All -
I've really been working on my drawstroke from a Wilder Tactical OWB holster lately, and could use some advice as to when it is appropriate to disengage the safety on my 9mm commander? I realize that this is the most basic of questions, but I am coming from a Glock world, and never had to "worry" about it before.
For the past few months, I've been working exclusively on marksmanship fundamentals, proper grip, sight picture, follow through, and general basics of pistol shooting. I have not, however, been working on anything related to drawstroke, safety disengagement, etc. I do have some private training with Aaron Roberts in the very near future.
I have around 3500 rounds on the gun, with nary a malfunction outside of the first 100 or so of break-in. The gun was very, very tight when I received it from my gunsmith. I shot the pistol at the Bushnell Brawl down at Rifles Only, and the gun functioned perfectly well in some very sandy and windy conditions. Plenty of movement, climbing, positional shooting, and helicopter rotors spraying sand into everything had me concerned with reliability of a 9mm 1911, but it didn't miss a beat on the stages that required a pistol. I attribute that to the gunsmithing, the magazines (Tripp 10 rounders), and the fact that I was shooting full powered 115gr ball ammo. I cleaned and lubed the pistol before the match, and left it alone from there. Throughout the match, however, whenever a pistol was required, we generally had plenty of advance notice to plan, and we never carried hot pistols. It was always "load and make read", starting from the low ready position, followed by 5-10 rounds and show clear, holster, and move to the rifle.
Best,
JP
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Originally Posted by JAD
