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I agree. I spent some time training in a live fire shoot house with my AR and I was surprised how easy it was to maneuver and make accurate quick shots at "inside a home" distances. You may get slightly better maneuverability with a pistol, but I agree that it's easier to throw a shot with a pistol. With a little practice, an AR can be very maneuverable and gives you more preferable ballistic performance against a threat IMO.
Interesting enough even though we don't have all the details on the construction. I just remembered that the distance was like, what, 15 meters? Oh, and cookoff. Can't forget that. Kind of eliminates the whole reducing the structure to rubble w/ multiple shooters using small arms. In a quick manner that is.
To each their own. Speed/power is fine but accuracy is final.
10 yards is probably on the tail end of what could be considered justifiable defense. But from a low ready with a pistol i can ding an 8.5x11 sheet of paper at 10 yards inside of a second reliably. Inside of 1 yard it would seem the carbine would be a liability.
I'd certainly like a carbine and some time and training with one, but given that i have a pistol on me most of the time and a limited training budget, the time and effort goes into pistol shooting.
In the hands of someone who knows how to use ones, carbines are anything but a liability at close near contact distances.
10 yards? Not sure I understand.
An armed intruder is dangerous much further than 10 yards away.
Also, I don't know of any castle doctrine states that sets a range limit on what distance you can shoot an intruder in your house.
Now, in many homes you may not have more than 10 yards of distance from one point to another, but that is a different matter entirely.
That was me lifting a random number from someone else.
Point is inside my house there could be shots long enough to outright miss a body. I do not know what my brain is going to do to me if I have to do something, but I know it will have a harder time ****ing me with a carbine.
Call me old school, but I also see a carbine as a far superior impact/striking weapon to a pistol. Especially since all my serious pistols are plastic framed.
Incorrect. A justified shoot is a justified shoot. Couple that with the fact that most states have some form of a castle doctrine you the distance really does not matter.
I have seen good "square range" shooters miss a full size human target in a shoot house from 6 feet away. How? They were surprised and jerk the hell out of the trigger.But from a low ready with a pistol i can ding an 8.5x11 sheet of paper at 10 yards inside of a second reliably. Inside of 1 yard it would seem the carbine would be a liability.
As I have said many times on this forum, I am no longer impressed with people’s ability on the square range. Show me how well you move and shoot in a kill house.
A pistol is just fine, but if you have the time or ability, always switch to a long gun.I'd certainly like a carbine and some time and training with one, but given that i have a pistol on me most of the time and a limited training budget, the time and effort goes into pistol shooting.
Remember that unless you have had room clearing training with your pistol, then you are most likely even to worse off with it than you would be with a carbine. Why? Because it is much easier to throw a round a close distances.
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Last edited by C4IGrant; 07-14-11 at 09:58.
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