Seat the magazine well and tug on it to see if it is properly seated. I have seen shooters on the line draw and the magazine drop from the pistol because they did not properly seat the magazine.Originally Posted by GJM
Seat the magazine well and tug on it to see if it is properly seated. I have seen shooters on the line draw and the magazine drop from the pistol because they did not properly seat the magazine.
Not Top Firearms Instructors but I have seen it quite often on LEO P O S T Qualifications.
On hot ranges, like at Gunsite, it is common for people to be changing magazines with the pistol in the holster, since the pistol must stay holstered when not on the shooting line, and people are expected to be ready to shoot upon reaching the firing line.
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Clint Smith has a few videos doing it, but this is the only one I can find right now
He didn't actually press mag release in holster though, so not really what we are looking at IMO.
It is in common practice during USBP quals. At the 25 we do 4 stand and 4 kneeling on either side of a barricade and coming into the position with our 6 magazine load out we have a full magazine and a partial. We generally remove 5 rounds from the full magazine and add them to the one in our pistol by removing the magazine while the pistol is holstered to give us 8 in the gun and 8 for the next relay on the opposite side of the barricade.
This is purely an administrative way of loading and not taught as a technique or tactic.
Last edited by TCB; 01-20-2020 at 08:21 PM.
In my experience, you're absolutely right. I had two accidental mag drops in my life, both while aggressively cornering in a car, both with IWB holsters covering mag release. One with a 1911, and one with a P7M8.
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I’ve done it my entire LE career on the range, as well.It is in common practice during USBP quals. At the 25 we do 4 stand and 4 kneeling on either side of a barricade and coming into the position with our 6 magazine load out we have a full magazine and a partial. We generally remove 5 rounds from the full magazine and add them to the one in our pistol by removing the magazine while the pistol is holstered to give us 8 in the gun and 8 for the next relay on the opposite side of the barricade.
This is purely an administrative way of loading and not taught as a technique or tactic.
The only time I’ve been taught something similar, outside an administrative reload, is a method to reload a pistol while running a shield. But it’s not exactly the same as what’s being talked about here.
Last edited by TC215; 01-20-2020 at 08:24 PM.
My concern applies only to H&K/Walther paddle mag releases that swing down, not buttons that press in. I also cannot fathom how a sweat shield would ever cover a magazine release? I have always thought it was meant to cover you from the hard/sharp safeties/decocking levers digging into your flesh and maybe keeping the slide from staying drenched.
Last edited by Thy.Will.Be.Done; 01-20-2020 at 08:29 PM.
Not the sweatshield, but trigger guard cover, part that extends to enclose the mag release. I think this is what JTQ meant.
In my experience, it didn't matter button or paddle. Tight turn, decent G force, both HK and 1911 dropped their mags with release devices fully covered.
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