grumpycoconut
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I was on another forum and read that one of the guys there was describing how a hand injury had deadlined his gun handling and it got me thinking about how we all might handle our pistolas with only one paw.
Things that have worked for me:
-Racking the slide or returning a locked back slide to battery
a. Hook the rear sight on your belt, boot heel or anything handy that the slide will grab and push the pistol forward thereby manipulating the slide.
b. Shove the flat top of the slide straight into the meaty part of your thigh then push in and forward until the slide releases. Only really useful in returning the slide to battery but might work ok for clearing a stove pipe.
-Magazine change
a. Drop the magazine (sticky magazines might require a shake), drop to one knee, hold the pistol between your thigh and calf, shove in a new mag, return the slide to battery, keep fighting
b. Drop the magazine, drop to both knees, hold the gun between your knees (mag well facing away from you), insert new mag, return slide to battery, keep fighting
- With both of these mag change techniques, I've seen most people stand back up before they re-engage the target. I've never understood this. I've always thought it smarter and faster to get the gun to speaking while still down on the ground and only then get back up and moving.
-Shooting
No big tricks here, but I find that canting my hand inboard a bit helps me cope with recoil better and if I'm working left handed, it lines the sights up in front of my right eye better.
Now I know some folks might see some 4 rule violations here, like pointing a gun at one's self, but these are emergency measures where I see added risk as being acceptable. Additionally, I consider these safe techniques to practice live fire provided that one practices them dry first and always remembers to keep one's booger hook off the bang switch.
Who else has one handed techniques to share? How about revolvers? I've never given serious thought to one hand reloading my J frame.
Things that have worked for me:
-Racking the slide or returning a locked back slide to battery
a. Hook the rear sight on your belt, boot heel or anything handy that the slide will grab and push the pistol forward thereby manipulating the slide.
b. Shove the flat top of the slide straight into the meaty part of your thigh then push in and forward until the slide releases. Only really useful in returning the slide to battery but might work ok for clearing a stove pipe.
-Magazine change
a. Drop the magazine (sticky magazines might require a shake), drop to one knee, hold the pistol between your thigh and calf, shove in a new mag, return the slide to battery, keep fighting
b. Drop the magazine, drop to both knees, hold the gun between your knees (mag well facing away from you), insert new mag, return slide to battery, keep fighting
- With both of these mag change techniques, I've seen most people stand back up before they re-engage the target. I've never understood this. I've always thought it smarter and faster to get the gun to speaking while still down on the ground and only then get back up and moving.
-Shooting
No big tricks here, but I find that canting my hand inboard a bit helps me cope with recoil better and if I'm working left handed, it lines the sights up in front of my right eye better.
Now I know some folks might see some 4 rule violations here, like pointing a gun at one's self, but these are emergency measures where I see added risk as being acceptable. Additionally, I consider these safe techniques to practice live fire provided that one practices them dry first and always remembers to keep one's booger hook off the bang switch.
Who else has one handed techniques to share? How about revolvers? I've never given serious thought to one hand reloading my J frame.
