Practice to Switch From Striker to 1911

I still remember my “times tables” with remarkable clarity though the location of car keys, glasses, and other sundry items placed by me in recent hours is a mystery.

It’s about repetition. And pain. We sat at our desks and repeated the damned times tables over and over again while Sister Anne Cecilia, a former Nazi death camp guard of particularly vile bent, circulated with yard stick and slapped your hands with great vigor if you got it wrong.

So, work on repetition of the manual of arms until it’s painful. I’d skip the sadistic nun if I were you, but, then, you may already be married…

 

My approach to training for a 1911 and striker world is simply to engage in dry fire exercises under as many scenarios as I can think of. Straight presentation (Cooper protocol), around walls, weak hand, and so the list goes on. In fact, there's a third leg here, getting a Sig 229 into the rotation.

Net result is that on the range, both for action pistol and static shooting, the transition from one platform to another is seamless for me. In short, dry fire is my solution. YMMV.

On a historical note, when the Bureau transitioned to Glocks an ice age ago, the old time 1911 shooters always had the best scores. Go figure.

 

The nun, was it the Penguin?

 

I teach to disengage the safety as the gun is being raised. Doing it at the holster is how these fools shoot themselves in the leg. I also teach to practice disengaging that safety with every weapon, even if it doesn't have one if you carry different guns. When I draw my revolver you will see my thumb run down the left side of the weapon as it comes up.