But you might control your choices in personal protection long before the attack begins.
One of the skills that folks should develop some experience with is shooting from retention.
Why Shoot from Retention?
If the threat has their hands on my gun, things have gone wrong.
Even worse is the possibility of the threat wrestling the gun from my hands and using it against me.
We could find ourselves in close proximity to our threat in several scenarios.
I highly recommend Craigs courses and the courses taught by the rest of the instructors in the Shivworks Collective.
There is a link to his site at the bottom of the page.
We are going to leave shooting at retention from the draw to Craig.
Here we are going to specifically discuss the second scenario described above.
What Is Retention?
When shooting from retention you are shooting with the primary hand only.
Your shooting arm is collapsed with a bent elbow.
You will likely feel considerable tension in your back and shoulder.
I like to feel the magazine making contact with my rib cage.
Never put any part of your body in front of the muzzle of the pistol.
The Hellcat Standoff
The purpose of shooting from retention is to AVOID the muzzle contacting the threat.
But, in a violent encounter, you arent dealing with a target.
Instead, you are dealing with a threat.
This is a threat that is attacking you and trying to stop you from shooting them.
This is where the design of the Hellcats recoil assembly comes in to play.
The Hellcats standoff gadget is a simple extension of what could be considered the guide rod.
It protrudes slightly beyond the frame and the slide.
Instead, retention is a fallback to help you remain effective when things might not be going your way.
The standoff gadget is just one of the things that makes the Hellcat the great gun that it is.
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