self defense AAR(not mine)

[45calibre]

this guy fought for his life during a robbery. good read.

My CCW Shooting AAR--Now with Moar Graphic Pics on pg 29 & 30 - Page 1 - AR15.COM

 

[TheDude]

When he pulled me up, he was at my 5 O'clock position. I was still trying to keep him from seeing my gun until I was able to turn into him, so when I came up, I basically had my right hand (holding the pistol) tight to my stomach/chest with the muzzle pointed in the direction of my left shoulder. I don't know why I did that, except to conceal it and maybe so he couldn't take it away from me. I started turning to my right, into him, flipping the safety at some point along the way. He either saw the gun or heard the safety click as I had turned into him enough for him to be at my 3 O'clock and shoved his revolver inside my open jacket against my stomach and fired the first round. Luckily, his angle was off and it only grazed my stomach. Unluckily, I had my left hand tucked against my left side and the round passed through my palm and out the base of my thumb at my wrist.

I continued turning toward him while lowering my pistol to return fire, which evidently put the right hand directly in the line of fire as he squeezed off another round. I can only assume that my hand blocked the shot from hitting my stomach or chest as we were practically face to face at that point. It took me just a second to recover and he started retreating toward the door, backing away from me and shooting. I got two shots off as he was backing away, both missing him. I had the little problem with the next round not going off, thinking I had a jam, I ducked behind the table to clear the gun and yelled for everyone to stay down. I looked down and saw how bad my hands were as I cleared the round out, and stood back up to continue fire. (Looking back on it, I think I realized that I wasn't getting a good grip due to the screwed up hand and neglected to engage the grip safety) He had his back to the door by now and we exchanged a couple more shots (which is when I scored my hit and near miss) until his revolver hit on spent rounds. I will NEVER forget that. There were three clicks. He realized he was out of ammo and was out the door before I could get another shot off. Even in the heat of the moment, I did not attempt to shoot him in the back or pursue him.















Wow, scary stuff. Makes a grip safety and manual safety seem like more trouble than their worth.




This is not a 1911 bashing post!

 

[Fordtough25]

Crazy story but true to the tune of a real encounter being crazy! The less you have to do to defend yourself the better IMO. Good read!

 

[mikefraz]

Had my adrenaline pumping just reading that. The scenario that he tells is what I have bad dreams about.

 

[Steelman]

I lose sleep over stories like this one. Time to check the "Tactics and Training' forum schedule.

 

[downzero]

I think I'm going to break the tang off my CCW rig's grip safety now.

 

[indytechnerd]

Holy Crap, scary stuff. Based on the pics, I'm wondering what the BG was carrying.

 

[millsusaf]

Holy Crap, scary stuff. Based on the pics, I'm wondering what the BG was carrying.

A revolver of some caliber, probably a .38.

 

[indytechnerd]

A revolver of some caliber, probably a .38.

Digging through the linkd thread, it's a 5-shot .38, apparently Speer Gold Dots. Guess there wasn't enough room for expansion, though the shoulder shot should have had some.

 

[bullfrog4ever]

Wow, that's some scary stuff. I'm glad he's OK. He definitely kept a cool head during that. Time to reevaluate training, even thinking up ways to stall a criminal to give you a split second advantage can be life or death. Now I really want to take a handgun employment course!

 

[45calibre]

this has me thinking about changing my carry piece to a stiker fired one. i carry a p-01 and at close range like that the hammer can possibly get caught on clothing. also does anyone know if the grip safety on a 1911 is any different from an xd? does it have to be depressed further than an xd?