When changing clips, should I have to slightly rotate my hand to eject clip?

[ATLDave]

So as you bring the gun back to your retention index, tug on the trigger guard with your support hand at the same time as your thumb hits the button as your support hand is leaving the pistol.

Wait, so you take your left/weak hand, move it up the pistol to be able to grab some trigger guard (and hopefully not overreach and grab the trigger or the index finger of the right/strong hand), and then go for the spare magazine? Despite the fact that the left/weak hand getting the spare mag and returning it to the gun is the limiting factor on reload speed?

I've never heard a competitive shooter advocate this technique or seen it done.

 

[Sigokat]

They are called MAGAZINES. Calling them "clips" is amateurish and typical of the lack of knowledge anti-gun people possess. Good luck in your future shooting endeavors!

"Clips" is also typical jargon used by many in the armed forces.

Amateurish? Are you a professional?

 

[Dragonfly]

I've been shooting handguns for more than 30 years and had gotten quite proficient (if I do say so) with the flip the pistol and hit the thumb mag release technique but in the last five years or so I've learned the joy of the H&K paddle mag release (I think on all pistols from the USP and newer). It's right beside the triggerguard and dead easy to hit with my trigger finger without shifting my grip at all, even with my small hands.

 

[Door Gunner]

Minor dilemma, but he is correct. I suspect you know what a magazine is. A clip is used to prepare ammo in a straight line to facilitate quick reloading of the magazine and it is never inserted into the firearm. Clips are more frequently used in rifles. Revolvers use "C" Clips to expedite reloading swing-out cylinder revolvers.