is paramount. We need to adapt the use and control of firearms in a confrontation. Know what you are capable of. Practice, practice, practice. For me the best carry firearm is one you know, inside out, can hit with and manipulate. Caliber is secondary. BTW, everything can be a weapon... Including an empty 5 gallon gas can (metal)..... Don't ask...
I liked 92s back when everyone else hated them.
Great information and thought provoking in our decisions not only on the tool we decide to use but also the training needed to master that tool. I personally take two training class a month along with going to the range three times a month. Some may say that’s overkill or too costly I say my love ones are priceless. Don’t be cheap or dickheads give up that burger or cocktail after work and invest in yourself.
Cheap guns don't get you killed. The Bad guys bullets might kill you though.
Love ya man! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and time with family. Happy New Year to you as well. Just ordered some of your gun oil and coffee. Love the Original Blend medium roast! Good stuff. Thanks for this video as well. Very informative.
Thanks!
I’m stuck in the video space right now. I’m a firearms enthusiast but unfortunately I’m going through several surgeries. It pains me not to be out on the range training. I feel like I’m shrinking. I spent my whole life on my body and pistol training and it sucks watching my muscles get weak and my body get skinny. Your videos give me the motivation to hang in there because soon I will be able to go back out there and train. Thank you!
My glock 19 gen 3 i left bare bones when i bought her in 2011.shes had countless thousands of rounds through her and only one hiccup.thst was because the round had a flawed lip.after i reloaded it into the mag it still fired it.shes been good to me all these years and no matter how many guns i get she's always going to be my favorite baby
I carry Khar pm9 IWB for years, 7 + 1
Put the XS big dot sight
One hundred percent spot on. Keep kicking butt Mickey! My end goal is to be proficient in protecting my family and loved and helping those in need.
"When carrying, no gun is too small! Once the fight starts, no gun is big enough! No matter how big your pistol is, you will wish you had a rifle! If you have a rifle, you will wish you had a bazooka! If you have a bazooka, you will wish you had an M-1 tank! If you have an M-1 Tank, you will pray the U.S. Air Force is circling overhead ready to back you up!" Clint Smith of Thunder Ranch
Did he really say this? Cause it is absolutely true.
@ Yes he did!
Thank you for your content. It's straight forward, practical and realistic. Bottom line is, you fight the way you train and if your training lacks, so will you.
You nailed it! Potential ain't jack unless applied.
Ahh, a self-unadjusting wrench. Nice.
Any gun can work as long as the person with it knows how to use it i got a rugerp85 9mill best firearm ive ever had
As always a very enjoyable video with pertinent content. As a former member of the British Military I have been shot at and shot back, as a proud American Citizen (since 1994) and Civilian Firearms Instructor I have not, nor do I ever wish to be involved in a live fire gunfight. I like to think because I train regularly I will be ready, my fear is that I am whiteness to an incident involving a Citizen Firearm Owner who believes they did not need any training other than the few hours to get their AZ CCW Permit. Like many NASCAR Drivers say "200mph 3 wide into turn 2 is not as scary as 75mph on Hwy95 with untrained drivers". Mick, I have attended your training and hope to again soon, thank you for doing what you do and always making your content shareable.
Reliability and training are the keys to success.
Great video I'm a diesel mechanic and you can have all the tools in the world and if you don't train and learn how things work tools are useless
Very true
You asked about comments. Here’s my short story. I’m 68 years of age. Been carrying a handgun nearly daily for fifty plus years now. For the first 40 years my carry was the 1911 in 45acp. Other then when I was required to use a holster, I carried them with one in the pipe, hammer down with safety off and holsterless. Also known as Mexican carry. When I turned 58, I hired on as contracted armed security for multiple federal agencies. My issued duty weapon was a Glock 19 in a level 2 holster. After 5 years on contract, I went back into retirement. Since then, I have tried all kinds of polymer pistols and holsters. Until about a year ago. Now I’m back to my 1911’s carrying Mexican and I am happy, happy, happy. Easy on before I leave the house. Easy off when I get back home. Only difference is it’s usually a 10mm now. I like to think I came full circle. And I realize that there will be poo poo’ers out there. But I really don’t care. Always loaded. Always one in the pipe and never a fear of an accidental discharge placing on and off of my person. I do have to add though that once in a very great while, I’m stuck with a pocket pistol. One in the pipe. Safety off. And double action only.
