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Where Is That Damn Holster?
During the draw, your palm will be facing outward and the back of your hand toward your torso.
If your dominant hand was out of action, could you still draw your defensive pistol with your weak hand?
Is your gun in an ankle holster?
(Vice versa for southpaws, of course).
So, lets work on that.
Ayoob demonstrates weak-hand draw ofSpringfield XD-M pistolfrom strong-sideComp-Tac holster.
I started teaching weak-hand draws in the early 1970s when I first started seriously and personally debriefing gunfight survivors.
The first fell face down with a wound that paralyzed him temporarily from the waist down.
The same could happen if the good guy was wounded and landed on his or her back.
The author squarely faces a 12 o’clock target.
So, we need techniques that can get to the gun from the front or the back.
This helps bring the pistol in reach of the opposite-side hand.
Your hand and arm are going to want to pull the gun to the rear.DONT!
Moving just the arm, he can only reach to here.
!Your holster often wont allow it.
Pull the gun UPWARD until you feel it come free.
You will probably not have a perfect hold.
Pivoting the hip and raising the wounded shoulder while lowering good shoulder should get enough range of movement to allow a firing grasp before the draw.
Re-grip tightly, and youre ready to fight back.
Across the Front Draw
Choice of technique depends heavily on range of movement here.
More power to em: most of us cant.
A small number of shooters will have enough body flexibility and range of movement to just reach over, take a firing position, draw and shoot.
These are not, however, universal techniques.
Half or more of the people Ive trained didnt have the range of movement to do it reliably.
Flat-sided autos, not so much, and it was impossible with light-equipped duty pistols in Kydex holsters.
Your finger should be clear of trigger guard with the gun muzzle pointed safely behind the shooter.
My universal default technique from the front is what I call a Roll-Over.
Again, pivot the holster toward reaching hand.
Bring the top of your slide against your abdomen, pointed to the side parallel to the ground.
A last-moment grip adjustment is made as gun begins to come up on target.
Now, KEEP YOUR FINGERS UNDER THE GUN AND ROTATE YOUR PALM ACROSS THE BUTT.
This brings you into firing hold, the finger of course OFF THE TRIGGER.
Bring the muzzle on target, and now youre ready to fire.
If this is as far as you can reach, push the gun upward with palm of hand.
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Hold the gun as tight as you can with the grasp you have and bring the gun around to the front.
Once around the body, re-grip the pistol and prepare to bring the gun on target.
Depending on your range of movement, you may be able to draw like this. The muzzle will sweep up and behind you, though.
If you just reach across the front, you may be able to touch the gun in a 3 o’clock holster position.
Bring hip forward and lower the reaching arm’s shoulder to get a good upside-down grasp on grip.
You can now pull the pistol from the holster.
Keep your fingers under the gun, and the top of the slide against your belly.
Roll the palm across the butt as shown, keeping the gun supported the whole time.
Take a firing grasp.
Bring the gun on target, and you are ready to return fire.
If you have tried all of the above and none of them work for you, a backup gun readily accessible to your non-dominant hand might be your best bet.
