Shooting In Stressful Situations
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- Paul explains how to train for stressful situations.
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Hey everyone, that's Brad's mustang. You can see it in our presentation on the crew's vehicles.
Also, many people have asked about the low ready position. I explain this in our presentation on FAQ'S volume six.
Paul, you are a pleasure to watch!
Stressful...4 of your videos,5 cups of coffee...ready!
One tip stressed in officer survival is play the "What If" game. Run scenarios through your head while driving or whatever, and think how you'd respond to "What If" if that happened. After a while it gets to be second nature to do this. Use stuff you've seen on the news or Ytube and think "What If" that happened right here and now.
At very least it will give your brain some direction to go instead of frozen with indecision at a time you need to be deciding very fast.
Any chance of a shirt explaining the new and improved meat target?
Hey Paul, as always love the video. On an aside, I think it would be hilarious if you made a Hirtenberger Buscadero Ticonda t-shirt, have the graphic look like a fancy box of ammo. I think it would be an instant classic. Take care.
“Under pressure, you don’t rise to the occasion, you sink to the level of your training.”
Icy Mike? I love that dude.
@@ireviewshtuff It's way older than that, supposedly ancient Greek but definitely ancient in any case.
Many people with little or no training successfully defend themselves. As young as 12 or as old as 85.
@@deadhead2886 In that sense, training is ultimately most useful to those people who perhaps don't react as well under stress, are clumsier or more befuddled in those situations. Training is good, but I imagine there's many folks out there who are "naturals" or very cool headed and stress-training does not really make much of an improvement.
@@deadhead2886 it really comes down to ones fight or flight senses. but none the less proper training will always improve ones abilities.
"A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week."
- General George Patton
Hell yeah.
"Everybody has a fight plan, until somebody punches them in the face!" -Mike Tyson.........................elsullo
Crud, just about any plan executed *RIGHT NOW* is better than the perfect plan sometime next week.
Also: "we defeated the wrong enemy"
-General George S. Patton
Patton was extremely based.
@@ecthelion1735 Yeah! Luxumburgers are complete trash!
"Go and do karaoke".
I can't believe Paul is inciting me to commit war crimes...
For me personally.....................that's a hard pass. Mercifully so.
You could gain valuable experience fighting off people trying to wrestle the microphone from your hands. You could even practice shouting "from my cold dead hands" as they do it.
The bigger lesson there is to always push yourself out of the comfort zone and do things that make you very uncomfortable regularly.
"When someone asks you to multiply, you don't have to stop and think"
Speak for yourself, Paul!
It depends how good looking she is :) or are we talking mathematics?
I use fingers and my shoe is off!
@@fiveowaf454 underrated comment of the year
@@tylerzech6561agreed
back in the day they had students memorize multiplication tables.
"Go to your local bar and sing karaoke" - Paul, you're asking for too much.
Talk about challenging one's time and resources, that will do it.
You can always start at a bar a little ways away, less chance of being around people you know.
alternatively you could join a brawl there ^^
@Great White Which kind of pissed? The English version, or the American version?
The way I sing it would be less lethal for the bar's patrons for me to go and try to shoot the place up than try to sing. Ha!
I still think Paul should have his own line of jackets.
Though he did……
Please god no
With a set of three guns, six magazines and a speedloader in each pocket.
Pre-frayed
If you manufactured that one jacket that he always wears, you would be a rich man.
An amateur trains until he gets it right. A professional trains until he can’t get it wrong.
@Emmanuel Goldstein You are? It's OK. We understand.
Hahaha, it's so true
Rangers apprentice
@Emmanuel Goldstein Be courageous, don’t just come out to us. Tell your family too.
"Others will tell you, to try to prove yourself right - I tell you, to try to prove yourself wrong" - Albert Einstein
Lol I could imagine Paul at a karaoke bar: “and here we have a karaoke machine made in South Korea loaded with ‘Don’t You Want Me’ by The Human League...”
“490,000 grain, brown box, 120 vac, 15 watt amplifier, 6 inch speaker with wireless mic…”
"Lets see what it can do"
“So how’d we do. Well judging by the fact you are all on the floor crying with your hands over your ears I was not as good as I thought I was.”
He will pull it out of his jacket pocket. Haha!
@@Tadicuslegion78 But you be the judge
New Paul Harrell training course: Karaoke Survival
LOL
Endicott that just gets down to handing out earplugs to those forced to have to sit there induring the so called singing LOL.
Karaoke Survival opened for the Stone Temple Pilots at the Gorge in '96.😎
How do you expect to shoot well when being shot at, if you cant even sing don't stop believing when you're wasted?
