Comparing Pistol and Carbine Time to First Shot

Here's another important video from the Personal Defense Network. For these next strings of fire, John's going to shoot on the buzzer and we're going to take a look at the times he's getting his first shots off. Well, what's interesting about that string of fire is not only can we look and see that at 0.98 seconds was when the first shot went off, but we can also take a look at the time it took for a transition and that time was 2.4 or five seconds. 2.4 or five seconds from one shot to the next shot when we had to transition from a rifle to the pistol. Well this time I'm going to have John go to the ready position with his pistol. And we're going to do exactly the same thing. Standby. First shot 0.79. Standby. First shot 0.80. First shot was a miss at 0.69. Okay, so by speeding up, we learned about our balance of speed and precision. We pushed the limits and we bring it back in. We've used the analogy before about squealing the tires. When you're driving on a racetrack and you squeal the tires you're either not doing it right, or you're doing it too fast. Slow down and do it right. Find out how fast you can go. That was a little too fast on the first shot. 0.89. What's interesting about this is we see that probably someone who practices more with a pistol, especially at this close distance which is a more realistic distance for defense of your home or defense of yourself in a public environment. You're actually going to be just a little bit faster with the pistol. Follow up shots may or may not be faster depending on exactly which fire I'm using. The point is not to take for granted that you're automatically better prepared if you have a long gun. Practice with your long gun often. Practice so that you know what the differences are between your capabilities with a pistol and your capabilities with a long gun. Check out more videos just like this one at the Personal Defense Network.