Reliable draw

People talk a lot about firearm reliability, but I think we often forget about reliability of the draw. A two-second draw leaves a lot to be desired, but it may serve you better in self-defense than an unreliable draw. People drop their guns at shooting competitions. Go for speed, but get reliability first.

If I have a half-second draw 99 out of a hundred times, but one out of a hundred times I have a 6-second draw because my shirt got in the way, then I have a 6-second draw. Let’s compare those numbers to firearm malfunctions. What do people say about a gun that goes “click” on every seventh mag or so?

We spend a lot of time talking about reliability of firearms. But that’s easy. There are hundreds of reliable guns. I’d like to see people focus on the much more challenging and much more critical topic of draw reliability.

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