Get Ready For A Fight
How long does it take to get whatever you want for fight? It could be a home invasion or zombies or the Mongul Hordes. I am not asking what your go gear is and it doesn't really matter. It could be a pistol with a holster and a couple mags, a shotgun with a bandolleer or a plate carrier and a rifle. The question is how long does it take for you to get it all together and ready to go. If your rifle is in a safe, your mags are unloaded in an ammo can and the plate carrier is burried in a box in the garage it might be a half an hour. Obviously this is a rather extreme case of the WRONG ANSWER but don't be too hard on yourself if that is the case. The point of these assignments is to provoke thought and help you folks out.
Out of curiosity how long does it take and what is your setup?
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I wear a glock 26 around the house and the safe is open when I am home, it would be a matter of 30 seconds to grab the M-4 type rifle with the double p-mags and lock and load. It would take longer for the wife to figure out what was going on after she listened to me give the code word for her to grab the boy and her pistol.
Brad in FL
2-3 minutes. Bushmaster M4-A2 readily available in closet. 2 loaded 30 round magazines in ammo can in office 15 feet away.
I keep both a .20 gauge shotgun and a .22 rifle in my bedroom - propped up in a corner next to my bed. On my night stand is a box of ammo for each. Now, I certainly wouldn't take out an invading army with my little girly guns, but they're handy just in case - as is the ammo. Of course, where I live I'm more likely to find a grizzly bear coming through my back door than a thug - but either way I'm ready! (FYI - I have no children in the house, so there are no safety issues with the quick availability.)
A pistol in my pocket,
several loaded rifles within 10 seconds of wherever I might be in the house. If I was concerned I would have a rifle closer
PPK/S in left hand pocket at all times, including typing this at 10:33PM. Colt CAR-15 (oldie but goodie from the early 70's) with duplexed Sterling 40 rd magazines behind study door. It follows me to the bedroom and then back downstairs in the morning. S&W full size 1911 with laser/light in bed holster, with around-the-neck ammo pouch. Military armor in bedroom closet. Remington 870's in hall to garage and in laundry room to outside back door. Former SF with graduate work in Vietnam.
Two loaded pistols and a shotgun within reach of the bed, without getting up and one next to my chair in the living room. Wifes rifle in the cornor.
It all depends on where I am and what I need. I can get to my handgun within a few seconds if I am near where it is stored (in a box with the loaded clip next to it. It's a SA/DA so all I need do is insert the clip and fire.) However, I do not carry on a daily basis as I do not have a CCW permit and I am not allowed to carry while on the job by my employer. Plus, my beat-up old car has a door that can't be locked and it is more likely that it would be stolen than of any use to me if I left it there.
As for my rifle, it is stored in much the same way in another part of the house. Grab it, attach the magazine, pull back the bolt and fire.
About 15 seconds.
Always have a pistol at the ready.
Safe is quickly accessible (in under 15 seconds), and everything inside is loaded and ready - at all times.
pistol, pistol belt w/ two spare mags, rifle locked and loaded with one extra mag 1:25 sec from reading the assignment.
1.5 seconds. Pistol and fixed blade knife on belt 24/7 except when I'm sleeping and then they're on top of the nightstand next to the bed. Shotgun next to bed with box of #4 shotshells and box of slugs next to it. Antique Kukri knife w/ 13 inch blade on office desk as paperweight (four inches from my fingers on the keyboard) and sword & clubs in corner of room closest to the front door.
At night 4 secondsto retrive my 45 from the night stand and chamber a round.(I have practised this). In 10 second the little lady will have the 12 gague loaded with slugs out of the closet. Which would allow me to begin clearing the house. Unarmed it would take me only the amount of time to indentify a threat. (Years of martial arts) the only reason I know is becuase I train.
You know I never thought about till now, but I have on my gun rack my SKS rifle with a full 30 round mag and at arms length in the closet a bandoleer with 200 round on stripper clips. Thinking about it, probably less than a minute depending on where I am in the house. I just need to practice loading a empty magazine using stripper clips.
Handguns in locked bedside safes. Paddle mag carrier with surefire and extra mag ready to toss on. TRAINING on how to use them. Long heavy high intensity mag light with belt carrier. Bear spray canister. <20 seconds.
Shotgun with buck and slugs (unloaded) in study. Also, grizzly bear or moose rifle with four rounds ammo stored on the rifle itself (but not loaded). ~2 minutes.
In each car, we have a "grab and go" kit with all key gear (bear spray, extra mags, IFAK-style trauma kit, light, multitool, PPE, fire extinguisher, etc) that you can grab and be out the door with in a matter of seconds.
The major additions I want to make are:
- Cell phone on nightstand to call 911. Right now we just have a cordless so if the base station is unplugged or loses power, no phone service.
- Tactical pants ready to pull on and go. I'd like a set of 5.11 pants with a mag in the mag pouch, cell phone in a cargo pocket, IFAK in another pocket, and a belt already rigged up with holster and mag/light carrier. Then you could put on the pants, open the safe and grab the handgun, and have all your gear ready to go.