20:10 20:40 Someone please set this to a rap song. . . .
Random bar patron: "You are pretty bad at karaoke, you must really love it though."
Me: "No, I'm just hoping it will prepare me for an active shooter situation."
Random bar patron:
I will sing now. There will be collateral damage.
Ha ha ha...GOOD one
@@ronws2007 YEPPPP LOL
Random bar patron: *Draws pistol*
Well are you ready, punk?
"You guys mind of i practice some dry firing while i sing"
Back in the day, we were taught the closest we could get to the psychological stress of a real situation in training was physical stress. An example of that would be try running 50 yards at full speed then pick up the weapon, and fire it for accuracy.
I feel that it might possibly be more effective if you're already holding the arm. In theory you would already have your rifle etc. Thus you're already worn & stressed. So youre just practicing manual of arms. While being stressed.
@@heerosanosyuy1173 Safety is paramount. We used to leave the weapon and ammo on the bench, run then load and fire all while being timed. If you want to make it challenging when you get back to the bench don a gas mask then load and shoot.
Great one BB. Ah yes, I remember the technique well...Throw in 20 pushups after the "fun run" and good luck with the sight picture.
I usually get all hopped up on mountain dew so I'm shaking like I got buck fever when I'm at the range
Or actually being shot at.....
that sneaky way paul insults while counting always gets me.
Whos the culprit of the insult?
1st time noticer. It is sneakier than I imagine it should be.
"In practice high standards should be maintained."
That statement is a manifestation of Paul's excellence.
Excellence is a manifestation of Paul.
I saw mr. Harrell at the chehalis gun show on Sat and I have to say he is not a fake he was the same person he is in his videos. The best part was when he noticed a grip screw was loose on one of his hand guns he then pulled his swiss army knife out of his pocket complete with lanyard whipped out the screwdriver blade and tightened said grip screw , I couldn't help but smile and think this man is genuine , I shook his hand and bought a t-shirt
Lucky! I wish I could’ve gone but I’m overseas at the moment.
Well damn, Chehalis is 2hrs away from me. If I knew he was going to be there, I would have gladly made the trip.
@@Mamba503 Thank you for all you do,absolute respect to you.
@@Mamba503 Here's your attaboy! That is about all the recognition you will ever get.
He’s one of the most genuine people on the internet. It’s hard for me to believe that people doubt him.
The one thing about hunting that can't be replicated, except in a "real" shooting, is the fact that the bullet you're sending has consequences attached to it. I've taken exactly one doe in my deer hunting "career", and knowing I was about to send a round into a living thing skyrocketed my stress level. I was glad she dropped quickly and was dead in seconds, but I'll never forget what it felt like to draw a bead on a living, breathing critter.
There is something about deer hunting that raises the heartbeat and the breathing drastically. It is probably due to "if you miss, you don't get another chance." Rabbits, squirrels, and even quail, even when suddenly appearing, never gave me that stress. There were always more than enough of them to get another chance and multiples of them.
That shows respect for life and taking the harvest serious. Anti-gunners and anti 2A people have no idea what they’re talking about. They think all hunters just want to go out and blast everything in sight just to kill it. When in reality, hunters (unfortunately there are a few exceptions) have nothing but respect and reverence for the animal. I’m 55 and my dad and grandfather took me on my first hunt when I was 10. Although I didn’t have or fire a rifle at that age, they taught me about respect for the animal and the responsibility of the hunt. To this day, my heart rate goes up and I never take the shot unless I have a clear and quick kill shot. And I always thank the deer or whatever animal for providing meat for my family.
@@TheAxe4Ever When I shoot at any living creature, I want the quickest death possible, that does increase the stress level, because I really don't want to miss, or even worse have a bad hit, where the animal could run off and me not find it, to meet a slow painful death. I agree 100% about having respect for the animals and the land we hunt on. I hate to see either disrespected.
A deployment with the Marines will remove that feeling.
I never killed a deer, but I understand your feeling. Respect!
I was listening to a podcast and the guys were early in their development, saying "um" too much. Well, I decided every time they said "um", I would draw and dryfire. The "stress" of not being able to fully predict when they would say it made it fun and I saw some improvement.
Edit to add: 4 yds aiming at a dartboard, dryfiring as fast as I had my sights on target. Also, a few times I thought they were about to say "um", drew my weapon, only to be putting it back when they actually did say it, and I had to draw immediately! That's a really odd drill, but it was fun and may be useful...
That's actually a good idea
Ever play the "Um Game?"