A lot of things in life come full circle. My last relationship was one of them
@ I hear that.
I can tell you training with Mickey 2 or 3 times a year makes a big difference in my training at home throughout the year. A thousand pulls of the trigger, whether live or dry, does make a noticeable improvement!
What classes have you been at?
As someone who carries a gun for a living, I appreciate the tool analogy. Pick the right one, and train deliberately with it until you master it. We are fortunate to live in a time where there are great choices when it comes to the tool and the training that goes with it. There really is no excuse. We do formal training quarterly, and I'm blessed to live where I can walk out the back door and train on my own. I'm guilty of not spending enough time on the physical stuff. I need to step that up. Great content, as usual.
Im carpenter as well , Hungarian Immigrant in Germany , run every Morning 5km but sunday and visit the Range at least once a week to fire at leas one hundred rounds . 😊
Greatings from Germany
Greeting
I agree … people try to tell you it’s better to carry a gun without a thumb safety because a thumb safety will get you killed. And it’s better to NOT carry a gun at all than to carry a gun without one in the chamber …
All things come with pros and cons . A safety or a carry gun without one in a chamber never killed anyone and both come with pros and cons, know them and decide which is best for you
I’m a 3rd generation carpenter, myself. I agree with your mindset, although I do love my optic and WML! Keep up the good work, my friend!
I'm not against Optics and WML
Great video Sir. Well done and spot on.
You are absolutely correct on the training aspect. I trained in Kempo Karate for 12yrs and always learned new techniques. Same applies to firearms. Training is of importance, especially if your life or family lives are in danger.
That Khar CW9 might get you killed. After sending it back twice, I lost confidence in it. Replaced it with S&W M&P Shield, hasn’t failed me yet.
They aren't going to stop if you yell ten mill.
No, they probably won't.
Great message.
Another great video. 👏 I would also just add on top of range training, when it comes to home defense, practice your plan as well. That can also matter more than tools. Things like where you have staged your weapons, phones, medical, fire extinguishers etc. -- when you sleep, when & where you lounge, when you shower, etc. Things like pretending an emergency is happening in different rooms, or planning tactics to create a fortified barricade area for example, is a helluva lot easier to do with some intelligent thought & foresight beforehand, rather than it will be to come up with a plan on the spot when (God forbid) the door is already getting kicked in on the fly.
I love this guy... very down to earth with logic.
So true! I met a guy who first said that he’s been around firearms for years… then proceeded to say that Glocks have no safeties
Complacent as charged... having good tools is just the beginning.
our eyes and ears is our best friends for situational awareness, our first responders. take good care of them. papa 😊
Makes me value my J Frame 357 even more.
My family laughs at me for walking around the house at night with my plate carrier on
Just trying to get used to the new tool I hope I never need to use
Thanks for the video.
As you've seen from other videos, asking me to comment is dangerous because I like to write long comments. I'm a disabled engineer. I should be at the refinery making young engineers listen to my old guy stories and old guy rambling. My failed health has stolen that from me, so I write long comments on UA-cam. People who don't like long comments should just keep scrolling. I'll probably have to split this into a comment and a reply to my own comment.
When I read your video title, my immediate thought was "No gun will get me killed. My lack of skill with a particular gun might get me killed, but even that factor is unlikely. If I am killed, the most likely reasons will be a tactical mistake on my part, a situation that I don't see coming until I am overwhelmed, and/or simple bad luck."
