"Beware the emphatic holster" - hsoi

[oljames3]

https://blog.hsoi.com/2018/06/27/beware ... c-holster/

I see it more often than I care to. People emphatically slam their guns back into the holster. They were upset about their performance on that drill. They were really happy about their performance on that drill. They were in a hurry. It really doesn’t matter why nor what, but they just slam that gun back into the holster.

It’s a recipe for disaster.

[Bitter Clinger]

"Decock, place on safe, SLOWLY, safely, re-holster"...that is how I was taught....

[Tex1961]

Good Article,

I've explained my firearm and holster selection in the past for this very reason. And of course have received some snarky replies about it which is why I just don't comment to much anymore. But.. Here goes..

My normal everyday carry is a Ruger LC9s in an Alien Gear holster. I carry with one in pipe and safety OFF... However. Before holstering I engage the safety. and once secured I then disengage it. I have a small advantage in that I am left handed so the safety lever is on my outside and doesn't rub up agains my holster so the chance of accidentally engaging it is quite slim... My Alien gear holster has a double sided solid plastic trigger guard which in my personal opinion is the safest holster I could find... (Again, my personal opinion and preference)..

It's a silly thing, but I have trained myself to say the word "Backfire" when I holster, reason is that I have to push the safety back to make the gun ready to fire.. Silly I know, but it works for me and I don't forget to disengage when holstering....

I've seen argument after argument on safety on, safety off, chambered, not chambered, 380 vs 9 vs 45 vs 22 vs whatever caliber you like...

I guess in the end, we all have our own personal equipment, safety and operational preferences. As long as the work for us that's all that matters.

[Abraham]

As long as this unsafe re-holstering practice continues, I hope when the inevitable happens, the bullet merely enters the ground (not ricocheting concrete) below or themselves and definitely not some innocent bystander....

[Soccerdad1995]

Shooting IDPA is good training for this. It is pretty easy to sweep your foot or leg, or break 180, while holstering, and get a DQ. So you learn pretty quickly to take your time, go slow, and be hyper aware of the exact direction that the muzzle is pointed at all times.

My EDC is a 1911 with a thumb safety, so not much chance of an AD while holstering for that gun.

[Middle Age Russ]

I have had instructors comment to the class, "there is no prize for the person who re-holsters fastest" or "no gunfight has ever been won by the person who re-holsters fastest". I have and will continue to say such things in classes I teach or attend. If you need to in-holster your sidearm, speed is certainly a factor and may very well win the day. On the other hand, if a gun is drawn (presumably for a good reason) there should be no hurry to re-holster it. The follow-on comments from instructors are usually pretty much as stated in this blog, and the term we often hear and use is "reluctantly re-holster". Remember that in classes, practice and competition we are building habits -- and the habits we build should be good ones.

[BBYC]

"Decock, place on safe, SLOWLY, safely, re-holster"...that is how I was taught....

Decocking a loaded 1911 is an invitation to disaster.

That aside, I was taught to reholster reluctantly.

[Flightmare]

"Decock, place on safe, SLOWLY, safely, re-holster"...that is how I was taught....

I want to know how you decock and place your glock on safe.

[flechero]

"Decock, place on safe, SLOWLY, safely, re-holster"...that is how I was taught....

I want to know how you decock and place your glock on safe.

Same way he disassembles it- by removing the mag and pulling the trigger!!



It's been spoken, written, yelled and taught:

RELUCTANTLY and deliberately holster your weapon, always, as if you aren't sure that you are finished with it.

[Bitter Clinger]

"Decock, place on safe, SLOWLY, safely, re-holster"...that is how I was taught....

I want to know how you decock and place your glock on safe.

I take my finger off the trigger. Once the threat has been proven to have been neutralized.

Decockers and thumb safeties are last centuries technology, suitable for collecting and display.