My 4th grade teacher made us play it. He'd randomly pick someone to speak in front of the class, and have them speak about a random subject of his choosing, with no time to prepare. He'd say, "Your subject is [subject]... GO!" and he'd start the stopwatch.
Didn't matter if you bullshitted your way through if you had no knowledge on the subject. What did matter is you had to talk without long pauses (no more than 2 seconds between sentences), and without any filler speech (um, uh, err, etc.), and absolutely no idiot filler (saying, "y'know," "know what I'm sayin'," "like," etc.) unless contextually correct, such as, "I like this because..." Also no speaking other languages (unless contextually relevant).
If you couldn't make it to one minute without failing, you were given extra English homework. If you could make it between 1-2 minutes, no homework for that night. If you could hit 5 minutes of fluid speaking without any of that filler crap, he'd give you a guaranteed A+ on your report card for English class.
Nobody ever made it to 5 minutes (remember, these are 4th graders). Really high stress, but also fun once you could consistently beat 1 minute.
@@Gottaculat That needs to make a comeback, no doubt about that!
use a nerf gun for added stress :D
Curious way to go about it 🤣 but if it works, it ain't stupid!
Modern day Davey Crockett. Only Paul Harrell would practice the "Non Dominant Hand, Single Handed While My Dominant Arm Is In A Large Animal's Mouth Presentation". Awesome.
"Let me tell you an anecdote" Thats the next shirt, calling it now.
100%
I'd like to see a T-Shit say, "This T-Shirt comes with a typical litany of caveats, disclaimers and yabbits." XD
"You Be The Judge".
Don’t you let out that anecdote
Not only is Paul a cargo pant dad... he's also a cargo jacket dad. Legendary
Cargo pants all the way.
I was impressed by the 71 old church goer, who took out a crazed moving gunman at 15 yards with a pistol.
Consider the stress of seeing people getting shot, and people screaming.
I hope the guy got a medal.
Hicock45 here, let me see if I can hit the gong
@@SamlSchulze1104 Ironic, coming from Texas Red.
@@SamlSchulze1104 based
He'd been training most of his life.
It must have been Jack Wilson, who stopped the BG with a single shot to the head, with his P229 in .357 Sig.
If so yes, he got a medal.
"When practicing high standards should be maintained". Spot on advice IMO.
"When practicing high standards should be maintained". Spot on advice IMO." ... now THAT is GREAT religion!! :) Well said!
"Practice should always be more difficult than the final exam"
In high school and college athletics, it was drilled into my head that you play how you practice. I believe this holds true throughout life
My heart rate rose the moment Paul mentioned public speaking, really drove Point 4 home
For those who don't frequent bars, I've found that giving talks at church and other events (especially when I didn't get to write down every word I'm going to say) is also a stressful thing to do, and the more I have done it the less stressful the situation becomes.
I got good at it because while I know how to weld quite well, I do not have a certificate. So going and getting a welding job required me to perform very well at the 4 different interviews I really had to plan out key points I would mention and of course always be on my toes ready to answer questions that they will ask to intentionally trip me up I would make sure I got a good nights rest and a good meal. Well anyhow I got a job welding but it really required me to perform to the highest capacity I could because without the certificate it's all hearsay that you know how to weld. I even demonstrated I knew what I was doing by doing a couple welds. I had to really be on the ball it was a good experience for me.
@@Aatell764 Even with that piece of paper its hearsay. I had a lot of train applicants tossed into my area only to find out they couldn't weld for shit. Everyone gets the same test regardless of their so called skills.
@@KipdoesStuff Yeah tests are definitely important, certificates and diplomas aren't worth a damn in the real world. They might get you an interview but they won't get you a job.
I recently had to sing a solo in Church, it was 20 years ago that I last sang in public and that was a one off. It certainly got my nerves jangling, so I agree it falls under Paul's training criteria. Speaking in public is a lot less stressful, for me, but again I've had some years of experience under my belt and used to have to do a lot of presentations through my work.
@@fiveowaf454 I agree singing is about the most difficult thing to do in front of a crowd. I've welded in front of 20 (future)coworkers when I was proving I knew how to weld at a job interview and was relaxed the whole time. I think anything can be great practice, I mean even training a new guy at your job is great practice, they are a complete stranger, you most likely had no idea you were going to be the guy training them, and you want to do a good job and make sure they understand it very well because(atleast in my past experiences the work was dangerous) and you don't want anyone to get hurt.
Somehow I now have an image of Paul singing "Big Iron" at the Saturday night karaoke with his Beretta on his hip, lmfao.
Yes
Great song and a good one for him to Karaoke
And none of the 40 drunks in the audience were foolish enough to critique his vocal abilities.
