All in the Family: Using a Common Handgun Platform, and Why It’s Important

By Salvatore

Familiarity breeds efficiency. It does not matter how experienced a shooter you are, if you don’t spend a significant amount of time with a particular handgun then you will never maximize your potential with that weapon. Certainly most shooters change guns at one point or another and there is nothing wrong with that, but a practice that I am entirely opposed to is having a “carry rotation” in which a shooter switches from one gun to another on a daily basis. This is especially problematic if the individual switches between firearms that are dramatically different in operation. Some people will carry a 1911 on Monday, a Beretta 92 on Tuesday, a Glock on Wednesday, and a revolver on Thursday. Do you do that? If you do here is some advice: stop it.

In a time of crisis, like, for example, a lethal assault, you will respond with reflexive action and you will default to doing what is most familiar. If you typically carry a gun with no safety but on this particular fateful day you are carrying a 1911 you might not instinctually swipe the safety off. If you carry a 1911 often and train with it often then you will, …Read the Rest

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