How often do you practice drawing your CCW?

Thanks for all your replies! This is definately all good input.

I used to practice at least once a week, 5-10 times each way, standing in front of a mirror with a snap cap in the hole and one in the magazine. I practiced FTF drills with them; pulling the trigger, tap, rack, fire again. Different scenarios: pulling the trigger
1) as soon as I can, for close scenarios (barrel parallel to ground up to two handed support)
2) as soon as I can while retreating for close scenarios (barrel parallel to ground then up to two handed support)
3) full draw with two handed support then fire, presumed ~1-2 seconds time for warning

Now, I have extended my practice to inlude the full weight of the loaded magazine with all these drills, with a snap cap for FTF drills. This is an excellent idea, Sparks2112.
 
before I head out, I unload my PM9, slip it into its pocket holster and practice 10 draws, five with my hand in the pocket, five from outside ... then I reload and off I go ...
 
Every week at least one night using the laser glock below. I ripped out the innards of the airsoft 26 pictured, glued a laser to the barrel of it, then snaked the pressure switch under the trigger (no wires on the outside.) Added a floor plate with lead to make the gun fell more like it's loaded. Fits my Glock holsters. I were full street concealment.

Using the laser gun one can turn the lights out and practice against lamp shades, light switches, vases, oh... just about anything that has a silhouette. I even use 'Bob' my punching bag dummy in the garage.

Then I go the gun range with the real glock (a 26 for practice, my carry version is the 27.)

And people wonder why I look so good on the range. Now you know.


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Deaf Smith's got the right idea...

"Quick Draw" practice with a loaded firearm in an uncntrolled environment is a good way to get your name in the paper.
 
Tonight!
But technically it's not my carry weapon until it's added to my permit in another 3 weeks or so. Still helps me to get ready for my first IDPA match this weekend.
 
Off and on for the past couple months I've been repetitively practicing drawing a 1911 in Condition One in order to get used to it in the event I'm CCW with it. I'm still not comfortable with it, though.

I have been practicing the tap, rack drill.

The one thing about the 1911 that is unfortunate, is that I can't practice a failure-to-feed drill, as that action can bend the extractor out of shape. I suppose I could practice that drill with my Hi-Power.
 
I used to do a TON of dry fire drills (reloads, breaking shots, etc). I tend not to do that as much anymore however. Within the past couple of years I did a real lot of live fire shooting, exhausting about 600-1k rounds a week. Married life coupled with the high cost of ammo has ebbed some of that, so now I tend to only shoot about 300 rounds every couple of weeks.

When I do go out, I do most of my shooting within 7-10 yards. I spend about 15-20% of each range session working on distance shooting (15yards +). Every so often I'll work on standard drills (bill drills, el presidentes, failure drills, etc).
 
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