18 and Dead.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by icenine

Having qualified more than once with a 9mm Baretta there may be a firing range accuracy, but in real life everyone knows a pistol is not worth shit in combat. In Iraq we used to say leave one bullit in your weapon (meaning pistol in our case being Corpsman) for yourself. In other words if you are having to use a pistol you must be the last guy standing in a firefight or convoy surrounded by the enemy about to be taken POW.

It is hard to qualify with a pistol on the range standing still. I would imagine in a real life situation the accuracy really goes down after a few feet.

My son has also said the same thing about a pistol being a weapon of last resort in comat, but that doesn't mean that Special Forces dudes aren't damned good with them. They don't do things like qualify at the range like the regular Army. Generally before every deployment they do some really intense training. For example the Army will pay thousands of dollars per man to send them to am intense shooting school. This is one of the ones my son has been to several times:

http://www.weaponstraining.com/

There's another one in Mississippi that I forget the name of.

Then there is SFARTAETC at Ft. Bragg.