- Soft body armor. 'nuff said.
- Actual "tactical" shotgun rig. Right now we just have a bird gun with buck handy. I'd like to slap a red dot or fiber optic sight for low light illumination and side saddle for more ammo on there.
Cheers,
Chris from AK
EDC pistol on-hip. Spare mag on body or in same room.
I keep my range bag ready with spare mags loaded. This way I don't have to stuff mags at the next match or shooting opportunity, and they're available if something goes "bump."
EDC pistol is instantly ready, 1 spare mag is ready in a handful of seconds, 6 additional range mags with loaded ammo available just down the hall about 5 seconds away.
I usually have the M14 or the AR in the house with some old Vietnam-era mag bandoliers with 4 mags at the ready. 30 seconds to unzip the rifle case and 30 more seconds to grab either the .223 or .308 "ready" ammo box with the appropriate bandoliers. LBE is in the same location, but stored with empty pouches. 2 minutes to put on and stash mags in LBE.
I can be fully escalated in less than 5 minutes.
My "M-Forgery" and 5 LOADED 30rd mags is in a soft case by my dresser. An XDm 3.8 in 40S&W with an extra 16rd mag is on my person at all times. There is a S&W 686 by the bed with two speed loaders and a Winchester 1894 loaded under the bed. I keep a vest with three AR mags and one more XDm mag close by. There is a Ruger P91 and two mags in the car. Wifey keeps a S&W 642CT by the bed.
Pretty much standard stuff. Remington 870 pump with ammo hidden (but close) by. A few 'tools' left in plain sight, but easy to grab if home invasion occurs with no warning.
In truck, a Cold Steel Spetnatz shovel and 12 bowie machete reside permanently for impromptu road work tasks. Can be used for social purposes too.
I've never felt paranoid enough to resort to keeping a loaded weapon on hand in our home where I live, but when I go to our ranch located in remotes, a handgun is loaded when we leave the pavement. Just in case.
I don't understand the question...you mean that everyone doesn't walk around with a pistol, a backup in an ankle holster and an AR in a sling on their back??
1. Up the stairs and in to the closet, pull down key, unlock safe, pull-out Mosseberg, jack round in to the chamber = 16 seconds.
2. Set down shotgun, grab mini 14 and a magazine, chamber a round = extra 6 seconds
I would like to add that the slide release on a shotgun is a great additional safety with kids in the house. Cycle the slide (now it's locked), load the tube and engage the safety.
Now a kid will have to disengage the little slide-lock mechanism AND the safety in order to fire the weapon.
Everyone should have quiet arms like bow/arrows and sling shots and know how to use them.
At this very moment I have a snubbie within reach, even though I'm lounging around in my boxers. So, I could be firing within one second.
In the closet is my Mini-14, Glock 32, and bugout bag containing mags and extra ammo for each. So, in five minutes I could be dressed and leaving for a battle or heading for the hills.
Of course, I already am in the hills. That's why I keep a rifle unsecured and within easy reach. I know that folks in the cities need to use their safes.
YukonBry
I have a heavy metal security door and bars on all the windows of my condo. Sounds extreme, but it's very normal here in Spain, most properties have this. I also have a mossburg 500 in the safe which would take me less than a minute to take out and load (it's illegal here to keep a gun loaded in the house, even in a safe, so it has to stay unloaded).
So, no, I've no worries about a home invasion.
too long.
a victim can be suffocated in three minutes; bleed to death even quicker. (even if someone heard the screaming)
i can't wake-up and find my slippers in three minutes...
Large dogs on first floor. Shotgun with ample supply of 00-buck on second floor. Dogs bark whenever someone approaches hose - not friendly towards strangers or mother-in-laws. It takes me about five seconds to load the shotgun, maybe fifteen if I have to run up the stairs from the first floor.
I own and operate a 24/7 business in east Texas where I also live. I carry eithr a XD Sub compact 9 or Kimber Pro CDP II at all times, with a Kel-tec PF9 as backup (even when in shower in special moisture proof bag.(Thought for all - how much time is added if the attck come when you are on the john or in the shower? Just a thought..)
12 ga pump concealed by every door, home and office(secured), loaded and ready to go. Each equipped with Blackhawk Spec Ops stock - greatly reduced felt recoil, enhances followup shots greatly. Extra mags for sidearms on person, sidesaddles on shottys, w/ bandoleers handy. Bushmaster Carbon 15 and Norinco AK, w/ loaded mags strategically located for quick retrvial - also concealed. Shoulder bags w/ extra mags at hand. All weapons, long & short, equiped with lasers: Crimson Trace for handguns, various on long guns. Have used this product for over 6 years, change the batt. each year on my birthday and have never had a failure - strongly recommend, tho' training and practice is must. Essential skill for laser: ability to 'block' laser with finger placemnt to not betray position.
EDC SOG Spec Elite I and Streamlight PT2L, with Cold Steel SRK on belt when on duty. Sidearms carried at all times, because, as Dad always said "You can delegate Authority but not responsibility."
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Namaste'
'53 Baby Boomer
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