Comments by "Stephen Villano" (@spvillano) on "Colion Noir" channel.

  1. Tunnel vision is present, true. In spades. Fortunately, when one is defending inside of one's home, that frequently isn't something to hamper survival. Compared to military situations, where one needs to scan for additional combatants coming from outside of that tunnel vision cone. Our training literally involved running to the range and a significant degree of adversarial environment in order to trigger an adrenaline response. Annoying as hell, but extremely effective.
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  2. Actually, the Army has added stress based shooting in the training for all special operations personnel. There's been talk about expanding it service wide, don't know if it gained traction, as I retired two years ago. But, true, training is necessary. I'm only saying that without stress based training, accuracy is pretty much out the window. As evidenced by police firefights where 60+ rounds are fired, no target found. :/ But, some training beats no training at all.
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  3. Actually, a full assault rifle is selective fire. Either full automatic or three round burst and the other option being semiautomatic. The majority of the time, we kept ours on semi. One can only carry so much ammunition when on patrol, full auto or burst wastes ammunition.
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  4. With due respect to Colion, the AR15 is among the last firearms I'd use in home defense. My primary choice is my M1911, but that's because of preference and the fact that I routinely fire a possible with it. My second choice is a 12 gauge shotgun. My absolute last choice would be my .308 rifle. The right too for the job and one with significant stopping power and less potential over penetration of the target.
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  5. As far as I know, every state still permits pump shotguns, even NY. Indeed, they're still quite popular for hunting in may states.
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  6. Your first two sentences I agree fully with. Your third, I disagree. New shooters are inexperienced and frankly, lousy at putting lead into a target. An M4 vs pistol grip shotgun in confined spaces, the shotgun wins hands down, as does a pistol. However, I only make a suggestion. I never insist that people purchase what I suggest, I'm not the emperor. We don't have an emperor. As for an AR type weapon, I'd go with 6.8SPC over 5.56, it's far more effective.
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  7. Years ago, when I first started firing the M1911, I found that my strong hand shots were one inch low, weak hand accurate. Dry firing and examining showed I pinkie squeezed. Without good training with a rifle, I'd not have a clue how to analyze what I was doing wrong. Being trained, I examined every movement I was making, noticed when the barrel dipped when dry firing and adjusted what I was doing until it's muscle memory. Today, don't know how to miss with the M1911. :)
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  8. Your club is training people to double tap with a 12 gauge? Or engage at distances of 25 yards inside of one's house that might be 5 yards long? Or do they train that firing inside of a building is quieter than firing outside? Or do they train that one won't flinch when a firearm is used in confined spaces of a home?
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  9. Only in the central cone of vision though. Increased startle response is common as well, that is what I was trying to get to about flinching.
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  10. The problem is, in an emergency, all that training tends to be useless, because adrenaline destroys clear thinking, imparts tunnel vision and one doesn't even notice that one's hands are shaking. And trust me, you'll flinch when firing any firearm, be it an AR or a 12 gauge or even my M1911 indoors without hearing protection.
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  11. Pity that the video confirms that a Saiga 12 gauge shotgun was in the trunk of the car, with plenty of YouTube video proclaiming the Saiga is an AR. Small hint: The charging handle on a Saiga is on the right side of the receiver. The AR charging handle is in the rear. But, what would *I* know? I only lugged an M16 or an M4 around in the Army for nearly 28 years.
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  12. The military has been moving toward shoot/no shoot decision making as well, hard to win "hearts and minds" when one engages anything that is breathing and many being unarmed. :) I know plenty of cops personally, you're right. It's a tool that is extremely infrequently used. Our installation also permitted LEO's to bring their weapon to the pistol range. Some couldn't hit the broad side of a barn and we wondered *how* they annually qualified! For them,the safest place was in front of the target
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  13. Important isn't the word. Vital would be the more appropriate word. Without training, safety is lacking. Where safety is lacking, a disaster awaits. Without training, the new firearm owner has no clue how to properly hold a firearm, have a steady stance, frame a good sight picture and how to properly squeeze the trigger.
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  14. I can't argue on the sparse conditions. However, much of the time, confrontations are conducted in well under 5 meters. But, let's go country conditions. Someone is on your property and is 100 yards away. Do you blaze away? Cool! You just shot the county assessor. Welcome to prison. However, you mentioned over penetration. That is inside. Rifles don't swing well inside of houses. That's why we went to the M4 or MP7. I still suggest the 12 gauge. But, it does depend on conditions and the person
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