Originally Posted by
JCN
Okay. This is my perspective.
There is a LOT of tolerance stacking depending on mag release button spring tension, concealment garments, holsters, slide lock mechanism, magwell.
In my hands, the equipment itself can be 0.5 seconds of difference. Stiff mag release spring requiring more hand shift. Super stiff and positively engaged slide lock that requires a deliberate movement. Not to mention retention and access to the mag itself.
If you watch people slide lock reloading quickly on video, someone with a slide that auto-forwards with bumping in the magazine will have a faster reload than someone who has to crush down to release the slide.
This is the reason why I usually try and establish a base, open holster and mag reload without slide lock at close target FIRST to just isolate those mechanics.
So I’ll usually work 3 yard alphas for draw and reload because you need some vision but you don’t add the extra time of hard focusing stability on a harder target.
So you’ll get a very consistent baseline on the skill itself and then be able to see contribution of equipment and target difficulty.
It’s a very long winded way of saying:
2 second concealed slide lock reload is generally kind of slow.
1 second concealed slide lock reload is generally very fast.
But everything in between might be excellent or might be meh depending on your equipment and target difficulty.
The better shooter you are, the faster the reload will be… because of the shooting part that follows the physical reload.
So that’s why I work the reload separate from the shooting part to track improvement and progress. That’s kind of the thought process behind the Burkett drill.
If you want to take some of the shooting and aiming out of it completely you can do it blind, too.