Annihilator
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An Official Journal Of The NRA | Maintaining Control of Your Pistol
Being retentive is a good thing when it comes to maintaining control of your firearm in a fight.
Maintaining Control of your pistol.....
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Excellent article, thank you.An Official Journal Of The NRA | Maintaining Control of Your Pistol
Being retentive is a good thing when it comes to maintaining control of your firearm in a fight.www.shootingillustrated.com
Keystone19250
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Another great article.
Adding to the above, I would recommend also the readily available free online videos of the late Paul Gomez (https://www.youtube.com/user/Gomez8136/videos), Craig Douglas (aka "Southnarc"/ShivWorks: multiple sources on YouTube hosts his info., including SureFire's "Field Notes," PDN, Trigger Time TV, Warrior Poet Society, etc.), Cecil Burch (Immediate Action Combatives - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw6yaLQSFf0BuNsaWqslwLA/videos).
Nothing, however, beats attending a live course (full-disclosure: while I have done a tiny bit of integrated combatives, I have yet to be able to take coursework from any of these gentlemen: Gomez, for one, was on my list, but alas, sadly, that will never be
). And it is in this context that I would urge you to also seek out firearms-specific instructors which present the need to fight-from-retention as an integral part of firearms self-defense (be it as an everyday average law-abiding armed citizen or if you carry a gun for duty).
For those of you who live within-distance of the Alliance Police Training facility (https://alliancepolicetraining.com/), I cannot recommend enough the "Diagnostic Handgun" course.
After close to a two-year hiatus due to injury, I finally resumed taking training classes last summer, and spent a weekend with the amazing Joe Weyer and the awesome guys of Practically Tactical (Practically Tactical ) last June, getting back to the basics with their "Diagnostic Handgun" class ( AARs, neither of which are mine, are available: Handgun Diagnostic AAR, Alliance Policy Training, Alliance Ohio and https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2019/04/25/refining-the-draw-stroke/ ).
I went into the class cold, after some one and a half years off of serious shooting. It totally kicked my butt - but literally rebuilt my draw-stroke from the ground up.
And the other big thing that I learned from him was the importance of the retention position - which I wrote of in both of the following posts:
concealednation.org
^ Video of that very incident, here:
Nothing, however, beats attending a live course (full-disclosure: while I have done a tiny bit of integrated combatives, I have yet to be able to take coursework from any of these gentlemen: Gomez, for one, was on my list, but alas, sadly, that will never be
). And it is in this context that I would urge you to also seek out firearms-specific instructors which present the need to fight-from-retention as an integral part of firearms self-defense (be it as an everyday average law-abiding armed citizen or if you carry a gun for duty). For those of you who live within-distance of the Alliance Police Training facility (https://alliancepolicetraining.com/), I cannot recommend enough the "Diagnostic Handgun" course.
After close to a two-year hiatus due to injury, I finally resumed taking training classes last summer, and spent a weekend with the amazing Joe Weyer and the awesome guys of Practically Tactical (Practically Tactical ) last June, getting back to the basics with their "Diagnostic Handgun" class ( AARs, neither of which are mine, are available: Handgun Diagnostic AAR, Alliance Policy Training, Alliance Ohio and https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2019/04/25/refining-the-draw-stroke/ ).
I went into the class cold, after some one and a half years off of serious shooting. It totally kicked my butt - but literally rebuilt my draw-stroke from the ground up.
And the other big thing that I learned from him was the importance of the retention position - which I wrote of in both of the following posts:
- https://www.thearmorylife.com/forum/threads/retention.549/#post-9768
- https://www.thearmorylife.com/forum/threads/self-defense-combat-arts.366/#post-5529
Man Attacks Concealed Carrier In Walmart After Seeing His Holstered Firearm – Concealed Nation
Holy cow, this is a story that you don’t see every day. It’s a reminder of how high-strung people can be when it comes to firearms. Calm down folks, this isn’t the way to do things. Picture yourself getting out of your vehicle at the store when your concealed carry firearm is briefly exposed...
concealednation.org
^ Video of that very incident, here:
jmcd
Professional
I think the guy in the Walmart incident needs his rear end handed to him on a plate. Clearly looking for hero status. So many things could have gone wrong with that, up to and including him getting shot. Or worse, someone else getting shot. He didnt call the police becasue he was trying to be a hero. Missed the memo that not all people with guns are bad guys? He got his name in the paper and made the news alright.
This topic is so important. I once had someone in law enforcement tell me treat your sidearm as if it was your life, becasue if you lose it in a conflict, that is exactly what might happen. That conversation has stuck with me over the years.
This topic is so important. I once had someone in law enforcement tell me treat your sidearm as if it was your life, becasue if you lose it in a conflict, that is exactly what might happen. That conversation has stuck with me over the years.
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I couldn’t agree with this statement more. It couldn’t be more well put.
