Support-side shooting - a reason you might not have considered.

[Glock21]

My latest on support-side shooting:


“Take it from an old partisan, learn to shoot left-handed!” – Russian survivor of the siege of Stalingrad

I don’t know about all of you, but my support-side shooting sucks. I practice it, just not nearly enough. However, we run support-side drills regularly in our courses, and I encourage my students to spend a portion of every range session on improving those skills.

Why?

The common answer: Because there is no guarantee your strong-side hand will be working at the beginning, or through the duration, of your next fight.

Now, as true as that may be, I’d suggest there is a better (and more probable) reason not often considered – That is: What if I’m forced to daily carry, manipulate, and draw my gun with my support-side hand?

Full article here:
http://fortressdefense.com/support-side-do-it-now/

[ChicagoRonin70]

I have been training to shoot with both sides since I started shooting. I come from a hand-to-hand fighting and martial arts background, and I've always trained ambidextrously in that, so there's no reason not to train shooting with both hands, as well.

[azone5]

Fully agree. Got two hands, use them.

[anonymous too]

Years ago there was a great article on this in Combat Handguns if I remember correctly.

 

It was all about weak side/off side handgun manipulation as if your strong side had been injured and not operable anymore.

 

Drawing, Holstering, Reloads, etc. How to clear a malfuntion one-handed too I think.

 

The reason I remember the article was because not too many months later the ol' Yak was tring to be cute with me and was pretty much left speechless when I told him not only did I know what to do, but would explain it in detail and then demonstrate the things mentioned above.

 

He didn't take me up on that. Thus endith the lesson.