This is a pretty funny Glock video that features the “Gunny” R. Lee Ermy and a bunch of cops peacefully eating in a diner are “robber” by a thug who just has a hard time.
Now since somebody picked the wrong diner in this video, the characters in the commercial will help him find a new job – probably one making license plates.
Enjoy this Glock commercial. I added it because I thought it was a pretty cool and creative commercial. I liked it so much that I put other commercials in the same series to share them with you.
I love these Glock commercials, Somebody Picked the Wrong Diner is not my favorite video, I like the version with the girl in the house, but it is pretty funny.
I think it is perfect when the bad guy gets his just desserts. While some people won’t find this funny, not everyone sides with the good guy, so I don’t mind.
I also like R. Lee Ermy as an actor, and he is pretty good as a Glock rep too. Somebody Picked the Wrong Diner is a great video to watch, tell me if you want to see more videos like it.
This article and attached video shows how to bump fire an AR-15 without a bumpfire stock. We show how to use the belt loop method. It works with almost any semiauto.
I like bumpfiring guns, but in all actuality, it is the firearm equivalent of my mountain dew dumpling post. It’s not healthy, useful, or frugal, but employed with moderation it is FUN….
I bump fire my AR-15 about once a decade. I enjoy it, truthfully, I enjoy talking with all the folks that have never seen bump firing. However, it is hard to justify the ammo expended just to make a lot of noise.
For those who haven’t done it, bumpfiring is a method of holding your firearm so that it fires in a way that approximates fully automatic fire.
Legality of Bump Fire
By law (and that’s important in this situation) the difference in fully and semi-automatic fire is that in a fully automatic firearm a SINGLE manipulation of the trigger fires more than one round. A bump fired gun will fire very rapidly, and will seem like it is fully automatic, but trigger will be triggered separately for each round fired.
Generally with most rifles you hold your trigger finger stationary inside the trigger well, and with your support hand push the rifle forward until the trigger is depressed enough by your stationary trigger finger to fire. The recoil of the gun will move the gun away from your trigger finger as the trigger resets. If you are still pulling forward with your support hand, at the end of the recoil pulse the gun will be pulled back to your trigger finger – firing the gun again.
Belt Loop Bumpfire Method
With my AR, I generally loop my trigger finger into a belt loop to ensure it stays stationary. This means I am firing from the hip. This coupled with the very loose manner the gun is held the rapid fire accuracy is TERRIBLE.
Now, don’t think that I am being negative; I think bumpfiring is a neat trick.
I just want to be clear that I really cannot think of any realistic defensive situation that an individual will be served well by using this technique.
If I have to be engaged on a two way range. I would wish that my aggressor was bumpfiring wildly over my head. Then I can have the time t0 breathe, sight, and squeeze off controlled rounds to positively end the fight. There is something to be said about the fundamentals of rifle marksmanship in a defensive situation.
However, every once in a while, on a range with a good backstop – this is a great stress reliever, just don’t think your “training”…
Today’s post is on checking new duty ammo. Generally I don’t have all that strong attention to detail – I play the averages; however, when it comes to my carry guns I am a little pickier. Looking at the odds I will ever have to use my gun to defend myself or a loved one, I have to admit it would be a rare day. But when I apply risk management to the odds, I see that while it might be rare, it would also be catastrophic.
I take the extra steps to ensure my gun is well cared for, my duty ammunition is quality, my training is up to date, and my skills have not atrophied through lack of practice. Because if I ever have to use my gun, I have already been on losing side of the odds – I cannot afford to be on the losing side of the fight – it’s already a bad day, it would be worse if I expected a bang and heard a click…
With that said let me tell you about a 2 minute routine I go through with my carry/duty ammo.
Ammo is made in huge lots by machines – I like machines, and they make things easier, but I don’t trust them, they are made and maintained by people – and a lot of us are lazy. I have seen several rounds that made it past quality control that were obviously deformed.
Probably the most common factory ammunition defect is an upside down or sideways primer. This will also make “gun don’t work”. To mitigate this, since I cannot prevent it, when I open a box of ammo (either carry or practice) I take a quick scan to make sure the primers all look the same.
If its self-defense ammo I bend down to look across the top of the cases to look for raised primers – You could run a ruler or something across them, but that runs the risk of hearing a bang that you are not expecting it.
Next, I take a quick second to visually inspect each round, as I do this, I have pulled the barrel out of my carry gun, and after I inspect the round, I drop it into the barrel’s chamber to ensure that the round is not bulged out and will fit in the gun.
I know that may be a little anal retentive, BUT it only takes a few extra moments, and my life is worth that.
