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I was told by a couple of cop friends to aim center mass and double-tap to stop an assailant.
After reading articles from Dr. Sydney Vail and Mr. Ronald Eyears (Firearms instructor), I will start changing my POA from center mass of the silhouette target and towards the hip pelvis area. That seems to be the ticket for me to practice.
Dr Vail said, " Accurate hits in any reasonable caliber will "stop" a person if that person has experienced enough brain or spinal cord damage to interrupt regular neurologic impulses from reaching vital areas of the body or the person has hemorrhaged enough blood to lower his or her blood pressure where the brain no longer is able to function well."..." shot placement with any commercially available ammunition will offer you the best chance of maximizing your duty ammunition's stopping power."
I was told that head shots were difficult to make while under duress. Other than a shot to the neck, getting penetration to the spinal cord seems to be a difficult objective to damage.
Mr. Eyears article said, " So what does it take to shoot and stop an attacker? Fackler and other experts say it can only be accomplished two ways: destruction of a vital organ such as the heart or a vital body structure such as a hip joint."..." police shootings average about 2.8 rounds in 2.5 seconds, with all parties heard from."..." fat can protect organs and plug holes, preventing external bleeding and encouraging the attacker to ignore the wound."..." Nature has a reason for programming us to lose an arm and feel only a tingle or numbness."..." The civilian record stands at 33 rounds, and all of that trauma didn't cause instantaneous shutdown."..." the man had maintained aggression for perhaps 12 to 18 seconds after his heart had been pulverized."..." all defensive handgun choices are a trade-off between what you can control and what it takes to do the job."..." Many officers carry 9mm auto pistols. And this weapon does have its advantages. The size of the round means that your magazines can carry more "bumblebees," and the slight recoil of the "nine" makes it a good choice for accuracy, but it may not hit hard enough to do the job. A 9mm round barely reaches the energy of a hot 38 special."..." Whit Collins, the man who conceived the .40 S&W, warned that while it was designed to be a superior replacement for the 9mm, it would never equal, much less exceed, the .45 ACP."..." About six years ago, a leading gun magazine asked 10 nationally known shootists/gunsmiths to name their preferred defensive handgun cartridge. All 10 opted for the .45 ACP."
I can do that and aim at the hip joint. When I was playing football my target was just slightly below the belt buckle to make tackles. If you place thrust your shoulder pad in that area when tackling it will cause the other player to reverse direction and fall backwards. I know, I did this many times.
I am not changing my choice of caliber, which happens to be 45 ACP from a Glock 30SF. However, I'm placing my two targets on either side of the pelvis area at about belt level. If I miss slightly, I could still damage the groin.
BTW these articles can be read at http://www.policemag.com
After reading articles from Dr. Sydney Vail and Mr. Ronald Eyears (Firearms instructor), I will start changing my POA from center mass of the silhouette target and towards the hip pelvis area. That seems to be the ticket for me to practice.
Dr Vail said, " Accurate hits in any reasonable caliber will "stop" a person if that person has experienced enough brain or spinal cord damage to interrupt regular neurologic impulses from reaching vital areas of the body or the person has hemorrhaged enough blood to lower his or her blood pressure where the brain no longer is able to function well."..." shot placement with any commercially available ammunition will offer you the best chance of maximizing your duty ammunition's stopping power."
I was told that head shots were difficult to make while under duress. Other than a shot to the neck, getting penetration to the spinal cord seems to be a difficult objective to damage.
Mr. Eyears article said, " So what does it take to shoot and stop an attacker? Fackler and other experts say it can only be accomplished two ways: destruction of a vital organ such as the heart or a vital body structure such as a hip joint."..." police shootings average about 2.8 rounds in 2.5 seconds, with all parties heard from."..." fat can protect organs and plug holes, preventing external bleeding and encouraging the attacker to ignore the wound."..." Nature has a reason for programming us to lose an arm and feel only a tingle or numbness."..." The civilian record stands at 33 rounds, and all of that trauma didn't cause instantaneous shutdown."..." the man had maintained aggression for perhaps 12 to 18 seconds after his heart had been pulverized."..." all defensive handgun choices are a trade-off between what you can control and what it takes to do the job."..." Many officers carry 9mm auto pistols. And this weapon does have its advantages. The size of the round means that your magazines can carry more "bumblebees," and the slight recoil of the "nine" makes it a good choice for accuracy, but it may not hit hard enough to do the job. A 9mm round barely reaches the energy of a hot 38 special."..." Whit Collins, the man who conceived the .40 S&W, warned that while it was designed to be a superior replacement for the 9mm, it would never equal, much less exceed, the .45 ACP."..." About six years ago, a leading gun magazine asked 10 nationally known shootists/gunsmiths to name their preferred defensive handgun cartridge. All 10 opted for the .45 ACP."
I can do that and aim at the hip joint. When I was playing football my target was just slightly below the belt buckle to make tackles. If you place thrust your shoulder pad in that area when tackling it will cause the other player to reverse direction and fall backwards. I know, I did this many times.
I am not changing my choice of caliber, which happens to be 45 ACP from a Glock 30SF. However, I'm placing my two targets on either side of the pelvis area at about belt level. If I miss slightly, I could still damage the groin.
BTW these articles can be read at http://www.policemag.com
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