Putting Pistol Reloads in Perspective: My Thoughts and Technique

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Reid, you are such a (to my perspective) regular everyday good human being, it’s nice to visit, relax, watch and recall things I may have forgotten over the winter, sort of like a nice refresher and a break away from the constant crap we are exposed to, especially from the loser seditious polititians and Hollywood a-holes we wind up being put on edge from.

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@@compact1620 lol boot licker spotted.

[@meznine44]

I appreciate all you do Reid and your unending stance on liberty. Godspeed

[@vyr01]

I second the metal training rounds. They are excellent.

[@bartcornelius7717]

I'm glad you covered this. This is exactly how I felt when I saw shooters reloading like it was a competition. Always make sure you reload correctly and deliberately.

[@vfries2]

Reid, really like your videos. Their logically, practical and simply taught. Their good for no mater what skill level you are at. Thank you!!

[@burrco3086]

Great video, the few people I do train, I do the same thing. I load the mag , sometime not at all. My brother was blaming the gun, I told him turn your back I might load one in the chamber or not. He was flinching. I thought him follow through on trigger press. Tight grip. Now he really likes the gun. Great video, sharing video. God Bless y'all.

[@tylerbeck3806]

If you dont have the resources to get out and actually train, please buy and read the Pistolcraft book. This was a great resource for me when I was getting into pistols for self defense.

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USA 1ST both books are great

[@johnivanp]

Everything you teach here makes perfect sense and is the way I have been taught.

[@johndaugherty4127]

Great, life preserving teaching.

[@mhelectrical4161]

Have a blessed Easter!!!

[@viewsandreviews180]

Good presentation.

[@Led_Dis_Spencer]

Thanks

[@roberthill3207]

Have a great day everyone.

[@saltycastform2932]

You as well sir 🇺🇲

[@KikiRevenge]

Happy Easter!

[@johnouellet8700]

More importantly then speed reloading, getting low and behind cover while reloading is a must. In real world fights, getting to cover can mean life and death.

[@gregmosk]

Thank you Reid. 👍 A good exercise. Happy Resurrection Sunday to you and Patriot Nurse. God bless you both! 🙏🙏

[@WillysPerformanceCycleCtr]

Great video and excellent points to consider... Thanks for all you do. Stay safe.

[@jackbauer5511]

Good advice.

[@markadkins9290]

Excellent!

[@mattdg1981]

Good stuff as always Reid. Thanks

[@lexluther934]

Great information Reid thank you

[@essequamvideri]

peace & joy to you & yours. happy Easter!

[@2nd_a_dad4791]

Good info as always. Bonus points for not using the phrase “workspace” to describe reloading in the high ready position. 😁

[@williammcdonaghiii5873]

Happy Easter Reid always appreciate your videos GOD BLESS

[@rogerbeard9002]

Reid you do a great job teaching.

[@KikiRevenge]

Happy Easter!

[@Robmancan1987]

WOW a KZbin firearms instructor actually providing helpful information, instead of calling people f#king stupid.

[@deborahchapa1965]

Thanks Reid

[@kcher]

Ty for info

[@linklesstennessee2078]

Good information

[@expandfreedom2283]

Another great video! Thanks so much for providing fantastic content.

[@chrishill1286]

Washington State here. If you weren't so far away I would be there brother even though I'm old school revolver it would be a blast. Yeah when you look at the crime stats from the not so illustrious FBI, the engagement distances are point blank. I grew up with a BB gun that had no front sight so instinctive shooting has not left me yet. Thanks for the knowledge.

[@siciliancapeverde4646]

As always, great video, and great info brother. God bless, and Stay safe and healthy.

[@toddk1377]

The gen 1 M&P is one of my favorite pistols, especially when I reload, I slam the mag in and the slide automatically goes home. If it don't then it becomes a sling shot method but 99% of the time, the slide goes home automatically. Makes for really fast reload though I see it more likely to happen due to some sort of failure or faulty magazine.

[@mdleather4ever]

Great book. Great classes.

[@jason60chev]

Wyatt Earp was right......take your time, in a hurry.

[@Stevarooni]

Everything you master takes much less time and focus, giving you time and focus to make decisions.

