Same reason I went to the Apple Seed shoot despite the weather.
I've shot my guns in every kind of weather you can imagine, heavy rain/snow, hot & humid, low light, no light, bright noon sun, bugs buzzing in my face...I made it a point to be able to shoot well under any weather conditions.
Here is a question, who keeps hearing protection next to their bed with their firearm? A good electronic pair will help you tell the difference between a window broken by a fallen tree vs one broken by the guy now climbing through it and protect your hearing when the shooting starts.
I don't, and can't think of a reason to. Auditory exclusion is very common in gunfights, and you need to be able to hear what's going on around you. I won't trust an electronic filter to know what I'm hearing in a life or death situation, and electronic muffs do fail. I've never even heard this suggested before, none of the real life gunfighters that I know do so.
I don't recommend shooting with out ear pro, but I have done it a few times so I know what is coming if I need too.
Yup.
Most carry guns, IMO, are not designed to comfortably shoot at 500+ round course across two days. That is not a fault of the gun, just reality.
I think it's the fault of the people carrying them, when it comes right down to it. Other than in situations where dress code or other circumstances simply don't allow a big pistol to be carried, "no excuses" guns are usually based on excuses, not reality. Something is better than nothing, but with the right belt & holster it's not that hard to carry a serious pistol & accompanying ammo if you set your mind to it. It was in the 90's today here in sunny Florida, I was wearing a T-shirt & shorts but still very well armed, as usual.
If I'm into my third mag with my carry gun, I'm at the end of a long line of bad decisions.
Wait a sec, in
this thread you said that you only carried the mag in the gun and a single spare drum magazine. What's this "3rd mag" talk?
I know we've disagreed on this topic before, but it's important to remember that a lot of gunfights involving handguns make it through multiple reloads. There's some old(er) info on this
here at this link, but there's even more real-world instances where this happens that haven't made it to the online gun community for whatever reason. Handguns are underpowered, and if someone is attacking you to the point where your life is in danger, you need to be able to fight your way out of it,
all the way out of it...it's very unlikely that someone will make a half-assed attempt on your life.
Now look what it's morphed into ?
Basically LARPing
This is by far the most under trained area in defensive shooting. People view the gun as the solution to the problem, but it's only a piece. Getting the gun it to the fight when it happens fast and close is really hard if you haven't trained it.
Plus being able to operate it correctly while fighting up close (angling the gun so your body doesn't prevent the slide from cycling, not thrusting the gun towards the attacker like it's a knife, one handed reholstering, weapon retention, and more).
Fair enough answer, but for that matter IDPA isn't combat training either. It's a game. It provides some practice in firing while moving, drawing your pistol from a holster etc etc but it's not combat training.
I'm not referring to anyone in this thread, but many people don't realize this; all over the Internet there's folks talking about "All the training I've gotten from IPSC/IDPA/etc."
You find people shooting certain guns and using certain equipment in range exercises (course, IDPA, etc) that are not used day to day. This is fine for general practice and instruction as it's usually safer than the average carry rig which is more geared to concealment and all day comfort than ease of access. In fact, I'd hate to see someone trying to reholster IWB several hundred times during a course.
Really? With a quality setup it's not that big of a deal.