The closest I've come to being murdered was in 2018. Two intruders broke into my home. They were a Bonnie and Clyde couple on a two-state crime spree. I live about a mile from any other houses, and they seem to have run out of gas in a stolen vehicle near my home. At first, they picked up and moved a gas can that I had left outside. They then decided to break into my home. I heard noises on my enclosed front porch, but I thought that noises were from one of my pets knocking things around in his cage. I was awake around four-thirty in the morning and sitting in my living room. I even said to my pet, "Steamboat, what are you doing back there?" Unfortunately, it wasn't Steamboat. I heard a piece of metal hit the concrete floor, but I thought a mouse had knocked something off a windowsill. I then heard noise from the storage room between my garage and kitchen. This was in the back of my house. The noises weren't right. Something that shouldn't have been there was back there. For maybe fifteen to maybe forty-five seconds, I sat up in my chair but was frozen in denial. I hoped that it was just an animal, maybe a raccoon, but I was afraid to look because I thought it would be worse. I kept hearing noises. I got up and walked towards the kitchen. I was still aware that noises had also come from the front of the house on the enclosed porch. The kitchen has a window in the top half of the door to the storage area. I saw a vertical shadow cross some boxes, and I knew that a person was in my house. I howled and went to the kitchen door. I saw Bonnie running towards the French door that I would later find she had opened by breaking the glass. I really don't remember whether I heard the break. I was frightened but furious. I shouted "You're going to F****** die!" If Clyde had pushed through the front door from the porch, I would be dead today. That door wasn't all that strong. I'm sure he could have broken the door. I can only assume that my howl startled him and that he thought I was armed. As it turned out, I had only my cane, a push dagger, and a small kukri. I'm guessing that Bonnie was near the edge of the window and saw me coming. She probably thought that the kukri was a pistol. Otherwise, she might have stayed to fight with the pathetic old man approaching her.
I rushed to my bedroom and got a revolver. I tried three or four times to call 9-1-1, but I couldn't hear anything. As it turned out, my cell phone was connected to a Bluetooth headset which was in the living room. In my frightened state, I understood the 1800's technology of my revolver. I was clueless on how to solve a problem with my cell phone. I went to the living room without really thinking and picked up the headset. I found myself talking to the 9-1-1 dispatcher who had answered my fourth or fifth call. I'm in a bit of a rural area. Response time was about twenty-five minutes. I was fortunate that Bonnie and Clyde didn't try to come back to fight me. They had at least one handgun. I don't know how the fight would have turned out.
I've made some changes. I now carry a handgun with me at all times. Even in my living room, a handgun is nearby. I've put motion detecting chimes in the storage area and enclosed front porch. I've had some false alarms. Occasionally, I am spooked, and I dial 9-1-1 to hang on the phone with me while I check things. When I'm not spooked, I check things with a handgun in my hands and ready to fire. I have a motion chime at the end of my driveway. I haven't tried to get many of the more modern security devices because they rely on good internet. In my rural area, the speeds are too slow to make a modern security system function. I have motion lights all around my house. I rarely see them trigger, but someone creeping around my house would have the constant irritation of lights coming on and illuminating him (or her or them). I have fob-triggered sirens in these areas. If I hear the alarm chimes, I trigger the siren. Maybe that would scare an intruder into leaving. At the very least, I will irritate and distract the intruder by turning the siren on and off.
I still believe that success or failure in a situation will depend mostly on my ability to get the fight on terms that are advantageous for me. One of the sayings that I've occasionally seen on the internet is "If you find yourself in a fair gunfight, your tactics suck." I've looked at my cell phone a little more and would probably be less likely to screw up cell phone use today. I would be on 9-1-1. I would do the usual things to position myself where the attackers would have to approach me on terms that were advantageous for me.
On that night, lighting wouldn't have been a problem. I was already keeping a light on in the storage room, in the enclosed front porch, and in my living room. If I'd had a handgun nearby, having enough light to shoot wouldn't be a problem. While we think of full-sized pistols as being the better choice for home defense, even a concealed carry pistol becomes awkward and inconvenient when one is carrying it around the house. A full-sized pistol would be worse. A full-sized pistol with a light would be worse to a greater degree. I tend to keep little flashlights near me. I've reached a point where I don't practice shooting that much with the traditional two-handed grip. A part of me feels that if I'm ever in a situation, there's a good chance that I will have a small pistol in one hand and a flashlight in the other. I practice in the traditional flashlight hold with the wrists crossed and the flashlight pointed where my gun is pointed. Occasionally, I try to practice always getting my hands positioned so that my gun is pointing to the center of my flashlight beam. I'd love to develop the muscle memory so that my flashlight always points where the gun is going to shoot, but I doubt that I'll reach that level.
