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MidnightRambler · July 3, 2006, 07:31 PM

I asked my NRA instructor about this in a class, and he had me stand 25 feet away with a Glock 17 using snap caps. I did not have one in the chamber. He told me when he was going to run at me and challenged me to draw the gun, rack it and bring it up to fire before he reached me. I could not do it. His lesson was "if you're going to carry, carry with one in the chamber".

I was in orange condition for the drill and knew he was going to run at me, yet couldn't rack it in time to fire.

July 3, 2006, 07:31 PM	#20
MidnightRambler Senior Member Join Date: March 21, 2006 Posts: 146	I asked my NRA instructor about this in a class, and he had me stand 25 feet away with a Glock 17 using snap caps. I did not have one in the chamber. He told me when he was going to run at me and challenged me to draw the gun, rack it and bring it up to fire before he reached me. I could not do it. His lesson was "if you're going to carry, carry with one in the chamber". I was in orange condition for the drill and knew he was going to run at me, yet couldn't rack it in time to fire.