His Holiness considers life in its entirety, in the physical as well as the mental, emotional, and spiritual. In this tip, he brings all those aspects together.
During a defensive gun use, or drill, there comes a point at which the shooter begins to fear he is running out of ammo and knows he must reload quickly. Above all, he knows he must avoid fumbling with or even dropping the fresh magazine. This is a moment that could induce panic.
At that point, HH gives some plain common sense advice: rely on the tactile feel of the reload in your hand to guide your actions, and your physical senses will complement your mental and spiritual efforts and give you reassurance and a sense of calm.
6 comments:
This has become my favorite feature of your blog. Please keep it up. And thanks!
Thanks very much for your kind comment. I guess they're silly, but I am struck by what a good choice the Dalia Lama was for those popular (in some circles) gun memes. His whole worldview is very conducive to shooting advice, oddly enough. I'll wrap it up in another month or so, but I'm glad to hear that somebody other than myself is amused by these tips.
TSB: Here's silly! "I never leave my Jam Akimber!" gwb
A Kimber, akimbo? I can work with that similarity.
Coincidentally, I was in a gun store this week and was shocked all over again at the prices on the - very large - display of Kimbers. Not my thing, but hey, obviously there is a market for them.
TSB: Is there any difference between a WWII Navy 45cal pistol and the ones for other services? I remember looking at my dad's when I was just a little kid and thinking 'these bullets are really big around' and 'why is this thing so heavy?' gwb
GWB: There wouldn't be any difference in pistol specs between the services, so long as it was an M1911A1. But, during WWII there were many different manufacturers making .45s, including odd ones like Remington Rand, the typewriter company, and the Union Switch and Signal railroad, so there might be some cosmetic differences. Also, the services bought many .45 revolvers before there were sufficient numbers of pistols, and your Dad might have had one of those. Google "S&W 1917 .45 revolver" and see if that looks familiar.
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