Sheriff Jim Wilson recently published a piece at Shooting Illustrated discussing the issues involved in switching between different carry guns. In his article, entitled "Switching Guns: Changing your carry gun should only happen under a few specific circumstances," he essentially argues that because our draw stroke is a matter of habit and training, switching guns can lead to confusion as to where the gun is located and slow the draw as you fumble with a different location and/or holster. "Still," he writes, "there are times when a person needs to change guns or carry locations."
We might be going from winter carry to summer carry and need a different gun and different carry method. Our primary defense gun might be in the shop, and we are making do with another gun. Or, we might just have found that we shoot a different type of gun better and are planning to start carrying it for personal defense. There are a number of legitimate reasons to switch guns other than just trying to be cool and impress others with our assortment of handguns. I would suggest, however, that there are some things that we might do, prior to making the change.
These steps include:
- Making sure that the firearm to which you are switching is in good working order, including a field strip and cleaning;
- And doing some dry fire practice with the new weapon including some presentations from the holder; and,
- If possible, some actual shooting at a range.
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