One hand draw?

[Banfield]

Even if you do draw one-handed, it's not a good idea to try to 'fend off' the attack with your off hand. In the classes I've taken, we always practiced one handed drawing, but you ALWAYS brought your off-hand back to your chest when you drew. Regardless of where your hands start, once your dominant hand starts towards your gun, your off-hand goes flat on your chest. That way you don't end up inadvertently shooting yourself in the hand. This is especially true when you are dealing with someone very close to you, because you'll be firing with the gun still tucked in close to your chest.

Just out of curiosity, have you ever tried doing this with a training partner and a blue or airsoft gun? If you have, and it works for you, then good! However, if you haven't, I think you might find that if you're close enough to the attacker to be able to fend off him off with your off-hand, and drawing a gun is justified, immediately ceasing an active counterattack while you get your gun out may very well be more dangerous than having your hand in front of the muzzle when you fire.

I've gone through a class where they had us put our offhand on our chest while drawing, too, but it was simulating our off-hand being injured or carrying something, and we put it on our chest just for range safety, not necessarily because it's a good tactic while actually in a gunfight. Just a thought!

 

[Katana8869]

Regardless of where your hands start, once your dominant hand starts towards your gun, your off-hand goes flat on your chest. That way you don't end up inadvertently shooting yourself in the hand. This is especially true when you are dealing with someone very close to you

I think you might find that if you're close enough to the attacker to be able to fend off him off with your off-hand, and drawing a gun is justified, immediately ceasing an active counterattack while you get your gun out may very well be more dangerous than having your hand in front of the muzzle when you fire.

I totally agree! ^^^ The bad guy is not going to stop trying to kill his victim and politely step away while the good guy makes his draw. When the defender pulls his hand in, any experienced and aggressive attacker will be all over him. Sounds like a good way for the defender to get run over and get his weapon taken from him to me. Many self defense instructors seem to lose sight of the fact that the bad guy is going to be trying to kill you just as hard as you are going to be trying to keep him from doing so. Pulling your hand back is just going to provide him what he could well percieve as an opening to rush in and finish you.

 

[Old Guy]

Five feet away... Go at him with both hands, both feet, if you get both of your hands on his gun hand, head butt him (Liverpool kiss) take him into hard stuff, Wall, counter top corner etc.

When working as a Bouncer in Liverpool UK in the 60s, a stone wall was often my Friend. In the movies men bounce off walls, and concrete floors, in reality not so much!

 

[YammyMonkey]

Personally, I wouldn't try to man-slap someone while drawing my gun. Get yourself in a dominant position then draw. At that point your hand may still be tied up so the one-handed draw is still an absolutely critical skill to have.

 

[offroaddiver]

One handed shooting and drawing are always a must. I do think fighting till you get your gun is good too. A man slap can't be too bad to use if they're in your face.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C-fRdCmzDk

 

[Banfield]

Another thing to consider is drawing one-handed, but with your other hand (just as you cannot choose whether or not you'll have 2 hands open when you need to draw your gun, you won't necessarily be able to choose which hand is free, either). I started a thread on another forum about this, and one of the best responses was Sonny Puzikas', where he posted this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKClHQHgJGM . The techniques there are mainly for appendix carry, though, so if that's not how you carry it'll be of limited use. Again, just something to think about.

 

[strambo]

it seems logical that sometimes the threat would be so close to you that you would need to use your off hand to fend off an attack while drawing with your dominant hand.

If he's that close, trying to get a projectile weapon out is a very inefficient answer to the problem. Until you can do all of the following: 1) draw gun, 2) shoot and hit, 3) wait for the incapacitation to start...you are fighting for your life with one arm.

 

[Old Guy]

If he's that close, trying to get a projectile weapon out is a very inefficient answer to the problem. Until you can do all of the following: 1) draw gun, 2) shoot and hit, 3) wait for the incapacitation to start...you are fighting for your life with one arm.

you are fighting for your life with one arm

A truer statement has never been written!