January 28th is the anniversary of the rescue of General James L. Dozier from his Italian Red Brigades kidnappers. Tangentially, Colonel Jeff Cooper created a shooting drill in honor of the men who freed him– The Dozier Drill.
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SurvivalBlog Writing Contest
Today we present another entry for Round 92 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include:
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- A Gunsite Academy Three Day Course Certificate. This can be used for any of their one, two, or three-day course (a $1,095 value),
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- A Front Sight Lifetime Diamond Membership, providing lifetime free training at any Front Sight Nevada course, with no limit on repeating classes. This prize is courtesy of a SurvivalBlog reader who prefers to be anonymous.
- A Glock form factor SIRT laser training pistol and a SIRT AR-15/M4 Laser Training Bolt, courtesy of Next Level Training, that have a combined retail value of $589,
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- Three sets each of made-in-USA regular and wide-mouth reusable canning lids. (This is a total of 300 lids and 600 gaskets.) This prize is courtesy of Harvest Guard (a $270 value)
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Round 92 ends on January 31, so get busy writing and e-mail us your entry. Remember that there is a 1,500-word minimum, and that articles on practical “how-to” skills for survival have an advantage in the judging.
The Anti-Materiel Rifle (AMR): Part I by Mike
Posted by NC Scout
Jan 26, 2021
https://www.americanpartisan.org/2021/01/the-anti-materiel-rifle-amr-part-i-by-mike/
The Anti-Materiel Rifle (AMR) Part II: Employment and Tactics, by Mike
Posted by NC Scout
Jan 27, 2021
https://www.americanpartisan.org/2021/01/the-anti-materiel-rifle-amr-part-ii-employment-and-tactics-by-mike/
JWR’s first novel was way out front on this, decades ago…
The Dozier Drill
This drill was invented by Jeff Cooper after the kidnapping of Brigadier General James L. Dozier by Italian Red Brigade terrorists. The terrorists had entered General Dozier’s apartment by posing as plumbers. As many as eight completed the gang and four or perhaps five entered the apartment.
One of the terrorists removed a submachine gun from his bag of tools while another terrorist read a political statement to General Dozier. At that time, US military personnel were prohibited by Italian law from carrying firearms within their areas of accommodation, which were within the local community and not on US bases. General Dozier was unarmed and unable to defend himself. In response to this incident, Jeff Cooper designed the “Dozier drill”.
The range is set with five metal silhouette targets which are hinged at their base (called “Pepper Poppers”) so as to fall backwards when struck. A second participant stands well to one side and is tasked with retrieving a pistol and a magazine from a toolbag, which he must assemble and ready for action.
This action mimics the terrorist who retrieved his submachine gun from his toolbag and provides a datum against which the shooter must compare his performance. On the signal, the shooter must draw his pistol and engage the five targets, representing the five terrorists, before the participant representing the terrorist retrieves his weapon and readies it for use.
[From Wikipedia]
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Adding to the Dozier Drill: shootingillustrated(dot)com, October 16, 2017
The 21-Foot Rule: Why Is It Important?
“In 1983, an article written by a Salt Lake City police officer named Dennis Tueller was published in a law enforcement journal. The article was titled “How Close is too Close?” It dealt with the premise of a man armed with a holstered handgun defending against a man armed with a striking or stabbing instrument.
Through experimentation, Tueller developed what became known as the “21-Foot Rule,” which concluded if a bad guy armed with a knife or a club was within 21 feet of you, the reasonable conclusion would be you were within his danger zone. In other words, the bad guy could cover 21 feet in about 1.5 seconds—before you could draw your handgun and neutralize the threat.”
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(GGHD) = Some people are super quick, and ready and steady; they can handle a surprise attack to within 16-17 feet. …. The best drill though; = Might be moving to the Redoubt Region or the safest area possible. = People can sleep with both eyes closed, and ~safely spend time with their families.
The big steal just happened! Crazy Joe is going to unleash his crazy minions!
Lord have Mercy.
January 28th was also the 35th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, which took the lives of 7 astronauts: Francis R. Scobee, Commander; Michael J. Smith, Pilot; Ronald McNair, Mission Specialist; Ellison Onizuka, Mission Specialist; Judith Resnik, Mission Specialist; Gregory Jarvis, Payload Specialist; and Christa McAuliffe, Payload Specialist, Teacher.