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- I still got one left.
- That just doesn't seem right.
I got an eight shot revolver, man.
- Well I only put eight shots in my nine.
- That's all right.
So eight an eight,
auto versus revolver,
they've been arguing about this
for more than 100 years, man.
- Well I tell you what,
I actually thought you'd be a little faster with that.
- I was trying to channel my inner Jerry,
but it just wasn't there.
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- You've got the same capacity as me here.
- I've got eight shots.
I mean, it's a Smith & Wesson R8 for eight shots.
- I love that gun.
- Yeah, it's a great gun.
- I've got the Springfield Armory Range Officer.
In reality, I have like one or two more capacity.
- If you were to load it up.
- If I loaded it all the way.
- Right, right.
- But I downloaded to match you.
- Okay, of course, I'm shooting double action.
So I've got a longer trigger pull going on here,
and I'm not Jerry Miculek.
- Well the two biggest differences
are trigger and capacity when you talk
about revolver versus semi-auto, right?
- Exactly, exactly.
Now, you can shoot this single action
if you want to, but that's generally
not how you're gonna shoot for speed.
- No, especially not in a defensive mode.
I don't do that in action pistol.
I just roll right through the hammer.
And what it comes down to is the trigger,
so let's trade and see how we do again.
- Probably comes down to the trigger man.
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But we'll try it, we'll swap.
- Let's do that.
- Alrighty.
All right, you got the revolver,
I got the auto.
- Eight and eight, we'll see what happens.
- All right, go, go.
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- How come you're still shooting?
- If you're not cheating, you're not trying.
- Wait a minute,
you loaded more than eight, didn't you?
- That's one of the advantages of the auto loader.
I put 10 in this here big boy.
- Well I can run the revolver pretty good,
and I can run the semi-auto pretty good,
but when it comes to capacity--
- There you go.
- Nothing beats a semi-auto.
- I sure love both of them though, man.
- They're great guns.
- In this battle, I think it's pretty much a toss-up.
If you want capacity, you go the auto,
but if you love wheel guns,
you just gotta get one.
- For this ballistic battle,
we're gonna talk about iron sites versus lasers.
I've got a Springfield MOD.2 XD in .45,
a popular carry pistol.
I've got a green laser mounted up on the front
from Crimson Trace.
So what I'm gonna try to do is I'm gonna see
how efficient I am at shooting on the move,
moving forward and moving rearward,
towards a target and from a target.
The first time, I'll use the sites,
and then I'll do it again with the laser
and see if I don't do any better.
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Well that didn't go too bad.
Let's try it with the laser.
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Well that was awesome.
I actually felt like I could shoot a lot faster
using that target focused method
having the laser on there.
What I'd really like to do is try
a side to side movement on this.
So this time, I'm gonna shoot this drill
using iron sites and then the laser,
but I'm gonna move laterally
across the target,
which can be hard depending on which hand you are,
right handed, left handed,
and the direction you're moving.
Let's see how it goes.
Nice and fresh.
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Whoo, one-handed, that didn't go so good,
but now I'm moving in my favorite direction
so I can put two back on the gun.
Still using the sites.
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Well that's better, having two hands on the gun,
but I also think that when I'm shooting one-handed
the laser might help me out
'cause now I don't have to put so many things
together in front of my face as I'm moving.
This time I'll just be staring at the target
trying to keep the laser on that target
while I shoot.
(gunshots)
Huh, much better so far.
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Whoo, all hits on that.
Laser definitely helped me out
when I'm shooting on the move.
It's no secret that I'm a huge proponent
of sited aim fire and using the sites.
However, the laser has proved itself
in these two drills,
and I think that the best solution
might be just to have both
and know how to use them.
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