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I have never done a "combat reload" w/ any of my semi-auto pistols for fear of magazine damage and at the best getting it dirty. For those who do train in that manner, how have your magazines held up?
I have never done a "combat reload" w/ any of my semi-auto pistols for fear of magazine damage and at the best getting it dirty. For those who do train in that manner, how have your magazines held up?
That's a good point. I have a minimum rule of 6 mags per gun (three sets of one in the gun and one reload), and for most of my guns I have more than that.I try to accumulate a "crapton" of magazines, just because stuff happens.
Why is that relevant though? What if the OP carries magazines with less capacity? For that matter, even if you never need a reload in a defensive shooting it doesn't answer the question of whether the magazines would stand up to it.If I don't have plenty of time to reload after firing `15 rounds, I need to work on my marksmanship, not my tactics.
Tactical reloads are fine for soldiers, LE and folks that play gun games, but your chances of needing to do a tactical reload in a SD/HD situation are far less than your chances of being hit by falling space debris.
I disagree with that. I'm a believer of practicing one way all the time. You want myelination around your nerve pathways from repeated practice (what is often called muscle memory).You should practice emergency reloads, tactical reloads and administrative reloads.
Emergency reloads - I am out of ammo..... Oh crap....
Tactical reloads - I am not out of ammo, but I am in a fight and I have to move or have a chance to top off.
Administrative reloads- at the range, at the house etc.
I can respect the power of habit, but there are reasons to do a tactical reload as opposed to a slide lock or emergency reload. If I have the time/distance and presence of mind, it makes sense to do a tactical reload. Doing so may prevent me from having to do an emergency reload. With practice it's possible to build more than one habit.I disagree with that. I'm a believer of practicing one way all the time. You want myelination around your nerve pathways from repeated practice (what is often called muscle memory).
If I'm in a fight and focused on finding cover, where the threat is, who else might be there, etc, I don't want my brain trying to figure out what the best way to do a reload is, or rack a slide, or draw and present, or etc. One way, the always way.
Tavis Haley - The power of habit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KCSXTw5hZg
You just take a magazine tool if your gun requires one and a long brush along with a rag to clean it out and keep going. It's training to learn your gear in the worst conditions. We should all do it.