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SHOOTING GRIP & STANCE

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How you stand and grip your

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pistol is one of the first things
you should work on as a new gun owner,

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and it provides a foundation for being
able to control how much a handgun kicks.

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We call this recoil control.

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I'm Julie Golob of Team Smith Wesson here
with my advice to help you with your grip

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and your stance. Let's start with stance.

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I begin with my feet
at least shoulder width apart

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with my strong side foot in my case,
my right foot, a step back.

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This provides
a solid base for me to build on.

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Next, I start adding little bends
to my body, starting at the ankles,

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moving up to my knees,
and then bending forward at the hips.

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When I extend my arms,
I activate the muscles in my back

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and shoulders,
making sure I don't lock my elbows.

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All of these little bends in my body
end up serving as little shock absorbers

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and combined to help me keep my weight
forward on the balls of my feet.

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If there's one
thing you take away from this video, it's

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to make sure you don't straighten
and lock your joints.

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It's very common with new shooters,
especially women,

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to lock their elbows and knees.

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And when you do this, you end up
leaning backward and the recoil controls

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you, not the other way around.

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Now, let's talk about grip.

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I use a high thumb's forward grip
when I shoot.

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It starts by getting a good grip
with my strong hand high along

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the upper portion of the grip
where the back strap of the pistol

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making a V with my strong hand.

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This v is where I'll make contact
with the pistols backstrap.

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Again, my grip is nice and high
because the lower

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I grab onto the pistol,
the more this handgun is going to kick.

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We don't want that.

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This pistol also has manual thumb safeties
and I like to ride them

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by keeping my strong hand thumb
right along the top.

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This keeps me from bumping them
on accidentally and also helps me

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keep my high grip, too. Win, win. When

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I grasp the firearm,
I make it a point to keep my trigger

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finger straight
and outside the trigger guard.

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I wrap the rest of my fingers
around the front of the grip

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and I use them to pull the grip
into the palm of my strong hand.

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Now it's time to bring that support
hand into play,

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and this is sometimes the hardest thing
to get used to for new shooters.

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I start with extending my support hand
in front of me

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and add another shock
absorber. Bend at the wrist.

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Keeping your arms straight

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with your hands so that your fingers
point downward at a 45 degree angle.

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Now it's time to meet up my hands.

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And when I place my support
hand on the grip, I do so

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in a way to eliminate any space
between my hands.

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The base of my left hand thumb
where it meets up with my wrist is going

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to fit right into the space underneath
where my right thumb meets my right hand.

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My left hand's index
finger makes contact on the pistol’s

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frame right underneath the trigger guard.

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As I wrap
those fingers around my strong hand grip,

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where I pull the grip into my palm
with my strong hand.

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I grip differently with my support hand.

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I think of my left hand as a vise,
and I use it to clamp my support,

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hand fingers together and onto the grip.

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This grip, combined with my stance,
allows me to shoot everything from

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soft shooting
22 rim fire up to large caliber revolvers

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and the more powerful the firearm,
the more aggressive I stand and the harder

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I grip in order to manage the recoil
as best as I can.

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Try it out and see if it works for you.

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Let us know in the comments section below.

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Hit that like button and subscribe
if you haven't already.

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ANTICIPATING RECOIL

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Hey, guys.

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Ken, from Provectus Group.

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Want to come and talk to you
about something that we see

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that's extremely common with new shooters
and that's called anticipation

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or you might have also heard
it called flinching.

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What's happening is and we're dealing
with an unloaded gun here.

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What's happening

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is, is when we bring the gun up
and we're aligning the gun on target at

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right before we press the trigger,
the muzzle will dip down slightly.

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Now, this is how your target will look
when you are anticipating.

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You notice this is where we were aiming
the bull's eye,

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but the shots are consistently low.

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Now, this is still a great group.

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They're just shifted down.

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This is anticipation.

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Now, to be very quick about it,

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anticipation is basically
the brain is understanding

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that there's a controlled explosion
happening inside of this gun.

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And that is foreign to most of us.

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Most of us aren't born with explosives
happening in our hands.

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So what's happening is, is that we're
lined up on target and we're pressed out.

