The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - Preference or tactical advantage: releasing the slide.

Polinese · January 18, 2015, 02:43 PM

I personally use the release when I reload, but both academies I have been through taught the hand over technique. My first academy has us doing that then after a while told us to find our preference. My second academy was ready to chop off your trigger finger if you did anything other than the hand over technique citing that using the release is a fine motor skill and hand over technique is a gross motor skill.

While I've never had to test it out in a real life situation, I've never had an issue using the release during any training I've done.

January 18, 2015, 02:43 PM	#9
Polinese Senior Member Join Date: September 27, 2010 Posts: 951	I personally use the release when I reload, but both academies I have been through taught the hand over technique. My first academy has us doing that then after a while told us to find our preference. My second academy was ready to chop off your trigger finger if you did anything other than the hand over technique citing that using the release is a fine motor skill and hand over technique is a gross motor skill. While I've never had to test it out in a real life situation, I've never had an issue using the release during any training I've done.