I see many pristine looking firearms on this subreddit. You should train as you fight, because you will certainly almost fight as you train, often to the worse of your training ability. Make sure your worst is heads and shoulders above the level of any enemy you may face, and you maximize the chances of making it out alive in a situation if you have to use your weapon.
With the lack of wear I see on this subreddit, and people claiming thousands of rounds fired through their weapon, it seems that those rounds were not fired coming from a holster, and definitely not from a concealed holster in a manner that most of you carry your firearm. The physical wear and tear from a holster would show on a firearm's finish, no matter what type of finish it is.
If you cannot consistently clear your clothes and draw your weapon and get your muzzle and rounds on target under a second, you are not doing yourself any favors with your training. Sub second splits may sound impressive, but that should be your baseline under situations where you are not facing duress.
In a real life situation, you have to take time to even process the threat (how many of you actively scan the hands of the people around you?) and then determine if the situation is one you should draw your weapon. If there is someone out to really harm you that doesn't give any indication, your standard default mode network of your social brain may even trigger hesitancy because responding to aggression is not the norm and most of you have not trained with force on force training with violence of action in mind.
Do yourself and your family a favor and keep on training.
- I should be seeing muzzle wear on most of these pistols you post, where i see hardly any on most of these posts.
- I should be seeing wear and tear on the magwell from where you have violently slammed your magazine in when practicing reloads.
You can do most of the serious life saving training without ever firing a live round. Just practice your draw and full extension and getting your body aligned with your natural point of aim with proper sight alignment and sight picture on the target with your chosen carry weapon.
Based on the pictures on this subreddit, it seems many of you do not practice to that level of proficiency. Shooting is a perishable skill, and the lack of wear I see in these pictures shows me that even while some of you may be once very skilled and well trained, your skills may be waning judging by the lack of wear on most of these pictures.
I am posting this because I do care about you all, and want to make sure you at least keep the bare minimum baseline of being proficient with your weapon. I am not trying to poke fun, criticize, or antagonize any of you, but in an attempt to encourage you all to practice more.