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Okay, We presented the firearm.

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The brain is trying to get
that controlled explosion

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as far away from the body as possible.

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But because the gun is presented out here,
we can't really go out any further.

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So we go down.

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So hopefully this helps you understand.

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Number one, this is going to be
very common as a new shooter.

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This is what you're going to see.

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Number two, hopefully you understand
what's actually happening.

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And number three,
how do you get rid of it?

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Now, a lot of this will start to go away
on its own as you shoot

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more and more and more
and become more comfortable

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with which shooting
and your particular gun.

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Now, once you get to like an intermediate
level, you're very,

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very good with your fundamentals.

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The bullets
go exactly where you want them to go.

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When you see anticipation creep in there,
every so often there are specific drills

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that you can do to work on anticipation
specifically.

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But if you're a new shooter,
I would rather you just focus

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on the fundamentals themselves,
get more acclimated to shooting,

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and you'll start to see a shift
in your group starting to come

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more towards the bullseye.

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All right.
So hopefully this video helps you.

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If you like this video, please
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LOADING A PISTOL MAGAZINE

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Hey guys. Ken with Provectus Group.

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Today we're going to talk about the basics
of loading a pistol magazine

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and a pistol.

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Always remember, keep your trigger
finger on the side of the pistol

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until the sights are on target
and you're ready to fire.

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At all times ensure that the gun is always
pointed in a safe direction.

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We have to be safe.

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So in my hand, I have a pistol magazine.

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Before we get started, it's important
to understand the orientation

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of the magazine so as we rotate it around
this way, you notice this flat here

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and you notice
I have a round in there already.

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The back of the round is flat.

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The front of the round is a little bit
more tapered.

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The next thing we need to look at
is the actual top of the magazine.

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If you notice
the top of this magazine is tapered

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and it's tapered
a little bit more here than it is here.

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So in order to get rounds
inside of this magazine, I'm

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try to turn it this way
to make it a little easier for you to see.

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It's important that right here
we press down

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and press down enough to where we can go

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under these two lips to retain the rounds.

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So let me try to do this again.

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We're going to press this down.

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And if you've noticed now,
I've pressed down enough

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to actually go under those two lips
I was talking about.

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We're now going to slide it underneath.

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Let me do that one more time.

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We're going to press down,

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press down
just enough to get under those two lips

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and we're going to slide the round
underneath just like that.

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Let me do this two more times.

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I've got two rounds or two rounds left
and now we're going to load the gun.

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So now we've got the rounds in
the magazine and the proper orientation.

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Now I'm going to take out my firearm.

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I'm going to insert this magazine
inside of the magazine well, here.

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So it's going to look just like this.

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You heard that click.

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But I also like to push down on the
magazine to ensure that it is seated

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properly.

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Next thing I'm going to do
is I'm going to take my support hand.

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I'm going to put it up here
on the slide, on the serrations.

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I'm going to pull back on the slide
until it stops.

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And it's extremely important
that I just let go of the slide.

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What I don't want to do is allow my hand
to stay on the slide as it goes forward.

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Sometimes that can cause the slide
to not go all the way forward,

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and it will not allow the gun to fire.

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So after I've put after
I've let go of the slide,

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now there is a round in the chamber
and the gun is loaded.

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Always remember keep your trigger
finger on the side of the pistol

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until the sights are on target
and you're ready to fire.

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So that's the basics of how to load
a pistol and how to load the magazine.

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I really hope that that helped you.

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Remember, when you're doing this, it's
important, especially for the first time.

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It's important that you go slow.

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The slower you go, the faster
you'll learn it at all times.

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Ensure that the gun is always pointed
in a safe direction.

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We have to be safe.

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Hope you enjoyed this video.

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Smash that like and subscribe button.

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DRAWING FROM A HOLSTER

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Hey, guys, Ken with Provectus Group today?

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We're going to talk to you
about the basics of a draw stroke

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and how it should look.

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We try to keep everything that we do
very, very simple.

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All right. We have to start out
with a really good stance.

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The stance is the foundation
of everything that we do.

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I like to have my feet a little bit wider
than shoulder width apart.

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I'm right handed.

