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I just added this incident to my list of CCW incidents linked in my sig line. Since this occurred back in January, it is #176 out of 180 incidents I've compiled.
Since it involved a BG who stalked a woman, I thought I'd bring it to your attention for discussion rather than just adding it to my list.
After you've read it (the video doesn't show much), here are my "lessons learned" re. her gun choice:
1) As in most "normal" crimes (vs terrorist attacks), the main thing is to have a CCW and EDC. The odds are a J-frame will do just fine, so if it is between that and a hicap and spare mags left in the safe at home, a J-frame wins hands down ever time. (Of course, the more the better, but EDC something!)
2) Her Beretta did not fire when she first pulled the trigger. She had to pull it multiple times before it would fire. My take: the Beretta shown is a double-action, which is good in this case since it allowed her to keep pulling the trigger until it went "bang!" Why didn't it fire initially? (1) It could have been because of the "close quarters combat" she was engaged in, the slide was out-of-battery and thus would not fire. That is unlikely the case here since this Beretta, IIRC, has a fixed barrel and does not have a full slide. (2) More likely is that it was in .22 rimfire and it is not uncommon for rimfires' primers not to ignite with the first hammer strike. The solution in that case is getting the .25 acp centerfire version. Centerfires have much more reliable ignition.
IMO, she would have been better served by a .38 J-frame Centennial (enclosed hammer): you can press it muzzle-to-meat and fire w/o worrying about it being out-of-battery or the locked breech being unlocked. Plus, being a revolver means you can't "weak wrist" it, causing a jam the way you would with a semi. Having an enclosed hammer means neither flesh nor fabric can keep the hammer from striking during H2H fighting/wrestling.
I'm sure there is much more to be gleaned from this as well.
Since it involved a BG who stalked a woman, I thought I'd bring it to your attention for discussion rather than just adding it to my list.
After you've read it (the video doesn't show much), here are my "lessons learned" re. her gun choice:
1) As in most "normal" crimes (vs terrorist attacks), the main thing is to have a CCW and EDC. The odds are a J-frame will do just fine, so if it is between that and a hicap and spare mags left in the safe at home, a J-frame wins hands down ever time. (Of course, the more the better, but EDC something!)
2) Her Beretta did not fire when she first pulled the trigger. She had to pull it multiple times before it would fire. My take: the Beretta shown is a double-action, which is good in this case since it allowed her to keep pulling the trigger until it went "bang!" Why didn't it fire initially? (1) It could have been because of the "close quarters combat" she was engaged in, the slide was out-of-battery and thus would not fire. That is unlikely the case here since this Beretta, IIRC, has a fixed barrel and does not have a full slide. (2) More likely is that it was in .22 rimfire and it is not uncommon for rimfires' primers not to ignite with the first hammer strike. The solution in that case is getting the .25 acp centerfire version. Centerfires have much more reliable ignition.
IMO, she would have been better served by a .38 J-frame Centennial (enclosed hammer): you can press it muzzle-to-meat and fire w/o worrying about it being out-of-battery or the locked breech being unlocked. Plus, being a revolver means you can't "weak wrist" it, causing a jam the way you would with a semi. Having an enclosed hammer means neither flesh nor fabric can keep the hammer from striking during H2H fighting/wrestling.
I'm sure there is much more to be gleaned from this as well.
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