#mousegunmonday

Rich Grassi of The Tactical Wire recently posted an article about distances at which Defensive Gun Uses can be successfully resolved. https://www.thetacticalwire.com/features/a45b09c4-5997-4cd2-b959-a15df74293ac

One of his comments is well put and bears remembering in all cases of personal protection. It applies regardless of the implement used, whether personal weapons, impact tools, or firearms.

“Anyone who tells you that ‘if you shoot beyond (whatever) distance, you’ll have a lot to explain,’ forgets to add, ‘if you ever use deadly force to stop an immediate deadly threat, you’ll have a lot to explain.’”

This is an interesting topic and bears some further testing. Here’s my unlocked Patreon post about it.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/thoughts-on-140908907

To quantify his questions a little further for myself, the LCP II .22 provided a good platform. The standard I chose was well established and very basic, no pun intended. The NRA Basics of Pistol Shooting standard is to put five hits out of five shots into a four inch circle. Coincidentally, four inches is also the size of the -0 head zone on the IDPA target. To apply this standard to the question of ‘maximum effective range,’ two circles were shot at 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 feet. The question was at what distance did I fail to meet the standard.

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