Yes. I had just gotten my plastic in August so it was a real eye opening experience for me.
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- Tue Sep 05, 2023 1:51 pm
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
- Topic: Empty chamber carry?
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- Tue Sep 05, 2023 7:21 am
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
- Topic: Empty chamber carry?
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Re: Empty chamber carry?
I was fortunate to attend one of the weekend sessions that Charles sponsored at the Pearland Shooting Club just after I got my then CHL. One of the classes in that weekend was retention shooting. It was eye-opening for me. That I could actually draw and fire one handed without looking where I was shooting was initially scary. But I still practice what i was taught in that class.
Never mind the Tueller distance, it is possible that an assailant already has hands on me. I learned when attending an initial marshal arts class that at my age and physical fitness level, I'm no match for a younger person in a very close up encounter. If I'm being physically attacked at that level, I'm going to do everything that I can to protect myself and sort out whether shooting someone was the best choice later. Shooting from retention is extremely difficult without a chambered round. I've seen videos which show a way to rack a slide on a holster one handed but I've never had any success at doing that. I'm not sure that I could muster all the physical movements to do that under the best circumstances let along when some has laid hands on me. I've judged it to be a 50-50 chance that my encounter with a BG will have hands on m since I work really hard a situational awareness and actively avoiding people in locations that appear in the slightest way to be "sketchy"
Never mind the Tueller distance, it is possible that an assailant already has hands on me. I learned when attending an initial marshal arts class that at my age and physical fitness level, I'm no match for a younger person in a very close up encounter. If I'm being physically attacked at that level, I'm going to do everything that I can to protect myself and sort out whether shooting someone was the best choice later. Shooting from retention is extremely difficult without a chambered round. I've seen videos which show a way to rack a slide on a holster one handed but I've never had any success at doing that. I'm not sure that I could muster all the physical movements to do that under the best circumstances let along when some has laid hands on me. I've judged it to be a 50-50 chance that my encounter with a BG will have hands on m since I work really hard a situational awareness and actively avoiding people in locations that appear in the slightest way to be "sketchy"