LOL
Pay to hear that
Paul makes a 25 min video seem like 5 minutes. “Wait, it’s done already?”
Aka when you accidentally sit on the toilet for 30 minutes
What the hell are you talking about, this video is 5 minutes long
Just play it at half speed 😜
@@rob6850 heck yeah
So if I shoot a 3 gun match while singing karaoke at my grandfather's funeral I can shoot like Uncle Paul?
After that you will not miss. Ever.
Maybe
I'm sure Mr. Wick used to run such drills
Lol
What I like about Paul Harrell videos is he focuses more on average if not below average shooters. Unlike other videos like T. rex arms or Garand thumb are the hard charging very moto/ military/operator level shooting.
All are very good but for Paul he breaks it down to a more realistic level. By making it a more realistic level makes him feel more welcoming and more in understanding what guns are than just shoot fast and accurate.
I agree, I never feel like he's talking down to me and also because he's honest with his presentations and shooting, I occasionally get to feel I could shoot a group like that, or I could do that with some practice, so I don't feel discouraged, I feel motivated.
@@fiveowaf454 what I also like is he gives more of a civilian perspective and not a operator or military or even law enforcement.
Yeah I gotta say as an amateur/hobbyist that finding Paul's work here recently has been both *extremely educational and encouraging for someone who is interested in working towards firearm proficiency and eventually competitions. While guntube has gotten pretty wild here lately... Paul's channel is both very sobering and entertaining at the same time!
5:56 Save your hearing for the situations where hearing loss is the least of your immediate health concerns.
Think my primary home defense weapon just became hanging one of those shirts on my front door with a sign that says “Is this home worth breaking into, you be the judge”
...because watching someone skilled automatically makes you skilled? I mean how many fatassed dudes love to watch Football and still can't run ten meters without the fear of dying?
Now if you could convince people that Paul Harrell likes to camp in your back yard....
@@RetiredRhetoricalWarhorse because the shirt makes whoever is thinking about breaking in think he's skilled and leave
@@RetiredRhetoricalWarhorse you must be alot of fun to hang out with
@@rayburn8282 I think ol Marco might need to watch a couple of youtube tutorials on how to develop a sense of humor.
@Steven Ohakwe Some people seem to think their trigger finger is faster if they have their funny bone removed. Needless to say Marco2G will not be my first call when Paul opens up Harrell’s Karaoke Gun Club but you might make the list
Karaoke? I can't believe Paul would suggest I torture people.
I think I'd rather be water boarded....I'm pretty sure it'll sound the same!
My state won't let you carry in a bar and I would be in danger torturing people while I was unarmed.
Plus there is the whole issue of the Geneva convention.
It's really a good point. Even if it doesn't help with shooting, making a fool on the karaoke stage can set your hopes level for future disappointments.
Armed mugger: "Give me your wallet!"
Would-be victim: "I have a Mr. Microphone and I know how to use it."
Armed mugger: "Another $%&*!# Paul Harrell fan. Here's my gun. I'll call the police."
Yep go to Guantanamo Bay and water board people....since the military/intelligence people tell us, it's not torture.
10/10 chance that Paul is going to survive for years after the collapse of society and full blown apocalypse.
Also, the areas that Paul gets to shoot at are like my picturesque dream ranges.
Northwest is beautiful that much is true . I was stationed out there for 8 years . Couldn’t stay afterwards unfortunately but politics are better here in Florida .
If I start singing Karaoke I will definitely need to be carrying some kind of sidearm.
I won't. My singing will eliminate any and all threats.
Taurus Judge
@@kennethcurtis1856 This machine makes folk music.
sounds like if you start singing, the audience will want to be carrying!
@@paulwitter7553 If i sing, the most likely target of nearby firearm carrying people would be themselves.
This guy gets how experience presents itself.
Well Paul literally has a lot of it in both military training and real world scenarios, which is why I appreciate Paul more so than most guntubers on here.
psst! You want to remove that apostrophe from "get's." But I will let you blame autocorrupt for that.
@@ScottKenny1978 psst I'm noot sure if you made this typo on purpose but you typed "autocorrupt" instead of "autocorrect"
@@thanoscube8573 that's deliberate. Because autocorrect manages to automatically corrupt most sentences. 😜
@@ScottKenny1978 you were meant to go along with the joke silly! Oh how they never learn :(
Sing us a song you're the rifleman
Sing us a song tonight
Well we're all in the mood for regalery
And you've got us shootin' alright
*plays sick harmonica lick*
Now Paul at the range is a friend of mine
He gets me my knowledge for free
And he's quick with a joke, you don't want his smoke
But there's a range at which he'd rather be
“In practice, high standards should be maintained.” - makes me think of a few idioms I have heard from being a musician:
- perfect practice makes perfect (not practice makes perfect)
- always perform, never practice
He is giving extremely good info here folks!
