how fast is your ccw draw and hit?

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  • ZX9RCAM

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    Well, it does not state whether he is banned or not....

    ETA: Although I have mentioned before that for members that I KNOW have been banned, it doesn't say either.
     

    Kingarthur777

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    Fast. I cover it in a Tru-Spec shirt. One pull and everything is ready to go. I prefer OWB, and as skinny as I am it hides a lot of magazines and handgun. I had qualify in seconds to draw and shoot 4 times a year for 18.5 years until I had to retire.
     

    TexMex247

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    All silliness aside, practicing draw from concealment is a useful skill. Maybe only slightly more so than other shooting fundamentals but still a nice card to have up your sleeve. Personally I like to run a shot timer and draw from open carry. I prefer to take 5 successive shots at 67% IDPA targets spaced apart at 15-20 yd ranges. On a good day I run that at 3.3-3.6 seconds. I am no expert, trainer, ex leo or military bad ass, just an armed citizen.

    I always encourage people to practice at their expected engagement distance whether it's hunting, plinking or self defense. For me, this "feels" like a practical scenario although I hope it never becomes one.
     

    bbbass

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    I practice my RunFu, my compliance (the wife loves that chit), and a stealth draw, cuz at my age and condition it's a 2 sec draw to first hit at 15' or so. At 3' to 7' it's a faster by half a sec at least.

    But when confronted it's good advice to not try to draw against a drawn gun, wait until they are distracted and turned away.

    Best advice of all is to stay out of trouble if you can, and run (or drive) away if you can.

    Rules of Stupid (modified):
    Don't go Stupid places, doing Stupid things, at Stupid times, with Stupid people. (this will avoid many incidents)

    BTW: Shoot, scoot, or reload....
    I've been told that reloading practice is generally not needed by the self defender in the great preponderance of real gunfights. Visual evidence is that mostly it is LE that needs reloads. In private life for assaults and thievery, once the bullets start flying people start running away. Esp once they get shot. My EDC mag has 10rds and I carry two 17rd mags on the offside, you know, cuz shit happens.
     

    Glenn B

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    On an electronic timer, now, average of 5 tries, each time to get a hit on the chest at say, 10 ft. from under a shirt, not some bs about an open jacket that you often can't have.. I and a very few others, can average sub 1.0 second. Most people are 2.0 seconds plus. Since a good man can get 6 more hits in the 1 second difference, or dot both of an attacker's eyes with a .22 in 1 second, it seems a bit silly to worry about any "group" type accuracy, or power level in the ammo, when you dont even care about being the first to get a hit. If you get your gun out and "on" him fast enough, he'll often flee, saving you a year of court, $50,000-1/2 mill$ in lost work, having to move, provide protection for your family, legal fees, bondsman's fees, etc. This is on top of the advantages if you actually have to fire and the speed of draw increase is basically free, attainable with dryfire, or with Airsoft.

    Let's see - how to address that post in a reply:

    It mentions bail-bondsmen etc. (as if you'd automatically be arrested for a good shoot) - This is Texas not CA or NYistan.

    It says: "Since a good man can get 6 more hits in the 1 second difference, or dot both of an attacker's eyes with a .22 in 1 second shoot an attacker in his eyes with a 22" - Thinking of doing that or even of trying it in a self defense situation (unless you're making a shoot-em-up action movie) - well, that is simply moronic.

    Says: "...not some bs about an open jacket that you often can't have." Again this is Texas, open carry is permitted so why bother with a jacket that is definitely not needed. Anyway, why couldn't someone wear an open jacket or an open shirt over say a t-shirt - why can't you have one!

    Also contains the line: "I and very few others..." - Makes me think this almost certainly must have been posted by Melvin, aka: Gun Kid or at least by a protégé of his. Of course maybe it is 'no brag - just fact' but maybe you (the OP) can also understand how some folks may find that a bit dubious coming from anyone but especially from a new member. So, since this is the age of cell phone videos & of posting those videos on YouTube; let's see a video of you doing it consistently - in less than one second. Seeing it is believing it - as they say.
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    bigtex10mm

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    I've never timed my draw but I would guess its about 2-3 seconds from IWB concealment. I rarely miss what I am aiming at with my 1911. I always carry cocked and locked and I practice drawing enough that the muscle memory to snap off the thumb safety about halfway up to line of sight automatic.
     
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