Here's another important tip from the Personal Defense Network. We're going to take a little bit closer look at that core principle, clamp, orient, ram, retract. So I've got the long arm in my shoulder and I'm moving down a hallway. I am approaching an area and all of a sudden a threat comes out from either side. Let's say from my right here, and grabs a whole of the muzzle of my carbine. I'm going to execute number one, the clamp, I'm going to pull that carbine deep underneath my strong side arm. I'm basically retracting that carbine and shortening it by half. Some key points to the clamp part of this process is that number one, I need to bring the rear side of the carbine back to at least my peck. Number two, I want to make sure that my strong side elbow is actually clamping down on the butt stock of the carbine. If my elbows up, then it can move around. And if my aggressor has control of the muzzle they can really, you know, throw me around with it. So by clamping down this elbow, I have a good secure grip on that carbine. And again, I've brought the long gun in close tight to the core of my body, where I'm strong, where I work every day with my hands. This is a very stable, secure position. I can also if need be, if, if my aggressor has grasped the muzzle and now they, they're realizing that they're not getting anywhere and they decide to start striking me. I can, if I've grasped this under my arm if I've clamped this tight underneath my strong side arm, I can take this hand off the four end long enough to fend off strikes. The second part of core is orient. So if my threat has come from the right they've grabbed my muzzle and we're, we've got a tug of war going on. I've clamped it under my arm. I've I've got a few seconds of security here. Now I'm going to orient the muzzle center line of my threat. Now this is important because if the threat justifies lethal force, I can work my safety selector and I can utilize lethal force and shoot them off the carbine. If they don't want lethal force, now I'm going to utilize some other combative techniques. Those might be striking with the carbine. And the first part of that is the first R, and that's ramp. I'm going to step violently towards my aggressor, ramming the muzzle into the center line and their body. Now, depending upon the height of my threat, I might hit them in the sternum. I might hit them in the stomach. I might hit them in the chest plate. And that can be a very, very, violent action. But what's important is that I didn't push out like this with the carbine to try to strike them with it. Because if my adversary is as big as or bigger than me and I extend my arms, now we get into this tug of war. So the ramparts very, very important in the sense that I stepped forward and I ran the muzzle into them. Hopefully, that'll loosen them up a little bit, loosen up their grip, distract them long enough to where now once I've rammed them with my rear foot, I take a violent step back and retract and pull the carbine away from their hands. There are some key points about the carbine or the long arm that we're looking at. Like the front sight. If someone has my foreign grasp, this front side is very sharp. The muzzle, muzzle breaks. Different parts of the muzzle, very sharp. So we're hoping it's not a definite, but we're hoping that those sharp parts will aid us in this retention process. In review with the carbine mounted. Number one, I'm going to clamp it underneath my strong side arm. Down tight, orient the muzzle on my threat, center line in my threat, ram forward with an aggressive step, retract backwards. Now, at this point, if they've let go of the carbine, I can remote the carbine and utilize lethal force, if it's justified. If you found this video helpful, make sure to post a comment at the https://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/
Very helpful. I did have a bit of a tough time visualizing how different ways an assailant may grab the carbine and make it a contest of strength to perform the first action of clamping. It may require stepping in closer to them if one can't retract it enough to get under the arm.