"Train cosistently in worst case scenerios so when they happen, they are not worst case scenerios."
Rener Gracie
Speaking of Gracie's, if you're going to carry a gun you better know some grappling. If the other guy does and you don't, it's not going to be your gun very long.
“The Gun Show” happens wherever Paul happens to be when he removes his shooting jacket. Now off to get one of those t-shirts
You know it
Dudes ripped
Love the shirts.. hate he decided to sell them because of demonetization because it's a "gun channel " if that's the reason.. I dont know if it is.. just assuming from a past video.. paul is ausome..
Good luck with the shirts, the one's I wanted are sold out in my size already.
In 2020 "The Gun Show" would be wherever Paul was because there were no guns to be found except the ones he brought.
Yes someone who doesn't apologize about aiming a gun at the camera. Love it!
As a young LEO I practiced stress shooting by drilling at an outdoor range, then holstering and running hard and fast (until my lungs were on fire) then returning to the shooting lane to drill again. I think it was a fair simulation.
Physical and mental stress are similar. Smart
Watch Pat McNamara videos, he does insane stuff like that. My apologies Mr Pat if I misspelled your name. Much respect Sir
I wish i had a good range around me that i could do that.
Likewise, we ran around the indoor track 5 times in full gear straight to the firing line and shot. It was very difficult!
I think the running idea is extremely valid for us civilians, because with the nature of self defense, as opposed to law enforcement, getting to safety is likely a higher priority than "defeating the enemy", so it seems some running and shooting could well be necessary in some scenarios.
>...and he chases you around the range...
Uncontrollable laughing commences.
My wife left town for 3 days last week leaving me alone with 3 kids under age 6. I’m relieved to know that experience could help make me a better shooter 😱
You sound like a guy I don't want to screw around with
@@maxscott3349 I may not be a dangerous marksman but one thing is for certain…I can change a diaper and make a grilled cheese sandwich in 30 seconds flat while 3 humans are screaming bloody murder. It’s practically the same as Apocalypse Now.
Man, you're already at the level of being able to control the landing in Omaha beach
Paul said high stress not hopelessly outnumbered !
@@mrwdpkr5851 haha also true!
Regarding drill: the psychology term for the state of being able to perform complex actions fast, without conscious awareness of each movement, is called "automaticity." It is what enables a pianist to play the third movement of the Moonlight Sonata. It applies to riding a bike, driving a car, and cutting vegetables really fast. For goodness' sake, apply it to firearms, not only will it make you faster, but it will also make you safer.
Privilege and an honor to live in a Country free enough to even give me opportunity to digest your thought processes. Thank You Sir. ;)
I love starting off the weekend with Paul.
...or Suspicious0bservers. ;)
Paul you have the most in-depth well explained gun channel on YT.
For sure
And that's a fact !
Ohhhh i've been waiting to make this joke!
theif: breaks into Paul's car
Paul: you're Probably wondering what this box is, I wear hearing protection with every shot I take.
I have to say I’m almost addicted to Paul’s no-nonsense, methodical style of videos. They’re honestly more entertaining than any other kind of gun related videos that I’ve watched. Just the right amount of humor mixed in with extremely useful information and experimentation.
I just bring my wife along...all the high stress I need.
You can always up the ante by bringing your mother in law too.
Lmfao 😂
@@sheldoniusRex I gotta say I have trouble deciding whether you and OP do marriage wrong or your humor is just vintage :D.
@@RetiredRhetoricalWarhorse
I thought it was great humor!
Take mine to triple your stress.
I specifically practice for this very type of situation. Every time I go to the range, I put my bank on speaker phone and have them explain my mortgage situation to me. Really gets those hands shaking and that adrenaline pumping.
This is some of your best work. All I'll add is dry fire practice is free and you can train many of the things you mentioned in the comfort of your own home.
Paul: "Toast how great the bridesmaids dresses are" lol. That's good.
The leading cause of reloading is missing.
Love my meat target shirt!
Don't get to excited you might be the next meat target lol
Is not having a shirt that includes the phrase "You Be the Judge" on it the biggest oversight in the solar system? You be the judge.
@@reshpeck its on the meat target shirt at the bottom.
Weeno may
Folsom June
Paul: goes to karaoke bar, orders Shirley Temple, begins singing song, waits til crescendo, pulls gun, starts dry fire exercise.
