joe yang
9th September 2001, 21:49
I got an airweight baton a few years back. It seemed like a good idea at the time. (I also use aluminum handcuffs, a class II vest, a P97, anything to save weight.) I figure the lighter my gear, the more I'll use it. It isn't any use if you leave it home.
Here's the problem. The darn thing finally locked open for good. No hint from ASP this could happen. Of course a web search, after the fact, suggested I was snapping it out too hard.
Okay, fair enough, I'll eat the loss. I'm switching to a push button baton. Was I unreasonable to snap open the baton so hard? Sure, I was back handing it open with the same speed/force I intended to use to forehand counter strike. Was I wrong? Is it a double action kind of thing? You know, light snap, hard snap, instead of long pull, short pull?
Okay, maybe I was subconsciously looking to get some "sound of power", you know like racking the slide on a pump shotgun, or a semi automatic pistol. Seems to me an expandable baton has that potential.
I can't return the baton. I deformed it with a hammer. I wrote it off on my taxes. I really liked the rust free maintenance. But, I lost faith in it. I don't like the way the push button baton wiggles, among other things, but I'm headed that way.
Any input. I'm also in the process of upgrading, customising a lot
of duty gear and will be looking for input there.
Here's the problem. The darn thing finally locked open for good. No hint from ASP this could happen. Of course a web search, after the fact, suggested I was snapping it out too hard.
Okay, fair enough, I'll eat the loss. I'm switching to a push button baton. Was I unreasonable to snap open the baton so hard? Sure, I was back handing it open with the same speed/force I intended to use to forehand counter strike. Was I wrong? Is it a double action kind of thing? You know, light snap, hard snap, instead of long pull, short pull?
Okay, maybe I was subconsciously looking to get some "sound of power", you know like racking the slide on a pump shotgun, or a semi automatic pistol. Seems to me an expandable baton has that potential.
I can't return the baton. I deformed it with a hammer. I wrote it off on my taxes. I really liked the rust free maintenance. But, I lost faith in it. I don't like the way the push button baton wiggles, among other things, but I'm headed that way.
Any input. I'm also in the process of upgrading, customising a lot
of duty gear and will be looking for input there.