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Bravo!i make my own holsters and design them with high leather backing. I sew a leather button or cam to the backing which forces the safety lock into engagement as the gun is holstered.
Bravo!i make my own holsters and design them with high leather backing. I sew a leather button or cam to the backing which forces the safety lock into engagement as the gun is holstered.
I wouldn't ever want to do that. I ALWAYS have the thumb safety engaged when reholstering, and I ALWAYS stay off the grip lever also (and finger out of the trigger guard, of course).Hold the hammer back to the grip safety until you're holstered and ease it forward until it catches on the sear.
Yeah, but for me, reholstering is a very slow thing ... I carry full time in a homemade, under-the-shirt vertical shoulder holster, and reholstering is not an easy maneuver. It is especially difficult when carrying my S&W69 .44mag ... its holster is made out of cloth ("cotton duck"), and has no "shape" of its own. My 10mm 1911's holster is made out of leather, but it's very soft and pliable leather, and needs to be held open when inserting the front end of the gun. Neither one allows a one-handed operation during reholstering.do you guys really look at your holster the whole time while re-holstering??
Never, the only exception would be if there is some sort of perceived problem. Holstering should always be a slow deliberate operation. There are very few reasons to put a gun away quickly.do you guys really look at your holster the whole time while re-holstering??
..L.T.A.
It is not inconsistent with NRA teachings or any competition rules.I have no issue with a trigger finger indexed in such a way that it cannot be seen, exhibiting as you say "good trigger discipline". However it is inconsistant with NRA, USPSA and IDPA. The rules state outside the trigger guard and off the trigger.
OK, now I understand why you said that. I completely agree. As long as the trigger finger is outside of the trigger guard, it does meet the minimum of the NRA standards and is not a violation of competition rules.As an aside I was merely pointing out that there is a conflict between some trainers and competition rules. I have seen some inexperienced RO's try to call a trigger finger violation when in fact it was not. The trigger finger was properly indexed but not pointing "upward"!
The only place this is being taught is on the internet where gun mythology can reach a larger audience.samuse:
"I strongly recommend getting into the habit of thumbing the hammer on the re-holster. Hold the hammer back to the grip safety until you're holstered and ease it forward until it catches on the sear."
This, instead of the thumb safety, where is this being taught?
Very well put. OP, I would listen to Tim. If somebody else doesn't have a safety, well, that's their problem and their excuse. You have one. I would make certain it is on before you do anything with the gun except immediately shoot it.It is a safety issue. Since you never reholster until you are sure you are done using the gun, it is perfectly reasonable to pause at the retention position, make sure that you are done engaging targets, make sure that your finger is out of the trigger guard and indexed, and make sure that the safety is engaged. Then you holster. In fact, Scotty Reitz teaches it just this way. I think that speed reholstering is a sign of not taking the training seriously. OTOH, when I see someone that consistently reholsters carefully with the above procedure, I think it is an indication that the shooter has been well trained.
I'm not saying to use it instead of the thumb saftey, use it in addition to it.samuse:
"I strongly recommend getting into the habit of thumbing the hammer on the re-holster. Hold the hammer back to the grip safety until you're holstered and ease it forward until it catches on the sear."
This, instead of the thumb safety, where is this being taught?
Never heard of this in over thirty five years of training and competing with the 1911!
I've heard of people putting their thumb between the hammer and firing-pin. But what I wouldn't do is press the hammer aft against the beaver-tail, because that disables the grip safety. I specifically stay OFF the grip safety when I'm reholstering (and during any other not-ready-to-fire handling), because I WANT that safety on also.I'm not saying to use it instead of the thumb safety, use it in addition to it.
You've seriously never heard of thumbing a hammer??
As a 'safety' measure...? No, not in my 39 years of shooting 1911s have I heard that suggestion made.I'm not saying to use it instead of the thumb saftey, use it in addition to it.
You've seriously never heard of thumbing a hammer??