Crowd: 😳
The most important thing about shooting, is knowing when NOT to shoot.
I disagree...knowing how to shoot when you need to.
Cat Woman ‘when you need to’ it sounds like you agree with the guy but you just worded it differently
Doing by the numbers. Sounds really good. THIS is how they trained soldiers to carry out the loading and firing stages with a flintlock musket. Face to face linear combat in the 1700s MUST have been high stress.
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY EVERYONE
Happy independence day 🇺🇸
Wait, isn't that a little bit early or getting I something wrong (wirting from central europe at about 8 pm on 3rd of July)
@@jonaselze9316 You are technically not wrong. OP may have said "an early happy Independence Day," "have a happy I.D.," or qualify their sentiment another way to acknowledge the day is not here yet. My suspicion is many people who truly celebrate the meaning of the holiday sense that there is a push to "cancel" it, and may be pushing back, thus being extra patriotic in their sentiments.
Stressful situation: showing up to your range for a competition and Paul is a guest in the position next to you.
This video can be summarized by the old adage, “you fight like you train”.
Regarding repetitions, my experience with high stress situations is related to competitive fighting. My first time my motor skills went out the window, and all I could use effectively was my jab and leg kick - the strikes I had more repetitions on.
Aditional data point, it took me 8 fights to lose the stress response.
Always interesting to see the relationship between fighting and shooting. In military training they try to introduce outside stressors into the situation before, during and after to try and inoculate you to the response. Does/did the place you train at do something similar, and if so do you think it had any notable effect on your performance those first few fights?
Quite true! My martial arts instructor always says "You don't rise to the occasion, you fall to the level of your training." In other words, whatever you train at until it's second nature is what you'll do when under stress.
@@thatonegreenguy2842 I think the only drills of that kind we did were a circuit where you'd change exercise every 2 minutes and one "station" you had to spar, which meant having to fight with the heart rate up, and one time we did that thing where you put a pool noodle in the vertical, place your head on it, then rotate around until you're dizzy and then have to face someone who attacks you and you have to block and bob and weave to simulate avoiding strikes after being rocked. What we did the most to "prepare" was normal sparring one to two times a week (in certain weeks we'd do sparring every day), and for reference I had been sparring for a year and a half before my first fight.
Because we move up through the ranks in the amateur circuit I think we did a lot more sparring in my gym than in other places as I felt better prepared than people on my level. But honestly I was shocked by how important it is to just go out and compete just for the experience and building an immunity to stress.
Interesting data point on the 8 fights number. Did you feel it diminish over those 8, or was it more an off/on switch after 8?
Drills and practice can prepare you physically for your first fight, but nothing can train you for the mental aspect. Baptism by fire is really an otherworldly experience that can't be comprehended until it happens to you. The best you can hope is that you have drilled solid fundamentals into yourself so that you react by instinct, because instinct is just about the only mental functioning capacity you will have in that situation.
Ordered the meat target shirt. Too cool.
Still waiting for a chance to buy a Paul Harrell action figure. *For my grandson, of course.
When you pull the string it says:
-Let's heat up the barrel.
-You be the judge.
- The meat target is a representation of the thoracic cavity.
-This statement comes with many caveats.
-We tracked you EASY!
- Is it enough of a difference to make a difference?
- Where the bullets hit bone... shattered them.
-Chronometers don't always agree with each other.
@@aquablue6301
Take
My
Money
Glue some short Barbie doll hair on your GI Joe figure and there you have it.
(sorry Paul, you know we love you)
@@olafroinnson3573 agreed. Take my money.
*Taurus Judge Accessory pack sold separately
I remember seeing all this dudes videos from forever ago, and it's nice to see he's got merch now and is really trying to capitalize on that absolute gold mine of content he's got going on.
Counting "one" with a middle finger out is a power move.
Absolutely!
This is exactly how I've always trained for anything that requires precision by adding distance and difficulty it makes preforming the actual task feel really easy.
There is so much to gain from this presentation. The part about karaoke was BRILLIANT. Thank you for bringing hard, critical thought into a topic which is overly sensationalized and simplified.
I was thinking the same, Paul always comes up with something (good) that no one else has.
Paul had his target set low like he's training to shoot dwarfs.
Does he know something we don't? Had some reformed the one ring to rule them all?
More likely his backstop is short and he didn’t want any rounds getting away.
Safety first.
Most of the things he does seem pretty unrealistic tbh
@@finngamesknudson1457 way to go trying to ruin a joke
@@JamesSmullins - Sorry.
Should have left it alone after laughing at your post.