It is like visual AND physically checking the chamber, or saying out loud “I am done dry firing my gun” when you are dry firing to prevent that “one last practice shot” that kills your TV, or removing the ammunition from the room when you clean. Its extra, its overkill, but no one is hurt by the overkill, and several have been hurt by not going the extra step.
While talking with some prepper friends, I was shown a picture of the kit of a particular survival instructor. This man had skills, no doubt. However I was amazed at the magnitude of his gear.
He had 3 different shovels – from a small backpacking trowel, to a large sharpened cold steel shovel. He carried no less than 5 different ferocium fire starter. Somehow he also made room for more than 9 knives. He seemed to have every piece of gear that personalities like Bear Grylls, Dave Canterbury, and Geko45 have ever spoke about. Some day I am going to take a 75 cent lighter, spray paint it black and green. I will then call it a Nash Tactical mechanically activated emergency fire starter. Manufacturer suggested retail for the NTMAE model II Mark 5 will be 29.95.
The More You Know the Less You Have to Carry
I like Grylls, and I have made a Canterbury sling bow, so please don’t think I am disparaging them. The point of this article is to point out that gear, in itself, is not tactical. The word is routinely misused. I would like to help define it, so that the word becomes useful. At least useful as something other than a marketing term. Basically, for most people, the word Tactical Does NOT mean What You Think It Means
To understand tactics, and tactical, you first have to understand the difference between strategy and tactics. Tactics are used to achieve strategy. Strategy is a plan, method, or series of maneuvers or stratagems for obtaining a specific goal or result. Tactics are the specific actions used to achieve the success of your strategy.
Strategy vs Tactics
In WWII the Pacific strategy was obtain air bases close to Japan. This was to support a complete blockade of the island. The goal was to allow B-29 and B-17 bombers to bomb the enemy into submission. They wanted to soften it up for an invasion. The close by islands would then act as logistical bases. This strategy involved the invasion and occupation of the islands of Saipan, Iwo Jima and Okinawa (called island hopping).
The tactics that allowed this to be done was to “send in the Marines”. These Marines employed small unit tactics such as fire and maneuver, close air support, suppressive fire. Tactics included using flamethrowers to advance on defensive structures. It also included the basic fundamentals of Marine Corps Marksmanship. Their tactics were to “locate, close with, and destroy the enemy, by fire and maneuver”.
Example
Another example is my two fold retirement strategy. I plan on building an adequate 401K that with supplemental income from my website and training classes that I can afford to own and maintain a small homestead.
The tactics I use to achieve this are keeping my boss happy by being extremely productive at work so that I can eventually earn a promotion so that I can increase the money I invest, and writing cool articles in my spare time so that you keep coming to the website to read my ramblings.
Tactics without strategy is like running down a dark hall, you may have great form and be moving fast, but you have no idea where you are going.
It’s the same with buying gear with the tactical label. Just because it is black and created by an ex-special operations warrior does not mean it is useful to your situation.
Another example:
My GHB (Get Home Bag) is a worn but sturdy book bag. It has the bare necessities I would need if I had to walk the 50 miles from my work to my home. Luckily my work uniform is based on a field response so I wear khaki cargo pants, a dark shirt, and boots. If I wore a suit to work, I would keep a change of clothes in the car. I know some like to keep camouflage clothes, a molle or other military bag, and an AR or other rifle in their car in the event they have to hoof it home. While their gear may LOOK more tactical, mine will allow me to blend in and appear the same as every other guy trying to make it home.
Walking through Nashville in camo and carrying a rifle would gain undue attention and would probably get them arrested, accosted, or killed before they could make it out of town. (I know the AR/AK/SKS lets them fight back, but they will not be able to carry more ammo than the Nashville PD – much less the gangs).
My Get Home Bag Example
My strategy is to blend in, hide, and get home as fast as I can with as little drama or confrontation as possible. The kit in my car does this, so it is a good tactical solution to my problem.
Anything is tactical if it solves your problems, fits within your plans, or helps you achieve your long term strategies. But just because something is marketed as “tactical” does not make it so. Make sure that the gear you buy, the skills you acquire, and the people you associate with fit within YOUR strategic plans. Preparedness is not about impressing people, it is about making the best of bad situations. Too many people have too much ego invested in intimate objects, but that is for a later article.
Just remember, it does not matter what something looks like – If it looks stupid but works, then it is not stupid.
(The fury kickers below are an example of extreme mall ninja equipment, I am amazed at what sells when labeled “tactical”
This article and attached video shows how to bump fire an AR-15 without a bumpfire stock. We show how to use the belt loop method. It works with almost any semiauto.
