Has there ever been a survey that determined how many shots the usual person in a gun fight shoots?
I know that most gun fights are over quickly so I would imagine it is a low number. Anyone have any info?
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Has there ever been a survey that determined how many shots the usual person in a gun fight shoots?
I know that most gun fights are over quickly so I would imagine it is a low number. Anyone have any info?
:dirol:
For the period 1997 – 2001, reports of 482 incidents were examined. All involved the use of firearms by private citizens in self defense or defense of others. No law enforcement related incidents were included.
The majority of incidents (52%) took place in the home. Next most common locale (32%) was in a business. Incidents took place in public places in 9% of reports and 7% occurred in or around vehicles. The most common initial crimes were armed robbery (32%), home invasion (30%), and burglary (18%).
Overall, shots were fired by the defender in 72% of incidents. The average and median number of shots fired was 2. When more than 2 shots were fired, it generally appeared that the defender’s initial response was to fire until empty.
What needs to be remembered is the figure given in any study is an average. Obviously that means some encounters only involved 1 shot while some encounters involved more than the stated average in order to come up with that average.
What we need to do is to decide............ will the encounter I'm involved in be one of those needing more than the stated average number of shots.... and am I willing to bet my life it won't?
Quite frankly, in my opinion, it is wise to prepare for the worst case scenario the individual person can reasonably expect to encounter during their own lives in order to have what is needed for any scenario.
Has there ever been a survey that determined how many shots the usual person in a gun fight shoots?
I know that most gun fights are over quickly so I would imagine it is a low number. Anyone have any info?
:dirol:
Has there ever been a survey that determined how many shots the usual person in a gun fight shoots?
I know that most gun fights are over quickly so I would imagine it is a low number. Anyone have any info?
:dirol:
The reason for knowing the average amount of shots fired by one person is to allow you to know how many rounds you need available in your first mag. From what I see here if you have a 7 round mag +1 in the chamber you should be fine. My guns hold 7, 10, and 17 rounds which now makes me confident I will be in pretty good shape in a gun fight. You all have provided some interesting info here, thanks.