Learning the Fast Draw, Part 4

Step by step instruction in the traditional fast draw. Part 4 of 5- The mechanics of the draw.

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[JUGO49]

can you imagine someone quick drawing western style to fend off an attacker

[ChrisGordan]

@JUGO49 Not with the "Hollywood Western" methods here. I'd NEVER cock the gun in the holster while using live ammo!! This stuff is just for fun, folks. It's plenty challenging with primer-powered wax bullets, but without quite the danger of powder and lead. Let's keep it that way!

[pottyputter05]

chris i assume u use pepper corn or rice or something with a primer, iam not entirely sure, i gatta know have u ever discharged one of these rice/peppercorn rounds into your leg?

[ChrisGordan]

@pottyputter05 Good question!

From mistakes of dexterity, I have had a couple go off shy of clearing leather, but because of steel lining, there was no damage to holster, and only a deflected spray of to the leg. HOWEVER- I have twice(in about 20 years or so)had a trigger break, sending either powder or a wax bullet straight down the holster as soon as my thumb came off the hammer. Wearing a light leather blast shield under my jeans, along with steel toed boots, prevented injury in both cases.

[juanmanuelcoria79]

Chris, what happens whit another kind of guns, like Smit and Wesson Russian or Schoffield, for example: Are they adecuated for this kind of shooting? does the techniqe changes in any point?

[ChrisGordan]

The hammers on the S&W and the Schofield aren't condusive to the "Hollywood" type of fast draw.

With real world techniques, we'd never slap the hammer back with the gun in the holster in any case. Guns would be drawn, then cocked, then fired. From that standpoint, they were all mighty effective, in that it was the shooter, not the gun , that made the difference.

[extondude]

@stridingshadow okay then ^^

[stridingshadow]

@extondude Affirmative, but I reckon they were provided with the ability to fire in DA for a reason. Again I'm not an expert, but the author of the video has admitted that the techniques presented above should be used in recreational shooting, not self defense scenarios. I don't think there's any point in shooting a SA/DA revolver in single action mode when time is a factor. DA mode was intended to spare time, SA mode was left in some revolvers for added accuracy in some conditions.

[extondude]

@stridingshadow true, but modern revolvers can also be fired as if they were single action

[stridingshadow]

@extondude I'm not expert with revolvers, and can't say that I have much expertise in the field of using handguns (unlike rifles), but I'd say that more modern double action revolvers are intended to be fired in double action mode in such scenarios.

[extondude]

how would you use this technique with more modern revolvers?