Perspectives On Capacity

[josh7328]

I suppose thats true.. how should the normal everyday person think about it do you think? Im not military myself, but have shot for a very long time. I could get up to speed on triple taps or 2+1 really quick..

like in a home defense situation, should I be looking to the 2+1 idea? or just put as many in the bad guy that I can? I know that these are all extremely hard judgement calls.

I use my AR for H/D. Keep nailin' them until they are no longer a threat. Even 5.56 vmax rounds penetrate soft armor. Plus with the AR a quick headshot is alot easier (for me) than with a pistol.

[Chad4000]

I recently bought some body armor on amazon. A couple clicks, and bam, you have armor at your door. I really should start practicing the failure drill. Body armor isn't just for the cops anymore.

ya know, that's not a horrible point either.. looks like I get to practice some headshots lol...

[Richard K]

Most who posted here have been fixated on there being one assailant and placing 2 to the chest and one to the head. I'm more concerned about there being multiple assailants. I once heard a dispatch tape of an off-duty San Diego County Deputy who pissed off a motorcycle gang and was chased into a vacant building. He had a (then new) S&W with a fourteen or fifteen round capacity. On the tape he was telling the dispatcher that fourteen or fifteen had him cornered, hold on, bang, one more down. Please call my sergeant at (number) and tell him, hold on, bang, there's another one down, tell him I'm going to be late for my shift. Tell my back-up that things are getting kind of tense here, I'm down to my last 5 ir 6 rounds. He was nicknamed the Ice Man.

[Chad4000]

Most who posted here have been fixated on there being one assailant and placing 2 to the chest and one to the head. I'm more concerned about there being multiple assailants. I once heard a dispatch tape of an off-duty San Diego County Deputy who pissed off a motorcycle gang and was chased into a vacant building. He had a (then new) S&W with a fourteen or fifteen round capacity. On the tape he was telling the dispatcher that fourteen or fifteen had him cornered, hold on, bang, one more down. Please call my sergeant at (number) and tell him, hold on, bang, there's another one down, tell him I'm going to be late for my shift. Tell my back-up that things are getting kind of tense here, I'm down to my last 5 ir 6 rounds. He was nicknamed the Ice Man.

Sorry to bring this thread back,, but any chance you have a link to that? that would be an awesome call to listen too... (unless maybe you mean it was like an internal thing or something)

[jmg8550]

Point blank.... I like high cap because I assume I'm going to miss.... I'm a pretty decent shot, but I think one in three (or worse for that matter) on target depending on the sitch, would be considered a success..

So those other two "misses' could be potential murder charges. The right state of mind would be to not take the shot unless you are sure you will hit your target.
Remember, a pistol is a DEFENSIVE weapon. If you are truly in combat, you shouldn't be using a pistol.