My health failed about ten years ago. I lost my career and my income. I'm on disability, and I can't afford a huge amount of ammo on disability. The manufacturer of my favorite carry gun says not to dry fire practice much or use those laser cartridges much on my gun. I've broken a striker from doing about forty or fifty laser cartridge shots per day for about two weeks. The manufacturers of those laser cartridges say that they've worked with the firearm manufacturers to be sure that everything works together, but my firearm manufacturer denies this claim and says that over-practice with the laser cartridge is likely to break my striker again.
In a good week, I practice once or twice a week shooting about a dozen or so shots in each session. Because I tire easily, I don't try to shoot much more than that. I'm often practicing a draw and shoot. I'll also practice a rotate, draw, and shoot. I'll practice drawing my gun while drawing my flashlight, turning on the flashlight, and shooting from that braced flashlight hold. Often, I practice double-taps. I'm usually practicing at seven or eight yards because that's the distance that is best for my "range." I also try to shoot some kind of long gun once a week. That might be nothing more than an air rifle or .22 rifle. That practice isn't ideal, but trigger time is better than not having trigger time. Again, ten or twenty shots in a session is typical. I don't practice with a 12-gauge as much as I should, but when I do, I'm pretty effective out to fifteen yards.
I once heard noise outside and was trying to look around carrying my 12-gauge and a flashlight. That was awkward and ineffective. I bought a light for my 12-gauge. If I didn't have a light on a shotgun, I'd use a headlamp. Ideally, I'd use both for those situations. I'm not sure what to think of lights on rifles. At short range, they should be fine. At most rifle ranges, most flashlights won't have enough reach. I can't afford any kind of night scope or IR scope for a rifle, but that would be the best idea for a defensive rifle.
From 2002 to 2013, I lived at sea level. I was badly overweight, but I had a bit of pulmonary capacity. I could do continuous jab-cross punches on a heavy bag for about five minutes without stopping. I had a bit of power because I could rotate that weight effectively. When I moved to 5300 feet elevation, I could still jab-cross on a heavy bag for about four minutes without stopping. My health failed in 2015. In 2017, I tried to hit the heavy bag and nearly fell after three punches. In 2020, another UA-camr encouraged me to try again. Over the past four years, I've gotten to where I can throw about fifteen to thirty jab-cross punches on the heavy bag. I'm a little fuzzy-headed when I stop, but I've never fainted or fallen.
For years, I didn't do pushups. I would try, and I would never progress according to the progressions that fitness experts said I should see. I would become more and more frustrated until I stopped. In 2020, that same UA-camr and one other suggested doing inclined pushups and said not to worry about repetitions. I could do about fifteen repetitions of an inclined pushup of about fourteen inches. I took the attitude of "Screw the experts. If I do fifteen inclined pushups a day and never do a single pushup more, that's better than not doing any at all." Over four years, I've gotten where I usually do about twenty to twenty-three. I've hit thirty once. To Hell with those who look down on that number of pushups. Doing about twenty inclined pushups on five or six days a week is better than doing zero.
For years, I didn't do squats. Every expert seemed to describe the perfect squat differently. All of them seemed to say that failure to follow their perfect form was worse than not doing squats at all. Again, that UA-camr encouraged me not to worry about the hot air from the fitness gurus. I filmed myself squatting once, and he said my form was good enough. I've gotten to where I do twenty to twenty-five squats with a sixty-pound bag of sand on my shoulders about five or six days a week. It's not going to qualify me for any fitness influencer's approval, but it makes me a little stronger than I otherwise would be.
I walk with a cane for balance. Since becoming sick, I find that maintaining my balance requires more energy than it did in the past. When I'm in public in particular, I use a cane to keep from becoming too tired too quickly. That same UA-camr teaches cane use for self-defense, and I train a bit on the techniques that he recommends. I have a routine where I train using a cane or a staff. I also have a swinging club routine. For a long time, I was doing these alternately about four days a week. Some pressures have hit this year, and I'm not finding the energy to keep up with these routines. I need to get back to them.
