Everything that I've ever been instructed on until now says that during an emergency reload you bring the pistol, rotated in a way that makes reloading natural into your "workspace" or "box" (abouts where you like your phone to be), reload, rotate, send the slide home, and get on with it.
Recently in an instructor class I was told that this is unsafe because it brings the muzzle into the air; pointing upward. Not at anyone, but upward. that this is an unsafe condition and that I need to bring the gun down some, parallel to the deck and point it at the berm.
Ok thought I, I suppose that makes sense. It's a home range, houses are around, maybe up is an unsafe condition in this setting.
I was then told that teaching "my" method is unsafe in any setting because up is never safe. That bringing the firearm down, parallel, and at the berm is industry standard, and is..... The most safe way of instructing.
I would like to say that this instructor has been very good. He hasn't pushed anything (NRA, USCCA etc) or any particular technique. The only reason that this seems to be a sticking point (along with pulling the slide back from the front, which I do almost all the time) is that it can ingrain unsafe habits in students.
The long and short of the question is:
Is he right about those two things, and I've been taught wrong? The last thing that I want to do is teach an unsafe method.
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Recently in an instructor class I was told that this is unsafe because it brings the muzzle into the air; pointing upward. Not at anyone, but upward. that this is an unsafe condition and that I need to bring the gun down some, parallel to the deck and point it at the berm.
Ok thought I, I suppose that makes sense. It's a home range, houses are around, maybe up is an unsafe condition in this setting.
I was then told that teaching "my" method is unsafe in any setting because up is never safe. That bringing the firearm down, parallel, and at the berm is industry standard, and is..... The most safe way of instructing.
I would like to say that this instructor has been very good. He hasn't pushed anything (NRA, USCCA etc) or any particular technique. The only reason that this seems to be a sticking point (along with pulling the slide back from the front, which I do almost all the time) is that it can ingrain unsafe habits in students.
The long and short of the question is:
Is he right about those two things, and I've been taught wrong? The last thing that I want to do is teach an unsafe method.
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