Practice the way you will have to shoot. Our LEO practice on the range to shoot the mag and then clear the weapon no mag reloads; this is not good in a gun fight. Always practice the final reload after your round of fire with an empty mag. Then and only then safe your weapon. Believe it or not Leo have been killed in a gun fight while picking up the spent brass because this was the way they were trained.
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Probably we have all heard that story by now, I think it happened in like the 70’s lol but it does demonstrate your point.
I also heard from a good source one time that an off duty cop got held up at an ATM and after he disarmed the guy he handed the pistol right back, as they had done with their partner practicing in training.
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Yes I practice reloads. Both at home and live fire at the range. Live fire at range is obviously just in my lane.
Dry fire with movement makes me realize I have a long way to go. I am getting better but I also am training with no one trying to harm me or my loved ones. I feel that added stress will make a huge difference.
I was in the Navy and we trained for just about every scenario you could think of. If it was good enough then, it is good enough now. I would rather over train than under train.
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I practiced just about everything when I had the outdoor range to myself, even fast walking and a lot of moving around while shooting
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Just a note, for those that do a tac reload but let their magazine drop to the ground and don’t retrieve it; in addition to having that extra magazine for maybe the necessity for more ammo but you may need it for a double feed, or other catastrophic magazine malfunction.
So, a by definition of a tac-reload is to maintain possession of that partially used magazine in the unlikely event. I teach students to put their partially used mag in their left rear pocket. This way they no/remember that it is not a full mag. We also train to retrieve this partial from that rear pocket as well.
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