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So you see, I've dropped my right foot
back about six inches or so.

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Now, this could be different
because we're all different.

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All right.

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But this is a great starting point.

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Now, if you're left handed,
you would drop that left foot back

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just a little bit, but I'm right handed,
so I'm going to bring it back here again.

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This is just where we start.

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You might have to adjust this once
we start shooting.

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The second thing is I'm wanting
to establish a really nice,

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good firm grip,
even while the pistol is in the holster.

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From there, I'm going to extract
the pistol from the holster

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and from here
the priority is getting the sights

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on this pistol
to intersect with my line of sight.

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Now, commonly was taught is that,
of course, the fastest way from point

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A to point B is a straight line.

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So if my holsters here and I'm trying
to get here, most people would think

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that I would need to take a line
that would go from here to here.

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And I get that completely.

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But when we're talking about

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what is the soonest way

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that I can shoot an accurate shot,
the priority is to come from here.

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And I want to get those sights on this gun

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to intersect with my line of sight
as quickly as I possibly can.

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From right here,
I can press an accurate shot.

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So I like to come
and take a more dressed angle

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so I can get the sights to my line
of sight.

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Basically, from here
I can press an accurate shot,

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but it's also giving me more time
on my sights as a human being.

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We love to confirm that it's perfect.

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So this gives me a little bit more time
on my sights.

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And by the time I'm fully pressed out,
I have an accurate shot.

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My sights are aligned.

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If I'm using iron sights
or my red dot is over the target.

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So let me break that down one more time.

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Good stance. I want a nice solid grip.

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Even while the pistols in the holster
you notice my support hand is under my

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dominant eye because the gun
is going to come to my support hand.

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I'm going to extract the pistol.

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The priority is getting the sights
to my line of sight.

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From here I can press an accurate shot

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and press so now we're going to do it
live.

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We're going to load and make ready
and sort of mag, I'm going to press check.

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I like to bump the back of the slide
to ensure the slide is in battery.

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Let's go ahead and holster up.

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If you notice, when I holster up a holster

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up nice and soft,
there's no bad guys in our holsters.

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All right.

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Again, this is how it's going to look.

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Establish a really nice, solid grip
while it's in the holster.

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I extract the pistol for.

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The pistol is now in my support hand.

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Remember,
the priority is to get the sights on

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the gun
to intersect with my line of sight sooner.

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So I'm bringing the pistol up.

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The sights are now aligned.

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Press a nice shot, come back and holster.

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Let's do it again.

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Come up establish a nice firm grip.

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I extract the pistol.

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I'm bringing the sights up on the gun
to intersect with my line of sight.

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Everything's good, press the shot.

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Come back. Do it again.

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Again.

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Extract the pistol from the holster,

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align both sides and press

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and holster.

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All right,
so that's the basics of a draw stroke.

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I hope you enjoyed it.

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If that is something that's new to you,
remember, it's important to go slow.

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The slower you go, the faster
you're going to learn it.

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FINDING THE RIGHT M&P PALMSWELL

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All right, So, Danny,
I'm gonna talk to you about something

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that I think is constantly overlooked
when it comes to you.

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Just bought your pistol and it’s coming
with all these, you know, palmswells.

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Now, the gun we're going to be talking
about is M&P 9 the M 2.0.

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This is the compact, very,
very popular gun for concealed carry.

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Now, when you get your pistol in the box

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like this one here, it's going to come
with four different palm swells.

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It's going to come with a small
a medium, medium large and a large.

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This is huge
because most pistols out there,

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they have interchangeable back straps,
but it's actually just adding

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more length of pull to the gun, meaning
it is adding more grip to the back area.

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The problem with that is,
is that it ends up being to where

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this center part of your palm
doesn't make any contact with the grip.

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That's extremely important.

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So they went to palm swell.

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So it's actually widening this grip

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and allowing the grip to come in contact
with more of your palm.

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It's a huge deal.

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So let me show you
how easy it is to do this.

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The first thing you do
is you remove your magazine,

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want to make sure the gun is unloaded.

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But right here, you twist this 90 degrees
like I just did.

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After you twist it 90 degrees,
just pull straight out.

