Lock and Load
- Thread starter fuhr52
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It's good to remember when you have one chambered.
wolf_fire
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The Tueller drill pretty much mandates that you can draw your firearm from your holster and put a shot on target in CofM in under 2 seconds. I personally would recommend trying to get that in well under two. From a double retention holder I can get on target in 1.6 s. However, from a Serpa Blackhawk, I can do this more quickly. Once you get good at that, then you will want to learn how to stiff arm with your weak side and still be able to shoot (without shooting your arm) one-handed. Basically a defensive tactic in case the attacker with a knife does have the draw on you.
An excellent practice for this is at home and with an unloaded gun. As you go throughout your day, practice drawing and drawing with speed. Push yourself to draw as quickly as you can without fumbling. This type of practice is at least as important as being able to shoot accurately. Speed keeps you alive, but only when you are on target as well.
An excellent practice for this is at home and with an unloaded gun. As you go throughout your day, practice drawing and drawing with speed. Push yourself to draw as quickly as you can without fumbling. This type of practice is at least as important as being able to shoot accurately. Speed keeps you alive, but only when you are on target as well.
RoosterShooter
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My daily CCW is a S&W M&P 40. This is the first gun I have owned that does not have a manual safety on it. I don't carry with one in the pipe simply because of there not being a physical safety. I have been told you and throw it against a wall and it won't discharge but I still have that fear.
M&P's are striker fired same as Glock. They won't go off unless you pull the trigger.
Nightmare45
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Cocked and locked all the time.
If you did have a manual safety you should be worried about it failing and a round being discharged because instead of keeping your finger off of the trigger people believe that if the manual safety is on the gun will not fire if you pull the trigger. As pointed out before do not put your finger on the trigger until you are ready to fire at your target.
An external safety does nothing to keep the gun from actually discharging, the external safety only keeps the trigger from being pulled to the rear. On every gun that I know of the manual safety does one thing only - it keeps the trigger from being pulled all the way to the rear. All of the internal safeties that keep the striker or hammer from discharging the round without the trigger being pulled are engaged whenever the trigger is reset. So, what I am trying to say is that as long as the trigger is not pulled to the rear to discharge the gun, a modern gun with only internal safeties is no more likely to discharge than a gun with an external safety engaged.
RoosterShooter
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All very good points and very helpful info. I have been carrying with one chambered. The old adage of carrying an empty gun is like carrying no gun.
POP CHARLIE
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I carry a 1911 cocked and locked and I have also studied the martial arts. When a person attacks with a knife block the knife with one hand as you draw with the other. In a knife attack you will get cut or stabbed,just don't let them get to your vital organs. Don't be so focused on your gun that you forget to block the attack.
telpinaro
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I saw this a while ago... Kind of left me with a "Well shoot, what now?" impression. I haven't got the time or money to learn a martial art (though I intend to someday--maybe this summer if I'm lucky), and on a good day I might weigh 120 or 125.
I do carry round chambered, safety off (M&P Shield usually), so if I can move backwards fast enough to get my gun out, it's ready to go. I do practice running backwards and shooting, of course, as well as other directions. But, there's no way to run backwards anywhere close to as fast as someone running forwards.
I do carry round chambered, safety off (M&P Shield usually), so if I can move backwards fast enough to get my gun out, it's ready to go. I do practice running backwards and shooting, of course, as well as other directions. But, there's no way to run backwards anywhere close to as fast as someone running forwards.
MeAgainMargret
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These are trained officers...I can't fathom how slow I or my wife would be if presented this attack. More reason to be very aware of your surroundings to identify any potential threats before you have to pull your weapon to resist an attack.
Bruce Lee didn't weigh much more than that
telpinaro
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Yeah... He's a little better trained in martial arts than I am...
At the moment he's really not
I you can't train in a martial art what's to stop you from lifting weights and hitting a heavy bag?
In the words of Hal Mooreland (LTG USA RET) 3 strikes and you are not out! There is always one more thing you can do.
telpinaro
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He still has experience, and I have none.
I do lift weights, actually. It's a class with weights + cardio, so one heck of a workout. Don't have a heavy bag, though... Weights are hard enough on my wrists as-is (have to be very mindful of proper form or ouch). There's a couple places near by where I can learn things geared for smaller people (women, but without resorting to hitting someone with a high heel I don't have), I just don't currently have the time or money to do it. It's tough with a very active six-year-old who can't sit still or entertain himself quietly through a class, and I can't afford to pay for the class AND a babysitter.
wolf_fire
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Has the final authority spoken?
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