Bill Wilson and Ken Hackathorn discuss Gun Culture - 7 things shooters should avoid at all costs

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TGRxFVeW6w8&feature=emb_logo

They had some great points throughout the video, but I believe it was number 7 that really stood out, the endless desire to change, and or tinker with internal parts, in many cases modifying yourself out of a working weapon, while spending hundreds in the process. I have been equally guilty of this in the past, however over the last several years, if it?s for carry, it stays stock other than grips and sights. It?s like I told my nephew, if it?s a range or hunting weapon, tinker away if you feel the need,  but for carry leave it alone, the engineers and designers at places like Glock have their jobs for a reason, and in many cases know exactly what they?re doing.

     Many years ago, when practical shooting was in its' infancy, shooters would buy a relatively inexpensive (and often surplus) 1911 Colt pistol and spend countless dollars on it getting it to shoot well and run reliably. Now shooters spend pretty good money on accurate and reliable plastic pistols and spend countless dollars on stuff until they make them unreliable. Go figure.

I have been guilty of a variant of number 4.  I don't spend lots of money on upgrades, but I realized a few years ago I was buying guns because I wasn't able to get to the range.  I wanted to be shooting, but work travel and family requirements ate up all my time.  So, I would buy guns.

So many times on other forums I hear people asking, what are all the upgrades I can do to my, say G19?, and are most frequently young folks. My usual response if I say anything is, get your hands on a bunch of ammo and shoot it, shoot it a lot. I?m pretty surprised I haven?t seen one with a the kitchen sink dangling off of it yet 😂

    Shooting "a Lot" is not as valuable as shooting regularly, especially with one's carry gun (s). We live in a very rural part of America and are lucky to have our own range. We've also been involved in practical pistol shooting for more than half our life. Our regimen is pretty simple. Several times a week we stop by our range and shoot a mag or two on our way out to the PO or to town. Shooting simple drills on a regular basis with the clothing of the day on keeps us pretty sharp, even at our advanced age. We mainly carry 1911 CCO pattern pistols, in assorted calibers, on a daily basis and find this limited round count but frequent practice to be valuable in maintaining both defensive and competitive competence. Ken and Bill are good people BYW; have known them for over 40 years.

Cool, frequent range time is very beneficial. I try and get into our local range weekly, but if I want to shoot closer to home, my buddy's farm property where I hunt is more than adequate, only problem there is losing my brass unless I bring this enormous  tarp

https://www.amazon.com/Quictent-Canopy-Netting-Waterproof-Wheeled/dp/B07R9KCNPN

Put down a tarp and shoot through the net.

That gave me an idea, I could use my ground blind, Thanks Sqlbullet!