What is Your Go To Gear?
Added 2020-05-29 03:33:18 +0000 UTCHello Patreon,
This one came up after a day of filming and I thought it was important enough to share. This isn't a call out, just an honest question if you are training for defense. The question came up when my camera guy and I were talking about gear and setups and what is dialed in and not.
It's easy to spend money at the gun shops buying the latest and greatest but might not be the best use of resources if you are training for defense. I've done this too! What ends up happening is you'll have stuff in your safe that is not dialed in. If having a collection is your thing. Power to you! Nothing wrong with that and you can easily have a collection and be prepared for defense. But, if you are training strictly for defense, ask yourself what is your go to.
What model do you have set up, dialed in, ready to rock, safe storage and what system do you have training time on?
Just food for thought.
Let me know in the comments below.
New video coming this weekend and Tier III Live on Sunday.
Comments
Glock 19 with Surefire light is my all around go to these days.
Shawn
2020-09-17 04:53:44 +0000 UTCWhat is your go to gear when your in bed and hear someone breaking in and you need to go check it out?
Derik German
2020-09-17 01:47:39 +0000 UTCSounds like you are getting that go to setup dialed in. A good go to is great for building up mindset ππ».
Shawn
2020-09-15 04:48:20 +0000 UTCAll great points. I definitely have a go-to weapon which is anything in the M4 platform. Having said that, a place to practice these skills is critical. All these movements are perishable, no simulation = defaulting to your current level of competence, which may be lower than you think. I currently don't have a place to perfect these tactics as my property does not allow it. Friends with property are a good distance away, 1hr+ which is a barrier, many indoor ranges wonβt even let you draw from a holster (among other things). I was able to build a 16β RECCE during all this madness with a CompM2, only have a laser bore sight zero, which is better than nothing. We were purely iron sights in the 90βs, these optics are new to me with exception to the starlight scope (ugh). I have an old dissipator quad-rail that I can get-down with just fine, but Iβd like to step my tactics up to current times. Luckily, Iβve maintained a high level of fitness all these years which is a weapon unto itself, i.e. no one will have to shout βmedic!β once I find a place to run around, ha, ha. Shawn has mentioned prior how important it is to have "data" on these weapons, I couldn't agree more. Sincere thanks to him for sharing his knowledge and experience with us, it's a BIG DEAL given his background, roger that?
Anthony Bruno
2020-09-13 16:00:51 +0000 UTCCan't go wrong with the G19. ππ»
Shawn
2020-08-20 04:46:39 +0000 UTCNice!!!
Shawn
2020-08-20 04:45:31 +0000 UTCPretty solid stuff. Does your Ithaca slam fire? Check out the MPX alternatives video on here too might help with some info on that decision. ππ»
Shawn
2020-08-20 04:45:19 +0000 UTCWe buy for a wide variety of uses in our natural resources consulting business, which among others includes personal protection, which of course naturally runs over into off-work personal protection. I, personally, have been shooting Glock 19s since the early 80s. Had one of the earlier gens years ago, but sold it. My own current setup is two Gen 5 Glock 19s. ("Two is one and one is none," as the saying goes.) Black in color. Both are stock and identical in every way, factory iron sites, no b.s. added to them to make me look to a jury like an itchy-finger cowboy. However, I am planning as quick as I can to change the irons to something glow-in-dark, like maybe XS Big Dots. One of the 19s is my daily, constant carry. I keep it clean as a whistle, oiled in just those few right places. Loaded with Defiant Munitions 115 gr +P TCX (Total Copper X-panding). Two extra magazines on my belt loaded with that same ammo. This is expensive ammo, and just recently acquired. Didn't buy a lot of it. Before loading for carry, I ran 30 rounds at live fire the other day just to be sure no problems. Carry in Concealment Express IWB between my belt and the waste band of my jeans. That is, outside the waist band but inside the belt. This makes it easier to remove the whole thing before and replace it after making a daily visit to the post office. Carry at my 9:00 or 9:30, lefty. Concealed under untucked polo. When home and undressed, that pistol still goes everywhere with me in the house. It even goes in a drawer in the bathroom while I'm in the shower. In addition to that carry ammo, I keep handy at the house, in the office and in the truck several additional magazines loaded with Federal Premium 124 gr. HST HP, which I carried for quite a while before switching to the Defiant. The other 19 I keep for backup and use for weekly live fire training and daily dry-fire training. For dry firing I have an old Glock 19 magazine in which I replaced the spring with enough fishing weights to make it weigh the same as a loaded magazine, and topped off the little bit of empty space with a wad of paper towel. Added some blue tape to the outside of the magazine to label as training. I find that daily dry-firing is a must. Recently bought a Windham Weaponry $800.00 AR 15, our one and only AR. We're in the process of adding a Vortex Crossfire II red dot, to be mounted on a Unity FAST mount, and a Vortex 3X magnifier. Have a Remington .270 with Vortex Viper scope. For large animal, typically under 300 yds. Presently looking for a Ruger 10/22. P.S. Forgot to say we have a Glock 27 (40 cal.) which we made the mistake of buying several years back when 40 was so popular for whatever reason. Fortunately, however, it will run a Glock 26 9mm barrel and magazine, 10 rounds. We have tested with Glock 19 magazines, 15 rounds, and it runs them fine. We keep it handy for an extra.
