Argus

No, Not sketching my wife. Any thoughts on the draw? Tips, technique? How much practice. Above all safety.

Dakotaranger

The best I've ever heard is just a dry-firing exercise.

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Ping Ping

Find your most ergonomic carry position. Put on your normal cover garment. Sweep or flick the garment back. Down, grip, up; to center of mass, push outward, aquire front sight, aquire target, press trigger.

Reholster, repeat 1,000,000 times.

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ccw9mm

Yup. Empty gun. Run scenarios in your head. Practice the stance, preparation to draw w/ warning to your adversary (if appropriate to the scenario), the sweep of the clothing out of the way, and execute a fairly brisk draw to low-ready or to actively firing. Practice the sequence until it's second nature. Each week, take a couple ~15min periods to practice just the draw, with an empty gun, from the carry holster and with the covering garments you'll use on the street. Makes a world of difference, over time.

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Bark'n

Regarding drawing/presentation, start with unloaded gun. Start slow, be consistent and don't worry about speed. Let the speed come naturally, and it will take time for that. A good video will teach you better than can be described here. There are a lot of things to consider in a good presentation of the weapon.

Visit this website... There are a lot of professional training videos to be found there.

http://gunvideo.com/

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QKShooter

Get TO your firearm location as quickly as is humanly possible.

That is when you absolutely need to move fast.

Once you get to your firearm that is when you always need to get a proper, secure, correct grip on your firearm before you ever draw it from your holster.

Once you do have a secure grip - then your draw and presentation should be deliberate with no wasted motion.

Never prematurely rush your grip or your firearm presentation to the intended target.
That will naturally become faster as you practice.

If you cannot gain access to your firearm very quickly then you need to either change your carry location to a more suitable body location - or be keenly aware of the fact that having a firearm "on your person" might not do you any good at all and/or might not save your life.

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retsupt99

2000 times will begin to develop some muscle memory...

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glembe

Practice in front of a mirror, watch your joints, shoulder, elbow, wrist, fingers, move in slow motion, look for inefficient movements, try to eliminate wasted motions

semperfi.45

Some articles:

The Combat Drawstroke

Enhancing the Draw Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Speed Draw

Gunhandling and the Concept of Muzzle Aversion

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ArmyCop

Good suggestions for sure. I didn't see "snap caps" mentioned. These would allow you to pull the trigger and not risk damage to your firing pin. Some newer guns don't have this problem but I'd be more comfortable using them.

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