Justin
Moderator Emeritus
So I decided to go to the range yesterday and do some shooting. What with it being all of 40* out, I was wearing a heavy winter coat and a pair of gloves.
Just for the heck of it, I decided to try doing the whole drawing from concealment and engaging the target thing in my winter getup.
Surprisingly I didn't have much trouble drawing the pistol (a fullsize USP) or pulling the trigger. There were a couple of trouble spots, though.
1)Engaging the safety with gloves on takes a bit more concentration than normal.
2)The gloves completely changed how the gun pointed. The pistol sat higher up in my hand than I'm used to.
3)The toughest part was hitting the magazine release. I had to practice a few times before I got to the point where I could hit the release with any sort of regularity.
Once I got the empty magazine out, putting a fresh one in wasn't that tough, and for the first time ever I was grateful for that bit of engineering that will drop the slide if you slam the magazine home hard enough.
Accuracy didn't suffer that much, but then I was shooting at 7 yards.
All in all it was an interesting exercise, and something that seems worth trying if you live somewhere cold enough to warrant a heavy coat and gloves.
Just for the heck of it, I decided to try doing the whole drawing from concealment and engaging the target thing in my winter getup.
Surprisingly I didn't have much trouble drawing the pistol (a fullsize USP) or pulling the trigger. There were a couple of trouble spots, though.
1)Engaging the safety with gloves on takes a bit more concentration than normal.
2)The gloves completely changed how the gun pointed. The pistol sat higher up in my hand than I'm used to.
3)The toughest part was hitting the magazine release. I had to practice a few times before I got to the point where I could hit the release with any sort of regularity.
Once I got the empty magazine out, putting a fresh one in wasn't that tough, and for the first time ever I was grateful for that bit of engineering that will drop the slide if you slam the magazine home hard enough.
Accuracy didn't suffer that much, but then I was shooting at 7 yards.
All in all it was an interesting exercise, and something that seems worth trying if you live somewhere cold enough to warrant a heavy coat and gloves.