Res
2020-08-18 03:29:04 +0000 UTCIt felt good when Mike Glover asked what my zero was, at a class, and I actually had an answer. Few years ago I knew absolute shit other than what optic I had
Danny Gonzalez
2020-08-15 19:05:24 +0000 UTCFirst and foremost is my Glock 43X then two S&W .38, Ithaca 20 Gauge and here's one thats a walk down memory lane for us older folks because they haven't been made since 1989, Remington Nylon 66 .22 rifle. Has a tubular feed system and holds 14 rounds of .22 LR, no scope, iron sights. Next purchase will be an AR-15, but I'm loving the idea of the SIg MPX PCC, but out of my budget right now.
Terry D.
2020-08-15 04:24:34 +0000 UTCThat's a pretty solid loadout.
Shawn
2020-08-08 05:03:18 +0000 UTCG19 gen4 with streamlight, model 12 shotgun, Colt AR15 A2 with Colt red dot, Makarov 9mm.
Rain
2020-08-08 03:58:33 +0000 UTCThat's a lot of fire power π₯
Shawn
2020-07-08 15:16:33 +0000 UTC10 Man that's a good collection going.
Shawn
2020-07-08 15:15:39 +0000 UTCHere is my list; I have a hellcat OSP w/red dot for daily carry that is zero'd in. I have various Glocks hidden around the house, they are all tested and have tritium night sights and lights on them, loaded and ready to go. Bed side firearm is a S&W Compact with with a laser and light. My shotgun is also hidden (cruiser ready) w/light and tested. I have one SBR in safe that is loaded ready to go, optic tested and a couple back up batteries laying in the safe. I check function every couple of weeks of all of them as well as rotate magazines so I don't get spring fatigue. No children in my home so I don't worry about the hidden firearms. Great post btw!
Michael .
2020-07-07 18:15:08 +0000 UTCcz p10s with the hbi trigger and 3lbs spring and night fision sights. I'm a CZ nut, grew up shooting CZ and that's what I'm sticking to. Literally have over 10 CZ pistols, most of em have turned into safe queens since switching over to the striker platform.
Glenn Segers
2020-06-27 19:33:22 +0000 UTCSig and S&W. Hard to go wrong there ππ».
Shawn
2020-06-18 07:15:11 +0000 UTCI am pretty much a sig guy. Carry a 365 daily. a 320x5 with SW mp15 slightly modified ready to go.
Tony Santulli
2020-06-17 14:44:48 +0000 UTCThose shield mags are pretty cool. I also have those guns that are aging in the safe. Once you have your go to's, the safe queens tend to collect dust.
Shawn
2020-06-13 05:06:55 +0000 UTCOn the go, G43x w/ shield S15βs. HD is a suppressed 10.5β AR or my CZ P09 with an X300. If something funky is going down in the backyard I have a Savage .308 chassis gun. Those are the 4 that I shoot the most. I hardly touch anything else i own.
dirty_glove89
2020-06-11 16:36:10 +0000 UTC
