This whole exercise reinforced the importance of testing and practicing in realistic conditions. By realistic, I simply mean wear the gun as you would on a normal day. Do lots of draws from concealment using the actual shirts you’ll use on the street. Don’t practice with your loose range clothes and especially don’t practice without a cover garment. Don’t cheat and practice with a Shoot-Me-First vest if you normally use a closed shirt for cover. Don’t assume you’ll rise to the occasion. You won’t. Some quality time at home experimenting might expose some gotchas you didn’t know you had.
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This whole exercise reinforced the importance of testing and practicing in realistic conditions. By realistic, I simply mean wear the gun as you would on a normal day. Do lots of draws from concealment using the actual shirts you’ll use on the street. Don’t practice with your loose range clothes and especially don’t practice without a cover garment. Don’t cheat and practice with a Shoot-Me-First vest if you normally use a closed shirt for cover. Don’t assume you’ll rise to the occasion. You won’t. Some quality time at home experimenting might expose some gotchas you didn’t know you had.
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