“40 YARDS WITH A HANDGUN!
I’M IMPRESSED AS HELL!........................”
40 yards, 15 seconds, 8 out of 10 hits, under fire. People that don’t shoot may not know, but to most shooters that is super hero level. At least it is to me.
And he did all while he was moving.
Yes it is. At seven yards I have trouble getting them all in center mass and I shoot a lot. At 40 yds I’d have to worry about each of them having a lawyer attached. Wow, 40 yds while under fire.
Does this gun carry 10 in the magazine? Or did he reload
Not to diminish Greenwood’s heroic act, but 40 yards might be an exaggeration. Great shooting though! 8 of 10 hit the target in 15 seconds. If I took my sweet time I might not make that.
There is a great body of knowledge on this phenomenon.
Having been in dark places and done things, I attest that often, especially in the instant the SHtf, people can do what generally consciously is well above and beyond capability. Mundane things as well as critical things become reflex, if trained and learned to a relative degree.
I enjoyed running the obstacle course at Benning. Later, I watched how, at the 8-foot wall, some men would run up, place a foot into the wall at full speed, using momentum, lever themselves up and over in a moment, while others, likely as fit, would run up, hesitate, jump from a standstill and try to pull up and over, in a quite longer time, some not at all.
Recently, while playing catch with my family, I went for a long ball, looking over my shoulder, I ran through a rose bush, tripped, fell and caught the ball and followed through with a forward roll back onto my feet and was just fine (60 YO). Lifetime of combatives fall training, some ability and the will to not die...
As a competitive pistol shot and rifleman, I hope my match nerves and jitters never stop- especially in timed events in pistol- stop thinking- that was for training and execute.
This young man, apparently with no formal skill training (but I bet he has shot his pistol quite a bit), did a great thing. He is indeed a heroic man. Now, he needs to find support and encouragement because living with killing, even when necessary, lawful and appropriate, can be a burdensome thing. May God Bless him.
What you said. I challenge anyone here to do that to a STATIONARY target with a cold weapon in 15 seconds.
I will bet he had a reflex sight on the Glock.