Hey guys! Thanks for your input. I do not mean this post as a personal attack on Rob Pincus -- he seems to know what he is talking about. I enjoy and fully agree with most of his thoughts, and learn valuable info from his videos. That's why when I heard him say that practicing malfunction clearances should be considered an advanced skill and not emphasized in routine training, I was taken aback (this goes against pretty much everything I've heard/learned in the past).
I agree with this part of his statement: If one's ssw/hd/sd gun malfunctions frequently, this gun gotta go (that's why I moved from glocks to sigs two years ago). Malfunctions can be ammo related, user-error related, etc., but they can also be related to how user's hand interfaces with the firearm. Sometimes anatomy of one's palm is incompatible with certain firearms, which induces malfunctions, and when that's the case, moving to a different firearm is wise. However, I disagree with the part about not regularly practicing malfunction clearance drills.
As for the context of this remark -- if memory serves me, it was an off-the-cuff remark, almost made in passing when discussing some other issue. I was researching Pincus training program, and stumbled on that video by accident (it was either video on his website or on youtube). Sorry, I do not have a link to it. I've tried to look up the video to post a link here, but I don't remember what the video was called (and there are a ton of videos with Pincus out there...). As I said, it was a comment made in passing -- and if people who trained with Rob say he emphasizes malfunction drills in his classes, I take their word for it. Again, I'm not trying to badmouth Rob Pincus, just discuss the idea that clearing malfunctions isn't as important as conventionally thought due to high quality of today's firearms.
I agree with this part of his statement: If one's ssw/hd/sd gun malfunctions frequently, this gun gotta go (that's why I moved from glocks to sigs two years ago). Malfunctions can be ammo related, user-error related, etc., but they can also be related to how user's hand interfaces with the firearm. Sometimes anatomy of one's palm is incompatible with certain firearms, which induces malfunctions, and when that's the case, moving to a different firearm is wise. However, I disagree with the part about not regularly practicing malfunction clearance drills.
As for the context of this remark -- if memory serves me, it was an off-the-cuff remark, almost made in passing when discussing some other issue. I was researching Pincus training program, and stumbled on that video by accident (it was either video on his website or on youtube). Sorry, I do not have a link to it. I've tried to look up the video to post a link here, but I don't remember what the video was called (and there are a ton of videos with Pincus out there...). As I said, it was a comment made in passing -- and if people who trained with Rob say he emphasizes malfunction drills in his classes, I take their word for it. Again, I'm not trying to badmouth Rob Pincus, just discuss the idea that clearing malfunctions isn't as important as conventionally thought due to high quality of today's firearms.