One Hand Malfunction Clearing
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Great video but it sounds like a recipe for shooting yourself. Just keep a first aid kit handy when you go live fire.
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Then your alternative is "don't train" for this.
Yep. It sounds VERY risky. But if you find yourself in a situation where you don't have your backup gun because you loaned it to your wife/buddy; your backup gun is empty because you holstered your jammed primary but the threat is still active; or your backup gun is on your weak side and you can't get it because your support hand has been blown to smithereens by bad guy's bullets... Then what?
As LV said, train with dummy rounds.
Get the skills down safely and pray you never need them.
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I was joking. The one change I would make is that that instead of pointing the muzzle down I like to keep it pointed downrange toward the threat as I rack the slide. A belt loop or the front strap of the holster works well. It allows you to get back on target faster as you rack the slide.
Ok! I didn't mean to sound dismissive; just pointing out that it's a last-ditch technique, but worth practicing for.
I've seen other trainers' videos that showed a method like yours - pointing gun away from self - then using a fixed object like a door jamb, porch rail, anything that will reliably catch the sight or optic to rack the slide.
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I don't buy guns with Novak sights anymore for this reason. They are no snag but you can't use them to rack a slide. In a pinch you can use the ejection point or the front of the slide against a hard surface. One thing to remember if you train this a lot you are putting stress on the rear sight which may loosen the dovetail over time.
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I remember taking a pistol class with a couple buddies around 10 years ago. None of us had taken a class before so we didn’t have a ton of experience shooting on the move. Learned a couple good things and had a really good time. Trainer was an idiot though. Several things he was teaching were just plain unsafe, especially for several of the first time shooters who somehow he excepted into the class.
The first one I remember was all of us standing at the firing line, him saying to fall down on your back, draw and shoot at the target in front of us. He did it as an example. We all lined up, fell down at the buzzer and I saw we were going to shoot over the berm. I yelled at him that we would shoot over the berm as 10 or more people let rounds off. After, he agreed he set everyone up to close and would adjust the next time. He was closer when he gave the example.
The next one was similar to this drill. One handed malfunction with reload. He taught drop the mag, holster, insert mag, draw and rack the slide off the bottom of your foot. It took him several tries to rack the slide including knocking the rear plastic site off his Glock and an ND in the dirt. It was at this point I said I had enough and told my buddies, if they want a ride home, let’s go now.
The first one I remember was all of us standing at the firing line, him saying to fall down on your back, draw and shoot at the target in front of us. He did it as an example. We all lined up, fell down at the buzzer and I saw we were going to shoot over the berm. I yelled at him that we would shoot over the berm as 10 or more people let rounds off. After, he agreed he set everyone up to close and would adjust the next time. He was closer when he gave the example.
The next one was similar to this drill. One handed malfunction with reload. He taught drop the mag, holster, insert mag, draw and rack the slide off the bottom of your foot. It took him several tries to rack the slide including knocking the rear plastic site off his Glock and an ND in the dirt. It was at this point I said I had enough and told my buddies, if they want a ride home, let’s go now.
Wow, all that training with dummy rounds and you don't want to try it with live rounds? What kind of fun is that??😂😂
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sometimes to demonstrate clearly, you have to do things slightly wrong for visibility
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That is the very basic methods. He’s not implementing cover, improvised positions, nor demonstrating support hand only malfunction drills (same thing different hand and replace the thumb with the trigger finger unless you have a completely ambidextrous pistol). They are good to practice, not only do they build skills. They build confidence. A large part of shooting is mental. Just make sure you practice with dummy rounds until you have perfected the techniques.
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We used to train like this in the corps. Hell we’d do it from the ground too. Because if you've lost the use of an arm you’re probably on the ground.
Strong arm is easy. Weak arm is tough. All kinds of interesting ways to do some of those moves. You can use the corner of a pocket to snag the site and work the action.
You can place the weapon in an armpit or behind the knee (when on the ground) to hold it so you can change the mag.
Like most training along these lines you dont Need to make this kind of thing muscle memory. The goal is to get you to think and act. Improvise, adapt and overcome.
Strong arm is easy. Weak arm is tough. All kinds of interesting ways to do some of those moves. You can use the corner of a pocket to snag the site and work the action.
You can place the weapon in an armpit or behind the knee (when on the ground) to hold it so you can change the mag.
Like most training along these lines you dont Need to make this kind of thing muscle memory. The goal is to get you to think and act. Improvise, adapt and overcome.
Likewise, this is why I posted my laughing emoji. This is something I never really considered, and it gave me images in my head of “so this is how I leave this world”.
Now I need a dummy optic to train with. 😎