Lots of comment on the LEO's shots taking down the Bondi shooters. " Barraza was filmed taking cover behind a tree and firing at the two suspects with nothing but a handgun from around 130 feet away."

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OK OB shooters how remarkable is this in reality? Assuming a 9mm Glock 17/19 with whatever cops in Aussieland load.

I know a cop who is a very accomplished shooter with advanced training. He was 1 out of 10 shots from slightly longer away than that with his pistol in a shooting, and that one hit was to an extremity. It's much harder to get hits on a moving target under extreme stress.

Summarizing retired DEVGRU guy Andy Stumpf, someone said the shot would be difficult with a handgun, he said if you can't make the shot then move closer or flank them. And practice with your gear enough to be comfortable with a 40 yard shot, they were big targets.

Off hand, difficult...I think he was able to rest against a tree (looking at the pictures). To me, this is similar to making a 300 yard rifle shot with a scope. Forgivable if you miss, impressive if you connect, but not an impossible feat.

easy shot on a non-moving target. Really easy.

If it doesn't seem so it's because of a mental block.

I've had plenty of students consistently able to hit man size targets at 80 yards with an M9. So, longer sight radius but not a great trigger.

Again, this is with the target and the shooter not moving.

Elijah Dicken folks.

The article is kind of funny. Saying it was a 'remarkable feat' and 'shot of a lifetime'.

From 40 yards? With a service pistol and a rest?

Don't get me wrong. Dude is a legit hero. No doubt. Stress and shooting back at you and possibly a moving target and all of that. But the actual shot itself……

Hats off to the LEO going into harms way -and winning !

I took a Larry Vickers pistol class and at the end for fun we had a walk back competition. Three shots at a metal half-silhouette at 50,75,100, 125,150 yards. Eliminated if you missed. No race guns, mostly 9mm Glocks with upgraded iron sights.

A third of the class, about 10 regular guys, were hitting the half silhouette at 100 yards. I was amazed.

I rang the target at 100 yards, wearing glasses, late 50s, shooting a Walther PDP 9mm with Ameriglo sights, not target sights. I was guessing at holdover and missed after that.
Of course LAV shot it flawlessly all the way back, one handed, using his support side not his strong hand.

And I'm definitely no pistolero, just used basic pistol accuracy techniques LAV taught us.

Granted minimal adrenaline was flowing and no one shooting back.
Plus if you launch enough rounds some may connect.

40yds under an ideal, calm situation is one thing. To make that shot when all h*ll is breaking loose, people are being killed, people running and screaming, and it's utter chaos in another.

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The article is kind of funny. Saying it was a 'remarkable feat' and 'shot of a lifetime'.

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Yep, the article makes it sound like a 1 shot 1 kill scenario. Takes some huevos to go into what is essentially a rifle fight with a handgun to start with. Add to that the chaos of the situation. I would think the LEO was pumping rounds down range as fast as he could get a good sight picture- we just don't know hao many rounds he used, but he connected with what 3?

It is a 'remarkable feat' in that he engaged.

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Elijah Dicken folks.

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Dicken was 2 for 4 at 40 yards, 4-4 at 20, and 2-2 at 7.

That was in a crowded food court, with people moving between him and the bad guy.

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the training that never happens….. lethal rounds flying your way.