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Muscle Reflexes work!!
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 9:13 pm
by too-tall
Not really a life or death thing but.......
I carry my H-P in a Milt Sparks EX. IWB holster. I am constantly putting in on and taking it off. One day at the range I decided to practice some drawing from the holster and firing.
You guessed it. The first time I "drew" my handgun, I had unsnapped and drew holster and all. Just like I have done hundreds of timeas before. Glad only my buddy was there....lol.
Too Tall
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 10:21 am
by SRVA
Too-Tall, Sorry we did not have video running of that one. Would have been great. I'm sure we all have similar stories.
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 10:46 am
by Charles L. Cotton
With the Sparks Ex., an attacker may mistakenly think you're handing him your wallet. Wouldn't he be surprised!
Chas.
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 2:46 pm
by Baytown
Then you can try and confuse him more by shoving a cell phone up into the mag well! :P
Glenn
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 9:57 pm
by too-tall
Charles L. Cotton wrote:With the Sparks Ex., an attacker may mistakenly think you're handing him your wallet. Wouldn't he be surprised!
Chas.
Yeah, then when he grabs the "wallet", he will pull the holster off the handgun.....
This just may work!!!
Too Tall
Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 9:14 am
by dws1117
Something like this needs to be in a movie.
How different would the movie [/i]Ghost
have been if the scene where Patrick Swaze was killed had somelike this happen. Of course, with a successful self defense situation, the movie would have been a lot shorter. Heck then I wouldn't mind sitting through that version with the wife. 
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:57 pm
by bburgi
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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 10:50 pm
by Rich
bburgi wrote:Just read this post and remembered a similar experience I had when I first started shooting.
I had just gotten my first semi-auto handgun (my current carry piece - Glock 23) and I had been practicing dry-firing at home all week. Finally the weekend came, and I had time to go hit the range. Fired my first shot and before I know it my hand goes up and racks the slide! My muscle memory had already gotten used to racking the slide after each shot to reset the trigger... I learned a good lesson that day about training how you fight!
Yeap, I can relate to this.
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:20 am
by longtooth
Above posts are so true. This is the reason you need to train all the way through the call in & first statement to LE about needing to calm down & talk w/ your lawyer.
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:04 am
by isa268
i had been practicing mag changes and sling-shoting the slide rather then pressing the slide stop on my 1911.
so every time i did a tac. reload with one already in the pipe I'd rack that live round out.
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 1:31 pm
by GSchretter
Amen brother.
Had the same thing kind of happen to me.
Tried my S&W 342 with a paddle at the gun range.
The gun stuck in the holester and I pulled the holster and my underwear out.
Can you say wedgey
But hey I looked cool when I did it.