Here is a link to a good article on the perils/evils of speed holstering. Recommended reading.
http://www.downrange.tv/blog/the-evi...stering/14102/
Here is a link to a good article on the perils/evils of speed holstering. Recommended reading.
http://www.downrange.tv/blog/the-evi...stering/14102/
Good stuff for sure. This is something that never made sense to me, even as a new shooter. I will admit that it's difficult for me to ALWAYS be alert and vigilant when training, but using a set sequence at the end of the firing (both live & dry) has helped me greatly reduce any tendencies to have my attention "drift away" periodically.
Thanks for posting the reminders!
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Thanks for posting that up Tom!!!!!!!
Look and holster slowly!!!
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I am ashamed to admit that I used to reholster rather briskly. I am even more ashamed to admit that I did it because I thought that doing so made me look competent.
"Wow! Look how fast she stuffed that gun in the holster without even looking!"
I don't do that no mo'.
You'd think there was something beneficial to speed holstering, as much as I see the act performed at various ranges. It makes me really cringe when I see someone who is carrying AIWB do it.
Thanks for posting, Tom.
Just to be a contrary SOB, there is a time and place for speed reholstering. It's for LEOs who have to go from "I've got him at gunpoint" to Wrestle-Mania # IV in the blink of an eye. My bro-in-law (30 some years of wearing a badge) has spoken of everybody at a scene dropping their blasters in the trunk while one officer stood over them with a gage as they went hands on with a critter. Sometimes you don't have that time lag to prepare, as this young Deputy found out.
http://www.wistv.com/story/18954598/...gle-identified
While wearing a Bianchi snap secured holster, I spent a lot of time drilling on how to reholster one handed and snaping the snap.
Last edited by Al T.; 07-06-2012 at 08:01 AM. Reason: spelling
I was a cop.............
I don't buy the argument that it becomes an essential skill to have for a LEO. Especially given the state of LE firearms training today. The once, or twice a year for the mandatory 250 rounds of live fire training is precisely why LE should NOT feel the need to speed re-holster.
You can get much more of what you want with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone.
so very glad they aren't talking about the serpa
New gun holster played a key role in saving deputy’s life
http://www.wistv.com/story/18961118/...g-deputys-life
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I can honestly say that I've never holster slower than when I started carrying AIWB. I have no shame whatsoever about looking down to watch the gun go in the holster while I do it.
I'm a little more casual about how I holster when shooting a match, but honestly I still want to make sure the gun goes in the rig and doesn't bounce out on to the deck.