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It's going to come out.

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Take the palm swirl and pull rearward
and you see how it just comes out.

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This got this little tab and that's
how you pull it out and you can align it.

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So I'm going to put a medium one on here.

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I was looking at your hands, so let's try
a medium and let's see how that feels.

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And now this is a very subjective thing,
meaning you tell me how it feels

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on your hand.

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All right?

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After you do that, you insert this back,
turn it 90 degrees again.

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All right, So

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the safe direction that we're going to be
pointing in is going to be over here.

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Okay. We'll let the slide go forward.

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And I want you to feel that in your hand
and tell me what you think.

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How does that feel?

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One of the things I want you to be
looking at or thinking about

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is how much of the center of your palm
is coming in contact with the grip.

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Yeah, it feels pretty good. Okay.

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There's a good amount. It's a good amount.

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Okay, now that feels good.

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I want you to keep that in your mind.
I'm going to swap it out.

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Let's try a medium large.
It might work a little bit better for you.

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All right.

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And this is a process
that I recommend to people.

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This is huge.

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Definitely swap them out.

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You've got four of them. Try them.

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You never know
which one is going to work better for you.

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So I just put the medium large on here.

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This is actually the one that I use
quite a bit now.

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Feel that.

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How does that feel?
That feels a lot better.

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Does it?

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Okay Now,
what differences can you feel, though?

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I can feel more of the grip.

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So now you see what I'm saying?

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You actually can feel the grip
coming in contact with your palm.

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Now, just to double check,
I'm gonna take that medium large off.

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Let's throw the large on.

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You know, when you grip it,
whether or not it's going to work

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better for you or not.

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Again, turn it 90. Pop that off.

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I stole this large on.

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I really like how I don't have
or I don't need

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any additional tools to do this.

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I can do this in the feel.
How does that feel?

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Um, it doesn't feel bad. It just feels

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bigger.

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Does it feel too big? Yes.

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Okay, so let's go back down to the medium
large let’s see?

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And we're going to kind of be able to now
confirm that

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that's the one that you may line.

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Yeah, that definitely that's it.

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The medium large may work for you.

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So now what I'd recommend

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is we go shoot it to confirm it,
take those palmswells with you,

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go to the range, shoot it just to confirm
and swap them out while you're there too.

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Hey, man. But, yeah, good job.
I'm glad it worked out for you.

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CONCEALED CARRY POSITIONS

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Hey, guys, Ken with Provectus Group
coming to you today to talk to you

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about the two most popular places to carry
concealed.

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The first place that I'm going to talk
about is carrying appendix.

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In order to do that, you're

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usually going to use a holster like this
one, like this from TXC holsters.

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If you notice, it's an actual holster here
for the pistol,

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but then it has a little sidecar
to hold the magazine.

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Now, when we carry appendix, we're
carrying directly in front of our body,

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almost in front of your stomach.

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Now, the reason
why I like carrying appendix

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is because you're carrying the pistol
right here in front of you.

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What's important about that
is it's on the body center line.

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We do a lot of things on our center line.

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We're on our phones. On our center line.

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You're stirring the pot on the stove,
on your center line.

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We do a lot.
This is where the body wants to be.

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We have a lot of control and dexterity.

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So when it comes to drawing the pistol,
we can come out

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and we can do it
very consistently over and over again.

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Now, the second most common place to carry

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concealed is on your hip.

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Now, if you're right handed,
you're going to carry on your right hip.

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If you're left handed,
you're going to carry it on your left hip.

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This particular holster
is from TXC holsters,

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and it is designed
to go inside of the waistband.

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Now, one thing that I always recommend
is that if you are an armed professional.

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So if you're in law enforcement
or armed security, I always recommend

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that you carry in the same spot off duty
as you do on duty.

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When I was in law enforcement,
I'm right handed.

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I had the gun on my right hip.

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And when I would carry concealed,

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I would also carry it
in the same spot on the same hip

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so that I can be consistent and maintain
that same drawstring.

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Now, understand, where you

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carry is very subjective
and it's up to you.

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You want to pick a place to carry

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that's going to be comfortable for you and
it's going to work with your lifestyle.

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