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A good point. As you noted I incorporated the "Costa" chamber look after hearing him discuss it. At that range a direct transition would be the most appropriate action.

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Originally Posted by coloccw

Why do you look at the rifle before transitioning to pistol, other than Costa does it? If the gun doesn't work and bullets are flying back, don't waste time looking. If the target is within handgun range, IMMEDIATELY transition. If the target is outside handgun range your options are: reload immediately, immediate action, remedial action, movement (to cover), or a combination of those. Remedial action is the only one that involves looking at the chamber.
If the rifle doesn't work, for whatever reason and you need to transition....quit wasting time looking and get back into the fight. Are you really going to stop and fix a problem if you see one when your secondary firearm is there & ready?

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Originally Posted by Batteriesnare

A good point. As you noted I incorporated the "Costa" chamber look after hearing him discuss it. At that range a direct transition would be the most appropriate action.

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costa talks about it being more important in non-transition types of drills, ie, when you only have your primary or are not in range for secondary. in that situation, it makes sense. you want to see what the malfunction is and fix it asap. but hes right that in transitions its not necessary. to be honest, it takes about 0.1 seconds to do it so i don't see it as a big deal. besides, both guys even say that to some degree you just have to do what you are comfortable with. the other guy prefers less wasted time. to each his own.

so its not technically "correct", its not a huge deal if its the motions you have memorized from primary only training previously. but i suppose if you can train yourself to use different mechanisms in different situations, all the better. for me, even when i am not checking the chamber i have a slight movement to that side and then back just because it helps me quickly expel the magazine and get it out of the way. the little "fling" helps me, but thats just me. also, i don't need to think quite as much, the motions just happen. but i am far from well trained.

Other observations noted above...

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Originally Posted by tmckay2

to be honest, it takes about 0.1 seconds to do it so i don't see it as a big deal. besides, both guys even say that to some degree you just have to do what you are comfortable with. the other guy prefers less wasted time. to each his own.

How far will a bullet travel in .1 sec??? If I shave off .1 sec in 10 different movemts, then I've saved 1 full second and become that much more efficient, and hopefully faster than the other guy.



for me, even when i am not checking the chamber i have a slight movement to that side and then back just because it helps me quickly expel the magazine and get it out of the way. the little "fling" helps me, but thats just me.

Pledge spray works well to make mags fall out a bit easier

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After firing last shot from pistol...slow down before compressing to carry position. Nothing wrong with scanning with pistol at the ready. If there was a reason to shoot in the first place, then there is valid reason to keep the pistol at the ready. Bad guys are like grapes...they come in bunches. You can shave time off by treating it multiple targets vice single target, engage, next target, acquire, engage....

Don't take this as nit-picking....just suggesting ways to cut off fractions of a second here, fractions there.

Your like a machine.....thats what she said
But that's crazy fast.