Does Colion Noir know how to shoot? Anyone who’s seen the gun rights advocate, social media personality and NRA Spokesman handling a gun knows he can. But can he really? You know: multiple takes. Editing. I may be from Israel, but when it comes to shooting, I’m from Missouri (a.k.a., The Show Me State) . . .
I spent a recent weekend shooting a whole “arsenal” of IWI firearms at Texas Defensive Shooting Academy, Colion Noir’s home range in Dallas. And I’m here to report . . .
On the first day, Tom Alibrando and I put Colion through the Level One Tavor Operator course. IWI’s National Law Enforcement Sales Manager and I introduced Colion to the Tavor X95. We quickly moved to a variety of shooting drills at various distances and positions, including magazine reloads and cadence drills
Colion was skeptical about the Tavor platform; he’s an AR guy through and through. Make that was an AR guy. Reloading speed, ease of operation, balance, unique shooting positions — the Tavor soon won a new convert.
On the second day, Tom and I introduced Colion to various variants of the bullpup, such as the IDF issued 13.5 in X95 and full auto variants in 5.56mm and 300BLK.
We continued in full auto with the Galil Ace 21N with a 8.3in barrel. By that time, Colion had a bad case of the full-auto giggles.
To finish with a bang (pun intended) we handed Colion the Negev NG5 (5.56) and NG7 (7.62×51).
The accuracy Colion achieved shooting full auto at a silhouette sized steel target at 100 yards was as good as you’d expect from someone who shoots guns for a living. All two-to-four round bursts smacked the steel with satisfying pings.
Colion Noir is a great shooter. He listen to instructions, learns from his mistakes and maintains focus for long periods of time. He’s also a humble and likable human being. It’s easy to understand how he became a celebrity, and will remain one for years to come.
I wish I had the option. Some douchebags down the road think I ratted them out to the cops for riding very noisy, not road legal, and unregistered motorbikes on the street. While I didn’t call the police, a week a go I did warn one of them it wasn’t a good idea and it was annoying to everyone else in the street.
Yesterday while walking the dog I could hear their bikes half a mile away. They were hooning around the suburbs not realizing the number of people they were pissing off now numbered in the thousands. At the dog park other people were complaining about the noise. When I got home there were police bikes parked outside the house and while I was talking to my over the road neighbour some cars of their friends rocked up.
So now I have a 14″ spanner and a Mauser bayonet within reach of the front door. It’s the best I can do in my circumstances.
Southern Cross,
You have more options than you realize. Of course none of them are as good as a firearm. At any rate, consider the following:
(1) Wasp spray can
(2) Cricket (baseball) bat
(3) Chemical fire extinguisher
(4) Walking cane made of hardwood
A blast of wasp spray or chemical fire extinguisher to the face should provide a significant incentive to leave you alone. Of course a single good whack with a cricket bat or hardwood walking cane also provides an incentive for the hoodlums to exit the area.
And if you are concerned about hoodlums bursting through your front or back door, have a nice sheet of plywood on the floor to welcome them inside — of course the plywood will have nails that stick up about 1.5 inches (38 mm) above the surface of the plywood, spaced every 2 inches (50 mm).
Also, think about adding outdoor measures that encourage attackers to leave before ever getting inside. Infrared motion detectors with loud piercing alarms are an option. And surveillance cameras mounted outside could be a deterrent.
Finally, don’t forget the easy stuff like simple methods to make your doors virtually unbreachable.
Lots and lots of automatic lights. I have two sensors in the front, one that turns on 1000 watts of lights, another that turns on 600 watts and another light that I keep on low, but can turn up two spots of 100 watts each. Then I have a high res. camera that goes to a flat screen with sound that the dogs watch because the angle and perspective is correct. So they lounge in the bedroom and watch the monitor. With four dogs and the rest of my security including, my Negan bat…(that thing is bad-ass) and the various firearms, including home carry much of the time or at least very close by, I’m pretty comfortable. It’s sure better than sitting around home with NOTHING and HOPING you’re not a victim or relying simply on chance. Chance favors the prepared.
It’s like Walter Whites comment to his wife, “I’m not in danger, I AM THE DANGER”
I’d really like to smack a bad guy with that bat though.
AUGH
Wasp spray is about as effective as a spray bottle full of water, and opens you up to civil liability. it’s up there with ‘keychain wolverine claws’ in the “really bad self-defense ideas” category.
I like Colion Noir, unfortunately I don’t like the Tavor. I had an early Tavor for all of two months because 1) I couldn’t shoot it well and 2) it shot gas into my face with every round fired.
They are mechanically accurate, at fifty yards from the bench I put 3 rounds into half an inch with a Vortex 1-4 scope, but when I shot it from the shoulder I was way less accurate than my cheap AR with open sights, and that AR is one of my guns I shoot the worst. Add to that that my eyes were watering and I was coughing by the end of the first mag. This was at an indoor range, but shooting it outside wasn’t much better. Traded it off and never regretted a thing.
I’m a big Colion fan. He is a lot of fun and provides some interesting commentary. Good guy, good advocate for 2A folks!
I have a gun that was made in Finland that is a 12 ga double barrel with one side a 30″ full choke, other barrel is a 30″ open and on the top is a 7.98 rifle, I presume it’s a Mauser but can’t confirm it. It’s got made in Finland but the name is worn off. I can’t find a date on the gun but an old gun collector friend of mine, he’s 88 and gets around like he’s 58, said he’s seen some similar to it, with a 30-06 rifle on top and he thinks it was manufactured between 1934 and 1940. Any clues as to the name of it?
Being a gun hog and a Nam vet I have my fair share of weapons and I agree with everyone else out there regardless of what it is I’m not going to set there and watch a so called 2-3 minute advertised video which inevitably turns in to a 15-30 minute video where they bring you to what you think is the expectant highlighted moment of divulging their reason(s) for keeping, not keeping or their vaunted list of excellent weapons they would never part with when a list of weapons, just like one of the earlier commenters demonstrated is what everybody wants to see instead of the dissemination and rhetoric he broadcasts. I listened once but never again. A couple weapons I would never part with is the Colt M1911 and an original Belgium made Browning light 12 (ga) I bought in 1972 at Sears for $140. The clerk had it out putting it on sale for $150 and I told him I only had $140 and he sold it to me. I’ve since bought a 32″ full choke for turkey shoots and a 30″ open for birds. I was just wondering how many of you guys use your guns to hunt with that you would never part with. I use all of mine for hunting or spot shoots or competition shooting. I’m pretty good with rifles and shotguns but I couldn’t hit a door if I was standing next to the doorbell with any pistols. I enjoyed reading all your comments and was wondering if most of you bought guns just to keep them or use them as I do to hunt, target shoot or competition. I’ve been in pistol competition several times and come in last every time. Any suggestions I’m always open. I’m 73 so hurry if you have any advice:). Everyone take care, happy new year and God bless.
Colion fucking Noir!!!!
What’s that indent in the inside front of the trigger guard? A forward finger rest?
If that’s what it is, to me, that’s not a wise move, it’s training you to keep your finger *inside* the trigger guard when you don’t intend to fire the weapon.
Captured springs are a good thing, at the downside of the expense of keeping specific spares around…
If Hillary has a gun.Clinton must be scared of her