Train with a Steel 5" 9mm, carry an aluminum 4" .45?

[Robb Jensen]

Hope all is well (hows BAD doing?)

Travis I've looked over the stages for the Area 8 Mulit-gun match coming up soon for which I'm already training. I don't think your BAD you're eventually sending me will help me much. On a few of the stages with rifles I can find a happy spot with which to reload the rifle on the move.
http://www.uspsa8.org/A8-MGC.htm

ra2bach -- No argument from me! I've seen exactly what you're talking about with the 1911 safety, most often when a competitor or student isn't drawing from a holster. For example, it's common in the games for people to have to get their pistols from a closed drawer. Since most people don't practice coming out of a drawer, the incidence of mistakes goes up. My wife (who has about the same level of firearms training and regular practice as your typical disinterested LEO) used to do this all the time with her BHP.

Practicing picking pistols up off of the table is good too. Here's my old boss Phil Strader.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEDWdYF631w

And here's the US Army Team member Max Michel Jr. Both Max and Phil are some of the best shooters I've seen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-09Di...eature=related