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<blockquote data-quote="Dave70968" data-source="post: 3118914" data-attributes="member: 13624"><p>Training can change who you are to a significant degree. I recall going to a pistol training course, and shooting a fast string toward the end of the course, I had a malfunction. I started to execute a tap-rack-bang drill, and as I was moving to "tap," I could actually <em>see</em> that the magazine was unseated by about a millimeter. I was back in the "fight" in amazing time, and I never lost my awareness of anything else around me; several days earlier, I would <em>never</em> have seen that 1mm difference.</p><p></p><p>In the exercise at OCU, I'd not been to the range at all in some time; the skills had atrophied.</p><p></p><p>As to the "who you are," that can also change; it can be a question of "who you decide to be." I've always been the guy on the emergency response team at work; at a previous job, I went through the first aid training, and I was always on the "walk through" team to make sure the building was empty during the fire drills. Even some time after I left the job, I found myself in a fire evac, searching and clearing rooms before the staff could get to them, leaving doors open and reporting that it was clear behind me. I decided long ago to be that person.</p><p></p><p>Shooting is a perishable skill. So is situational awareness. Training is good; frequent, repetitive training is better. I've read that figure skaters start to lose their equilibrium after three or four days off from training, and airline pilots have reported feeling less sharp after a couple of weeks' vacation. That's not a character judgment, that's just the nature of the brain, of learning and cognition.</p><p></p><p>It's been years since I've been in the left seat of an airplane, and I wouldn't dare put myself in a Piper Cub or Cessna 150 right now without an instructor to knock off the rust (and I used to <em>be</em> an instructor). I still carry my sidearm, but I don't pretend to think I'm as capable as those who run through the shoot house monthly; I'm still better than I would be unarmed, though. Training force-on-force is better than action pistol training, which is better than training on the square range against a stationary bullseye target.</p><p></p><p>Just one man's opinion, of course.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave70968, post: 3118914, member: 13624"] Training can change who you are to a significant degree. I recall going to a pistol training course, and shooting a fast string toward the end of the course, I had a malfunction. I started to execute a tap-rack-bang drill, and as I was moving to "tap," I could actually [I]see[/I] that the magazine was unseated by about a millimeter. I was back in the "fight" in amazing time, and I never lost my awareness of anything else around me; several days earlier, I would [I]never[/I] have seen that 1mm difference. In the exercise at OCU, I'd not been to the range at all in some time; the skills had atrophied. As to the "who you are," that can also change; it can be a question of "who you decide to be." I've always been the guy on the emergency response team at work; at a previous job, I went through the first aid training, and I was always on the "walk through" team to make sure the building was empty during the fire drills. Even some time after I left the job, I found myself in a fire evac, searching and clearing rooms before the staff could get to them, leaving doors open and reporting that it was clear behind me. I decided long ago to be that person. Shooting is a perishable skill. So is situational awareness. Training is good; frequent, repetitive training is better. I've read that figure skaters start to lose their equilibrium after three or four days off from training, and airline pilots have reported feeling less sharp after a couple of weeks' vacation. That's not a character judgment, that's just the nature of the brain, of learning and cognition. It's been years since I've been in the left seat of an airplane, and I wouldn't dare put myself in a Piper Cub or Cessna 150 right now without an instructor to knock off the rust (and I used to [I]be[/I] an instructor). I still carry my sidearm, but I don't pretend to think I'm as capable as those who run through the shoot house monthly; I'm still better than I would be unarmed, though. Training force-on-force is better than action pistol training, which is better than training on the square range against a stationary bullseye target. Just one man's opinion, of course. [/QUOTE]
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