So today I finally got the blessing to buy my nephews some cap guns. Of course they want to do the Wild West thing and duel. So we set em up, made em walk 10 paces, draw and shoot. Older nephew, tossed the snubby in his waistband, younger one threw it in his pocket. Older one had a smooth draw and the younger one got the hammer snagged on the inside of his shorts. Then they faced me, I carried appendix and moved at 10 the older one fired 4 shots where he thought I was and lost badly. Younger one saw this and moved to cover (a tree) to engage me, that was a draw
Set em loose on each other again and both moved to cover drawing on the move. Youngest nephew won by laying down and getting off two rounds before his brother could find him.
Was fun watching their lightbulbs go off and learning organically from the situation and adapting to the situation as it developed.
Lessons learned and reinforced.
Make sure your gun and carry method work for you.
Move before you draw, most of us don't have carte blanche for SD and need to wait for a fhreat to present itself before defending ourselves. If they're already a threar you're playing catch up already, give them a moving target to hit.
Make yourself a smaller or nonexistent target, use cover if possible, concealment if theres nothing better. Don't be an easy target.
If using cover and concealment try to vary the angles and locations you pop up from. Whack a Mole is no fun with bullets.
Funniest part of this, after our final run through, my one year old nephew grabbed one of the spare cap guns we had, walked behind a tree and then said boom when everything was said and done. Funny as anything, but a lesson to always check for more bad guys.
Set em loose on each other again and both moved to cover drawing on the move. Youngest nephew won by laying down and getting off two rounds before his brother could find him.
Was fun watching their lightbulbs go off and learning organically from the situation and adapting to the situation as it developed.
Lessons learned and reinforced.
Make sure your gun and carry method work for you.
Move before you draw, most of us don't have carte blanche for SD and need to wait for a fhreat to present itself before defending ourselves. If they're already a threar you're playing catch up already, give them a moving target to hit.
Make yourself a smaller or nonexistent target, use cover if possible, concealment if theres nothing better. Don't be an easy target.
If using cover and concealment try to vary the angles and locations you pop up from. Whack a Mole is no fun with bullets.
Funniest part of this, after our final run through, my one year old nephew grabbed one of the spare cap guns we had, walked behind a tree and then said boom when everything was said and done. Funny as anything, but a lesson to always check for more bad guys.