@@JamesSmullins Poe's law
This is amazing content. Applying "Stage fright" as a stress scenario applied to shooting? Spot on. Muscle memory? Spot on. Given that lots of indoor ranges wont let you draw from holster or waistband - Dry fire with counting at home - excellent! THANK YOU Paul!.
My gf had a pretty good laugh at my expense a few years ago when I pulled out a flash light on a sunny day on the range.. and had an even bigger laugh when I skinned all my knuckles on my non dominant hand when the slide ran back into it lol, didn't cross my mind till it happened, but glad I started practicing and didn't have it happen in a situation.
Would've been worse if you had pulled out a flesh light at the range.
@@R32R38 He already said he brought his gf
@@HTacianas That would make it worse!
Girlfriend: "Why do you have that loathesome thing, am I not good enough?"
Midnight in Australia and a Harrell video drops. Crack open another beer gents, not bed time yet!
its 1am Champ ;)
Fair dinkum
@@stevedevice1866 There are 3 timezones in Australia, champ. ; )
Haha it's 10am here...cheers mate.
You live in WA then ay
Love the old Mustang, I had a 1967 GT 3904SPD FASTBACK.
Good luck my friend God be with you though your health joreny
And you just simplified practicing for me, a new gun-owner. I absolutely love your no-nonsense approach to delivering information, as well as your explanations for why you do things the way you do. Thank you for being as clear and concise as you are.
Why does Paul always tell me to be the Judge when he hates the Judge? Feels like a vampire telling me to be the sun.
You could always “be the ball.” Nanananaaa
I trained in a simunition room with those wax slugs that REALLY HURT and it was a whole different thing. I had super tight muscles and I was gripping the gun like I was strangling it and then it was just mag dumps at any target that presented itself! I could reload but a buddy had dumped all his ammo and I just couldn't do the things to give him another mag. It was educational!
The police here use plastic projectile training with their service weapons. They used one building we own for tactile training, they shoot about a one gram chunk of plastic but they still operate the firearm and have flash and blast.
@Dave Baton ASPS with John Correa spelling? Watch his vids, one posted yesterday will speak on this.
Dave Baton the UPS hostage shit show was a failure in tactics, not shooting
For me, this video really taught me a lot. Thank you Mr Harrell for posting these important videos.
This video is absolute gold, love it. Excellent advice for so many things in life not just shooting. But I like the connection you made to that as well.
Some people will listen to Paul's disclaimer and still have something to complain about
yeah they will bitch about the car being a '63
You can see it in the comments here, after this video! At the time I'm posting this, I saw 2 comments that seemed completely ignorant of Paul's disclaimers, and 1 comment that completely misunderstands Paul's disclaimers and takes issue with them!
I OBJECT to that remark of obvious prejudice against Complainers!......................elsullo
@@johnmandryk2143 they'll even complain about a car simply being there.
The shirts have his name in them and he still manages to very tastefully plug them without being pushy and all over my face. Respect!👌
Not having any shirts the phrase "You Be the Judge" may be the greatest oversight in the solar system
Hey Paul, I just purchased a shirt. I know you were not a fan of having to do this in the first place, but I definitely will continue to support the channel as a patreon and now as a customer. You’ve taught me so much as a relatively new owner of firearms. Thank you so much!
I was sad to see he had to succumb to doing what he detests, but I also understand shit happens
i appreciate Paul’s thoughtful, logical, and systematic approach to training
I kinda expected the meat target shirt to have the parts of bear labeled as, "Oranges, T shirt material, Pork ribs, Fleece Bullet stop" etcetera.
I like that
Yeah, me too!
Speaking of hunting as training ... could I suggest hunting rabbits with Beagles? Stress? ... it's complete bedlam. You got running targets (i.e., rabbits), running and barking dogs, you rarely shoot from a "perfect" shooting position ... and all your buddies busting your stones all damn day.
T Duncan oohhhhh yes been there done that but wouldn't have had it any other way,,, TONS of good times actually,,,,,my uncle had a beagle/fox hound cross years ago and that dog was FAST like someone shoved a lightning bolt up his A-- and was the rabbit runningest fool on the planet,,,you couldn't even cut him loose off of his chain at home or you'd be spending the next God only knows how long trying to get him off rabbit scent and tied back up,,,at time trying to hunt rabbit with him was enough to piss you off because he was so fast at times he would catch the damn rabbit himself or you'd have to let him circle the rabbit around more than once so he'd tire enough to not be so close on the things heels so you could shoot without hitting him,,,and that is of course if the rabbit didn't get smart find a hole and shoot down it and out of sight,,,that damn fool dog would if that happen turn himself into some sort of physco earth digging machine trying to dig the rabbit out of the hole,,,,nothing like hearing the dog baying like hell then all of a sudden a much muffled baying letting you know the dog was in digging mode LOL,,,,damn good time for sure LOL.
