When you're on target or upon drawing?
Seems to me that flicking the safety off just prior to firing in a stressful situation would effect your trigger pull. Wouldn't it suffice to simply keep your finger out of the trigger guard? And I'm talking about situations such as house clearing, where a potential target could present itself at any given moment.
I've always thought that when doing a draw and fire on a target you should disengage the safety as you draw and bring the gun on target. As I've trained to do that, it seems counter to my already ingrained muscle response to keep the safety on until a decision is made to fire. I guess I always thought your were suppose to keep your finger off the gas pedal until you were ready to fire, not necessarily keeping the safety engaged. I'd rather have one thing to do (bring my finger inside of the trigger guard and fire) than two (also disengage the safety). What is the currently accepted training doctrine here?
Also, what is the protocol for IDPA shooting? Should the safety be engaged as you're slicing the pie around a corner? Obviously the safety should be engaged prior to doing any movement to the next station or when you're not anticipating any targets, but are there any general rules here?
How about tactical reloads? I'm currently practicing to engage the safety during reloads. I've heard that the major schools (TR, etc.) teach students to keep their eyes on the target and bring the gun up to their line of sight to reload. This puts the muzzle at a 45 degree angle up and over the side of the range, obviously not downrange as it should be. How does IDPA handle this and what do they require in terms of gun safety versus realistic tac reloads?
I also realize that what the schools may teach for a violent encounter on the street may not square with the Golden Rules of gunhandling on an IDPA range (such as the muzzle downrange example in a tac reload). How are those two resolved?
TIA
Seems to me that flicking the safety off just prior to firing in a stressful situation would effect your trigger pull. Wouldn't it suffice to simply keep your finger out of the trigger guard? And I'm talking about situations such as house clearing, where a potential target could present itself at any given moment.
I've always thought that when doing a draw and fire on a target you should disengage the safety as you draw and bring the gun on target. As I've trained to do that, it seems counter to my already ingrained muscle response to keep the safety on until a decision is made to fire. I guess I always thought your were suppose to keep your finger off the gas pedal until you were ready to fire, not necessarily keeping the safety engaged. I'd rather have one thing to do (bring my finger inside of the trigger guard and fire) than two (also disengage the safety). What is the currently accepted training doctrine here?
Also, what is the protocol for IDPA shooting? Should the safety be engaged as you're slicing the pie around a corner? Obviously the safety should be engaged prior to doing any movement to the next station or when you're not anticipating any targets, but are there any general rules here?
How about tactical reloads? I'm currently practicing to engage the safety during reloads. I've heard that the major schools (TR, etc.) teach students to keep their eyes on the target and bring the gun up to their line of sight to reload. This puts the muzzle at a 45 degree angle up and over the side of the range, obviously not downrange as it should be. How does IDPA handle this and what do they require in terms of gun safety versus realistic tac reloads?
I also realize that what the schools may teach for a violent encounter on the street may not square with the Golden Rules of gunhandling on an IDPA range (such as the muzzle downrange example in a tac reload). How are those two resolved?
TIA