Training is more important than how you carry.

  • @rockstarmode
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    21 year ago

    I shot USPSA extensively. I still carry hot.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      11 year ago

      That’s nice. I don’t really mind if you carry hot. I do to. I’m just bugged by the people who insist you’re going to die racking the slide when you can get a round off in barely over a second without one in the chamber. It’s not the way you carry, it’s the way you train.

      • @rockstarmode
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        21 year ago

        IMO while “train more” is an excellent point, it doesn’t invalidate the fact that needing to rack the slide in an emergency situation is still a bad idea.

  • @BeefDaddySupreme
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    11 year ago

    Objectively with the same amount of training (aka removing training as a variable) one in the chamber is faster than one not.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      11 year ago

      But it doesn’t matter, because it’s still not fast enough to draw from the drop, and if you’re not drawing from the drop then you have the time to rack the slide.

      • @BeefDaddySupreme
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        11 year ago

        Less steps = faster. Again objectively one in the chamber is faster. Can you admit that,(with an equal amount of training), that from draw to shot, one in the chamber is faster? Training is important regardless.

        • @[email protected]OP
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          11 year ago

          Yes, it’s faster. But the speed up from 1.2 to .8 is not relevant, because it’s still not going to out draw someone who has the drop on you.

          To be clear, I carry with one in the chamber. I advocate that others do the same, unless they have some reason not to. I just don’t like people claiming there is one and only one way to carry a gun.