{"id":6102,"date":"2019-12-26T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=6102"},"modified":"2019-12-21T18:16:10","modified_gmt":"2019-12-21T23:16:10","slug":"reunion-revelations-part-iv-semiautomatic-pistols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/reunion-revelations-part-iv-semiautomatic-pistols\/","title":{"rendered":"REUNION REVELATIONS PART IV: SEMIAUTOMATIC PISTOLS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Did Santa bring you a new semiautomatic pistol? Or did you have one (or more) already? No matter \u2013 you would have benefited as much either way from David Maglio\u2019s<\/a> class on getting maximum speed with accuracy from such a handgun, as presented at our Massad Ayoob Group<\/a> Reunion earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now\nhonorably retired, Maglio began his distinguished law enforcement career with\nan issue .357 Magnum service revolver, went to the double action Beretta 92 and\nthen to the Glock, and learned to appreciate single action autos like the 1911\nalong the way: he knows all permutations of the auto pistol breed\nintimately.  He is a former Midwest\nRegional Champion in IDPA Stock Service Pistol competition, and holds the\nrecord for a quad speed qualification with our organization: 299 out of\n300.  That\u2019s 6 shots one hand only from\nthe holster in two seconds; draw-fire six-reload-fire six more, all in 6.25\nseconds; and so on.  The important thing\nis, he shows the students <\/em>how to do\nit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David is a\nsenior staff member at my school. He came up with, and runs, the MAG-30 program\naround the country, three days and three thousand rounds\u2026and getting rave\nreviews from students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maglio\nemphasizes smoothness in shooting. \u201cPicture a full-to-the-brim glass of the\nmost expensive bourbon on the dashboard of your car. Drive like you don\u2019t want\nto spill a drop. That\u2019s how you \u2018drive\u2019 your pistol\u2019s trigger,\u201d he says.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the bell\ncurve between slapping the trigger and riding the trigger forward just to the\npoint of reset, David agrees with me that for most defensive shooting purposes,\nletting the trigger come all the way forward to guarantee <\/em>reset is the best bet, especially when shooting at or\nnear maximum speed.  He calls the firm\nresistance of the trigger after taking up the slack \u201cthe speed bump\u201d; no matter\nhow fast you\u2019re going, it tells you it\u2019s a good idea to slow down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David also\nconceived and runs our MAG-IC program, Massad Ayoob Group Instructor Class,\ncertified to teach the live-fire handgun methods we\u2019ve developed over the last\nalmost half-century for shooting under extreme stress, at speed, and still\nhitting what you need to hit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re\nlooking for cadence,\u201d he says, emphasizing pace. Never shoot faster than you\ncan hit. Know what you have to hit to achieve your goal, and the pace at which\nyou\u2019ll have to shoot with a solidly stabilized pistol to make that center\nhit.  The shooting involves cover\npositions, awkward positions, one-hand only (either hand!) and the various\ntwo-hand stances, each of which can have a place depending on the job that\nneeds to be done with the pistol and where you find yourself when performing\nthat job becomes imperative.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Info on David Maglio<\/a>\u2019s courses can be found on the MAG website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course,\nthere\u2019s more to self-defense than just the gun, and that was part of the theme\nof the Reunion event.  We finished with\nthat at the gathering, and so will finish with that in the next installment\nhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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David Maglio teaching a pistol class<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Did Santa bring you a new semiautomatic pistol? Or did you have one (or more) already? No matter \u2013 you would have benefited as much either way from David Maglio\u2019s class on getting maximum speed with accuracy from such a handgun, as presented at our Massad Ayoob Group Reunion earlier this month. Now honorably retired, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6102","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6102"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6105,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6102\/revisions\/6105"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}