The Shooting Drill You’re Most Likely To Actually Use In Self Defense

[DougC]

Read more at Truth about Guns blog. Channel has video demo.

When it comes to practicing and learning self-defense, there’s a few classic drills everyone likes, and there’s often a new drill that’s popular whenever a big defensive shooting hits the news (ex. the “Dickens Drill”). While all of these drills are useful to prepare for real-life defensive possibilities, there’s one drill that many shooters don’t do: shooting from retention.

 

[msharley]

Remember folks...contact wounds are wonderful...

 

[oldag]

I spend little time practicing hip shooting. I found it pretty much impossible to miss at that short range.

 

[Hoji]

I spend little time practicing hip shooting. I found it pretty much impossible to miss at that short range.

It’s the draw that you should practice. If your gun gets hung up in your shirt……..

 

[Gordo]

Contact wounds to the head have been known to jam semi-autos due to bone & tissue blowback.
So not so good if your attacked by more than one...