Armed men at a bar!
Last night, I met up to do some shooting with Laughingdog, who was in town on business. And MJM showed up to test out some CrimsonTrace Lasergrips. And ran into Tam by happy accident.
After, LD and I went to grab a bite. And we sat at the bar because the restaurant was crowded. LD was open carrying a full size 1911. And an amazing thing happened: Nothing. A couple folks noticed but nothing happened. No cops called, no freaking out. At a bar.
Me, I prefer to cover my weapons. Different strokes.
And remember when I said my M&P was shooting low and to the right? Well, since LD can actually shoot, I learned it was operator error. I was anticipating, which is not a problem I usually have. Odd that I was doing that with a wimpy europellet and not with my manly 45.
May 26th, 2011 at 10:49 am
Low left? Didn’t know you were a lefty
May 26th, 2011 at 11:20 am
Could be you were looking at the two guns differently.
I found on one range trip my target accuracy was better shooting my .22 revolver in double action vs. single. There’s no mechanical reason for this, so I suspect I was just much sloppier on my trigger squeeze on the shorter stroke.
May 26th, 2011 at 11:21 am
Low Left is T-Bolt. Low Right is Unc. Miss the Broadside of a Barn, that’s me ; )
May 26th, 2011 at 11:21 am
I went over to kinko’s and printed this diagram out double-sided and got it laminated. Had them print it out around 4-5 inches in size, so it’s easy to keep in the range bag.
http://www.weapon-blog.com/?p=65
May 26th, 2011 at 11:40 am
Thanks Aaron! I saw that a few weeks ago, but I forgot to save it.
May 26th, 2011 at 11:52 am
I don’t have a real preference for OC. It’s just easier in the summer, especially when I am carrying a 1911. I can dress to hide that, but I didn’t pack any clothes for that since the IWB holster isn’t that comfortable on the motorcycle.
I am used to the “nothing” response though. If you act like it is normal to carry like that, and don’t rub it in peoples’ faces, they’ll act like it is normal. It doesn’t hurt that I dress decently enough tha they tend to just assume I am law enforcement of some kind.
May 27th, 2011 at 8:57 pm
Flinching, for many people, has more to do with muzzle blast than recoil. Most 9mm’s have more blast than .45’s.
I used to introduce students to the subject of recoil vs blast by inducing a flinch (even in experienced rifle shooters) by letting them shoot a .257 WBY Magnum. 5-10 rounds downrange and even the most experienced rifle shooters would develop a flinch. The .257 doesn’t have much recoil (far less than a .30-’06), but it was the loudest rifle I had access to at the time.
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