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Concealed Carry Drills

I fully agree with Rule 1. I understand that operating a gun range involves serious liability concerns, but I've always wished that more local ranges would allow drawing from the holster. I received a good amount of training involving drawing from concealment as a LEO, but finding a local (and affordable) range these days that allows any form of realistic draw-and-fire training can be quite difficult. I enjoy fairly frequent trips to the range, but firing at a rate of one shot every 2 seconds from the ready position doesn't do much for self-defense.

I still do a fair amount of dry-fire practice, and am fortunate enough to have rural land available for shooting. I'd love to shoot on the land more often, but it involves a small roadtrip (and now about $40-$50 in gas) each time. It would be nice to have a place to practice a little closer to home.
 
Good but basic stuff. Not into IWB except for how I carry my Taurus revolver which is not “inside” my pants waist band but is on the inside of my belt however still on my right side at 2:30-3 o’clock, all my other carry guns are OWB “hanging on the belt” at 3 o’clock where I’ve extensively practiced my draw
“at home Gun empty”
I parrot the comment on ranges not allowing drawing from a holster but understand since the liability would be enormous due to those not having enough experience to be safe, also the two ranges; (one indoor one outdoor) I frequent don’t want anyone carrying concealed while they shoot another gun.
I’ll admit to carrying concealed at the indoor range anyway.

I did appreciate that during the video he talked about gun presentation after draw, pointing the gun at the ground while bringing it up in an arched sweep on target is a waste of time and in other videos I’ve seen where the gun is drawn up to the chest then pushed out looks ridiculous to me (my opinion) I practice my draw as the gun clears the holster it’s coming up and out where it meets my support hand at full extension on target.
Obviously to each his own.
 
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wmg1299 said:
I fully agree with Rule 1. I understand that operating a gun range involves serious liability concerns, but I've always wished that more local ranges would allow drawing from the holster. I received a good amount of training involving drawing from concealment as a LEO, but finding a local (and affordable) range these days that allows any form of realistic draw-and-fire training can be quite difficult. I enjoy fairly frequent trips to the range, but firing at a rate of one shot every 2 seconds from the ready position doesn't do much for self-defense.

I still do a fair amount of dry-fire practice, and am fortunate enough to have rural land available for shooting. I'd love to shoot on the land more often, but it involves a small roadtrip (and now about $40-$50 in gas) each time. It would be nice to have a place to practice a little closer to home.
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I have to drive about an hour away to my shooting spot outdoors.
Also, the range I frequent allows me to draw from the holster. *blessings*
 
Hi,

It's always nice to see a pretty young lady demonstrating drills. There are six outdoor ranges less than an hour's drive from me. I'm fortunate to be taking regular training sessions twice a month at one of my local outdoor ranges. (You may have seen one of my range reports.) The Level 3 class uses holsters exclusively, IWB or OWB. But we can not use holsters when on the general firing line, even with my CCW, even though Mrs. BassCliff and I were the only people on the firing line today. Yes, it's a liability. We had a private RSO today and he said they were working on some kind of waiver. Shooters will be able to take a proficiency test in order to use holsters on the main firing line. Otherwise holsters are restricted to the private bays.

I do a lot of dry fire quick draw practice at home with my laser cartridge. Having Mrs. BassCliff try to distract me adds a little pressure. 🤣 When possible, I like to record my sessions in order to critique myself. When I practice I will alternate my sessions between "painfully slow" (to build muscle memory) and "pushing hard" (to build up speed). Last night I was pushing hard. Here are the highlights, from 5 yards. The "8" triangle has 8" sides and the "10" ring is a 3" circle. You can see me getting faster as I warm up, then I start having problems when I try to push too hard. :p



I really had problems with the two strings below. I missed the grip and still got in a good, but slower, shot. Then the rest of the string fell apart. Then I failed to defeat my garment but recovered somewhat better.


I appreciate you guys posting up these drills and "how to" videos. Even if I'm familiar with a drill, there's always something to learn from all the different perspectives and experiences. Thanks!


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
 
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