Unload and Show Clear

[hoghunting]

This still doesn't answer the the age old question: "Is the gun half empty or half loaded?"

Or is the magazine twice as large as it needs to be??

 

[easy rider]

Or is the magazine twice as large as it needs to be??

There are magazines too large? New one on me.

 

[Mreed911]

There are magazines too large? New one on me.

Depends on which division you're shooting in.

 

[easy rider]

Depends on which division you're shooting in.

The "never too many bullets" division

 

[Handgun World]

We treat them as if they are loaded when unloaded because we are human and prone to error. Sure as shit, one day we will be wrong, the gun will be loaded and someone will get hurt or dead.

I'm fairly sure that's what the writer of the article meant. Why else would Jeff Cooper have made that rule #1?

 

[icepick]

I'm fairly sure that's what the writer of the article meant. Why else would Jeff Cooper have made that rule #1?

RE Unload and show clear: Cooper's famous Gunsite Academy teaches all of their self defense courses on a hot range, but they do allow you to decide in what condition you wish your weapon to be when they tell the classes to "Clear for the Break" at lunch or end of the day. Anything from empty chamber and no magazine, to cocked and locked is acceptable, but in any case holstered. Shooter's choice.

RE Magazines: Among their instructors' periodic questions to the line are 'how many rounds in your magazine?' The acceptable response: 'Not enough."

 

[Savage20]

wait, y'all own more than one mag for your gun?

 

[easy rider]

wait, y'all own more than one mag for your gun?

Shhhhh, big brother........

 

[Mreed911]

wait, y'all own more than one mag for your gun?

Well hell. That might explain why my stage times are so long. Firing 8, reloading that mag from loose rounds in my pocket, then shooting 8 more while keeping the gun pointed down range takes forever, especially on those 30-round stages!

 

[Savage20]

Well you're an idiot for not using a Maglula!

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