I also walk about a mile and a half per day for about five or six days a week. I walk in my driveway so that I can get inside easily if I have a problem. I don't get any vertical movement, but I walk.
If I'm attacked, I have about twenty seconds of fight in me. If I weren't sick, the training I've done would probably have me fit to put forth about two or three minutes of fight. If I weren't sick, I would also be increasing my training to extend that time. As it is, I have about twenty seconds. If I'm surprised, I'm going to try to use cane strikes and elbows to give myself time and distance to draw a handgun. I'll then shoot if the attack is continuing. If I'm not so surprised that I have to fight immediately, then I'll try to move to a better location for defense or escape the area completely. I don't move fast enough to outrun anything. For me, escaping the area means not being noticed. If that won't happen, I'm looking for cover where I can draw a gun. I'll never win a fast draw fight, so I'm not even considering that tactic. If I reach cover, I'll be losing energy because of stress, but to me, the twenty seconds of fight only includes punches, cane strikes, and elbows. (At my health, a kick is not going to happen. For the record, I do train elbow strikes even though I can only throw about twenty at a time.)
I live in a rural area, and self-defense classes are not really available. On top of that, I couldn't last through an entire hour-long class. I wish I had an option to train with someone.
I'm sure that all of this is more than you wanted to hear. You invited us to leave our thoughts about preparation, and those are my thoughts. Being unable to do many of the usual things one does in life means that I have too much time to think on these things.
That was quite a reply. I did read it. You've got a great attitude, and that is worth more than gold.
Onwards, friend. Onwards.
Pocket guns are just that. They serve as a GET OFF ME weapon that is small enough and convenient enough to conceal in a pocket. Better than your fingernails, but not as good as the FIGHTING HANDGUN YOU LEFT AT HOME.
Thanks for spotlighting the Crescent Wrench.
Fantastic video!! Right on target well spoken!!! I agree 💯 percent. I own 10 pistols & none of them have any tactical lights or red dots on them. They are all basic “tools” for me to use in my time of need. I myself DO prefer to EDC a full size duty pistol simply due to the fact I can better control better aim better follow up shots with a full size pistol. Absolutely nothing at all wrong with subcompact or micro pistols just not my preference. I did subscribe!!! Would love to see more future videos from you!!! God Bless!!!!!🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷
2 stripe blue belt here. Wonderful video. Honest and humble. Great stuff dude.
Thanks my friend
@CarryTrainer Yes sir. Thanks for the vibe!
Good stuff. I carry and train with simple stuff that works. My range time is spent running drills with my carry guns, and plinking with my fun range toys.
92s never stopped being cool.
I agree
I’m just gonna scream “10 MILL!” 😂 bro science award of the week I love it!
Hahah
Like the continent. 1st time veiwer, definitely earned a sub and like. Next step is going down the rabbit hole of your vids!
Spot on. Thanks!
my dude tunring into marcus aurelius lmao
Wow! Thank You for breaking this down the way you did, couldn’t have said it better. It’s frustrating and tiring debating back and forth with people that think and so call themselves “firearms experts.” I’ve always strongly believed that the tool doesn’t make the master, yes it’s important that you can trust your life with that tool and that it is reliable. For me is more important the training and work you put into it. I try to train as if there’s always going to be malfunctions and disadvantages regardless of your firearms reliability and preference. So that your always expecting them to happen even if they don’t. Not worrying about having the most 100% fail proof firearm, thinking that we’ll always have an advantage and be in the most convenient position. Because you never know the day you can wake up ass backwards inside out and have that malfunction while at a disadvantage, then what?. Remember every second counts and determines life or death. AWESOME VIDEO👏
Hell yeah great video. You showed a revolver in 44 that is what I Ben practicing and training with the last several months mainly speed loading
Fear the guy that can shoot only one gun really well.
