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Originally Posted by MadMax
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Originally Posted by Gryphon
Please, do explain these safety rules you'd be violating by going to a backup gun. I'm sure countless millions of soldiers, police officers, and licensed (American, mind you) civilians would love to hear them.
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I'm suspecting that pistol match organizers don't like the use of secondary pistols because of the transition time between guns when it's likely that a shooter will have two guns drawn. It means twice the loaded guns to manage and twice the opportunity for safe direction issues (even empty guns are considered loaded guns). Too many dropped guns too I'd guess too.
In the field where bullets are being fired at you, you could probably accept some tradeoff between having an extra gun to control and quickly returning to combat effectiveness. |
See Mr Gryphon, some folks do get it. The actual reason is that you must NEVER let go of a gun that is technically unsafe in a range environment. For a handgun (pistol) to be considered safe, you must remove the magazine AND clear the chamber. That takes far more time than any technique for swapping mags.
Remember that I did qualify my answer by asking if he meant at a range.
Oh, flame away, I'm sure you want to.