Don't forget the drunken debauchery!
That last bullet point gave me a chuckle lol
I hear ya. We do the same on pheasants with springer spaniels… never boring.
Ordered 2 shirts. I’m glad you got the store up and running and happy to support your work.
Amazing psycho-analysis of an stressful situation and explanation of the difference between "being taught " or "being trained". This youtube channel is second to none in regards to explaining things well. Keep up the great work, crew!
This reminds me of something I was told by one of my platoon commanders. After a particularly long day of running room clearing drills he told us that “amateurs practice until they can get it right, professionals practice until they cannot get it wrong”
Thank you for driving the point that most people are under trained.
I'm under-trained, and I'm pretty sure I train more than a lot of people do. I actually do dry-fire a couple times a week at home. Haven't been out shooting as much in these last few months, but I've gone out occasionally, and plan to go back out soon, once some of my new pistol parts are in.
I spent 10 years in the Army Infantry, have been in combat, and have shot more rounds than your average person. I still find that people can give me good tips and tricks. NEVER think you're "fully" trained - keep yourself humble and open and you'll always learn something.
@@Keti9er amen, Brother!
The most highly trained people will tell you they want to train more. You never know how much, or which, training is necessary until you are in a situation.
Best, most grounded info I've found on TH-cam. Great stuff as always!
Love you videos, Paul, and your stories packed full of common sense. God Bless!
I believe it was Wild Bill Hickok who said that accuracy was far more important than speed, and he backed that up on several occasions, even making about a 100 yard kill shot with his .45 while under fire.
“Fast is fine,
but accuracy is final.
You have to learn to be slow in a hurry”
IIRC, he usually carried a pair of cap and ball revolvers, and unloaded (fired) them every night into a fence post before cleaning and reloading.
@@ScottKenny1978 That sounds right, I believe I heard that in the same documentary that I learned about that 100 yard shot with his .45. Sad that his life was ended by some worthless POS who just wanted to make a name for himself by shooting him from behind. It's where the term came from for the Dead Mans Hand, Aces and Eights. It is what Hickok held when he was killed.
I thought hickok carried a pair of nickel plated navies in .36
Paul has merch, MIND BLOWN
But no action figure yet. :(
Love the new shirts/merch Paul! Ordered a couple, glad to see you take the plunge and to have done so tastefully while retaining your wit and humor. Stay safe good sir!
Easily one of your best videos, Paul.
Taught to do addition, but trained in multiplication.
Perfect.
I love it!
In a high stress situation, remember this….”In a fight, front sight”.
FRONT TOWARD ENEMY
@@ChristopherKnN - That creates a WHOLE LOTTA stress.
We're @ the range & my wife is upset that there's nowhere to go potty.
This is stressful!!!😏
LOL!
Prior planning prevents piss-poor performance?
cut out the top of a milk jug in the shape of a funnel. then, next time she complains, hand it to her. Pro level training tactic.
This is the Paul Harrell video we have all been asking for, people! Absolutely top-level amazing, focused on training instruction, plus it includes not one, but two discrete flips of the bird.
Incredible work, Mr. Harrell. Thank you sincerely, sir!
I've seen videos lately of cops shooting through their windshields while chasing criminals.i would love to see you test the accuracy of this.
On the Heavy Metal Guns & Outdoors channel (also named Paul, BTW), he has done some low tech windshield tests from the outside in with a variety of calibers. It does have an effect on trajectory.
It’s a somewhat known variable - the glass usually, usually, deflects the bullet trajectory down a few degrees - from experience.
@@johnqpublic2718 Depends on which side of the glass you're shooting from :)
Shooting out=bullet trajectory moving slightly up, bullets coming in=moving down. That’s why the drivers seat is the worst place to be and around the back of the car by the trunk is the best place to be.
I would love to see you and many more who have high cost videos in mind help him by becoming a patron. Apologies if you already are.
Paul, you are definitely "The Man."
I see a new Paul Harrell presentation, I click and take information to heart. Thanks Paul!
I wanted to thank you for the videos that you have released and for your personal experience and knowledge that you share. I highly admire your character and sense of discipline.
Your tips for shooting in a stressful situation just sound like overall good life tips for enduring stressful situations in general. A lot of growth to be had from pushing yourself out of your comfort zone.
Same is true in business. Eventually it all becomes normal through repetition and experience and you have to find something new to stress you out 👍