We dont live in a perfect world..all the training anyone can absorb isnt an absolute..many of us do the best we can with what time we have..defending ones self against a violater, depending many times on the "communities" the violater is spawned from, can cause tones of grief..Im old school meaning just night sights and a hogue grip..no lights or red dots..but thats just me..there will always be criticisms no matter how/why one chooses whatever firearm/holster etc..being aware of your surroundings will always be an endless task..just be prepared as best as you can..great vid👍
Excellent words man, very well presented!!!!
I just like the noisy cricket as my daily
I did ok back in the day 40 years or so ago with the issued Browning HP us Brits got when carrying out certain roles in that troubled part of the UK, it didn't have fancy red dot optics, lasers or a light on it, it wasn't even double action, its shortcomings were overcome by proper training, I don't want to go into details but in a situation where it had to be used there was no time to look through the sights to line things up, it had to be used instinctively at close range, any bells and whistles would have been a hinderance, as long as you can 'point' quickly and accurately before discharging the weapon thats all that matters in situations like that.
One of the greatest pistols ever built.
Get a Rock Island FSHC in .45ACP with 15 rounds and a light mount on the bottom. You won't be undergunned. If that doesn't tickle you get it in 10mm and really make some noise.
I carry everything from 442, Kahr CW40, G26, USP 45 compact, M&P40 full size. The only thing I do is steel night sights. No lazers, trigger jobs, lights or anything else. Only my home defense tools have lights. I train, wear a purpose made gun belt and a very good holster. I can outshoot all of my buddies that have those things. You don't become Eddie Van Halen by buying a guitar.
Call me old school, but the kiss principal still rules IMO. Don't understand the trend to strap everything short of a espresso machine on the gun.
Thanks for your insight. Happy New Year to you and yours and A Bright and Peaceful New Year. Same for everyone's here.
You ain't wrong sir
You think different. 😂. Thx. Of course, the pump shotgun racking in the dark thing way predates the modern era.
Super Vel was early in on making what ammo? .45 super or .450 smc? 10mm? .40 super? Can't quite recall.
Supervel invented the jacketed hollow point pistol cartridge
OLD WEST SAYING: BEWARE THE MAN WITH ONE GUN.
10 mil is a fine wildrrness gun. That compact 9 mil is superb urban carry, concealed. Is what the private investigater carried in the crime movie Gone Baby Gone. Setting of South Boston.
92s have and always will be cool
They sure have
That 44 too. Detective Callahan: MAKE MY DAY
357 mag revolver is where it is as a side arm... and a rifle to match lever .. why because I practice every week a lot of times twice a week...
Very cool
I got them because they're works of art besides being tools just like the ones you have.
T thanks for such a good video, that’s a reality.
Happy new year 😊
Heck yes brother, you always welcome at my house, have some chicken paprikash, then go build a house and hit the backyard range my brother. Spent 12 years in the Marine Corps as a Rifleman and it cracks me up some of these guys worried about a firefight but can't get up a flight of stairs. Your body should be just as lethal as your weapon. That means you mind body and weapon
Thanks for the vids
We have the luxury of being mostly safe almost all of the time, so we can navel-gaze about what-if's and how-to's instead of doing. It is a good thing we don't have to do, that we are insulated from a lot of life's brutalities and savageries.
Excellent message!
Good morning Mick. As I was listening to this in the shower I had this overwhelming thought that your father is very proud of you and loveves you very much.
Can't wait to train with you again. Stay well!
Hosea 4:6 My people perish for lack of knowledge.
The right self defense firearm for me is one i can carry all the time and not be tempted to leave it home because it's unbearable to wear all day. Hellcat 99% of the time, G19 when i'm not gonna be sitting all day, or im wearing heavier clothing.
That being said, I'm inherently a better shooter with the G19, but at self defense range I'm proficient enough with the hellcat it'll do. Probably won't be doing a Dickens with it though
Very good point man!
best
Bruce Peek
Great class,,,,great awareness check...,,,,thanks Yall....good stuff
Life or death Accuracy and power for the job 💥✨💫
but
if your a lil person the struggle is real with recoil management with big bores(that's when training comes in, to negate the negatives)
All of mine work just fine. Different guns for different purposes. Alone 5 shot airweight. With Family Semi Auto with much more ammo and again that depends on area.