[@ruderod]

Ty for the video 👍🏽👍🏽

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Excellent content here 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@WitchyWagonReal]

I watch Reid... and I sometimes I think to myself, "What did you do today that might save somebody's life down the line?" 🤔 (If I remember to look over my shoulder when it counts, it's I see him do this all the time, so I try to copy it....) It's a remarkable commitment this fellow makes to everyone. I know lots of us appreciate it, and he earns a good living it seems, but still it's worth saying it every so often. 🎯

[@Rust_Belt_Fab]

Happy Easter Reid.. Say hello to the family.

[@mickerdoodle51]

Thank you Reid! Say, is that a den to your left?

[@ryanlhobson13]

Reid and Paul Harrell are the cats meow when it comes to firearms training.

[@dylanharrell2208]

Hoppy check out Clint smith at thunder ranch

[@charliefoxtrot5001]

Pat McNamara (TMACS), Paul Howe (CSAT), Clint Smith (Thunder Ranch), John Farnam (DTI), John Lovell (WPS), and so on. We have a lot of good trainers.

[@ryanlhobson13]

Dylan Harrell will do!

[@ryanlhobson13]

Charlie Foxtrot thanks. I’ll check them out.

[@macgyvermankirk572]

You'd make a damn good instructional DVD.

[@BrassStacks]

As the oldest child of David and Prudence Wright I saw both of my parents take a stand for what they believed that April 19th. My father marched with the Groton militia and my mother formed a company of women to patrol our town once the men left. When I was old enough I took my stand, serving with the Continental Army. -David Wright. Pepperell (5C)

[@mithrandir1313]

Californiastan: 10 rounds, reload... Looking forward to eastern Tennessee retirement!

[@charlesgreathouse7376]

@The Prometheus Project who want's to live in Commiefornia?

[@mikemusgrove9654]

Slightly off topic: Those metal cased dummy rounds are excellent. I install malfunctions in M4s and make new guys in my Platoon clear double feeds, bolt overrides, failure to fires, non-extracts, etc all the time. I just sort of thrust the weapon into their hands and say, *“Clear it. Now.”* Malfunction reduction skills went way up. 🇺🇸

[@baymeosplit8537]

I thought old Reid was going to talk all about reloading ammo.

[@Rusty_ok]

Yep me too. Thought we were going to hear about the right kind of bullet or how reloads were not reliable.

[@WillysPerformanceCycleCtr]

..... me too

[@charliefoxtrot5001]

I do not know a single firearms trainer that hand-loads or that carries any type of reloaded ammo. Also, hand-loaded ammo is not allowed at Valor Ridge. Factory-reloaded ammo is allowed. So, don't expect Reid to talk about reloading ammo!

[@capzap9841]

Just an observation and dumb question. Was the written text noting that you weren’t looking at your gun a tip of the hat to Paul Harrell? As always thanks for the info. I really wish I could come out and get some training from you.

[@markchambers2812]

Reid , what sights are you running on your Glock ???

[@charliefoxtrot5001]

I think he still uses the AmeriGlo T-CAP sights: ameriglo.com/collections/products/glock-cap-sets. See this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3alqauwm7Z4mqM

[@MThrow]

You're a Marine son, that's liquid sunshine.. Semper Fi.

[@dragonusmc0311]

If it ain't raining you ain't training...

[@MThrow]

@@dragonusmc0311 Damned straight Skippy. 1/6 '77-'83 retired E6.

[@ArmedMechanic]

I know when my weapon is empty by the feel of the recoil. I’m reaching for a mag as soon as I feel the recoil impulse.

[@ArmedMechanic]

Maine Jackal I think that a lot of people just don’t pay attention to their weapon. It takes practice and a lot of rounds down range but you have to know your weapon. If you’re in a real fight you’re going to fall back on training and thinking will be a luxury. Muscle memory should be the goal of anyone serious about surviving a violent encounter.

[@jggrimm]

"...friend, it isn't always being fast or even accurate that counts. It's being willing..." words spoken by John Wayne in his last movie, the Shootist. Yes, it is a line from a movie, but it rings true, still.

[@ThePNWRiderWA]

I do these drills with my Glock 44. I have a lot of .22 ammo and the Glock only holds 10 rounds and will stove pipe , fail to extract with chap .22 ammo. So I get a lot of practice swapping mags , malfunction drills etc LOL

[@bernieeod57]

If you find yourself running dry in mid engagement, would you not want to "Disengage?" Get off the X? Get behind cover or concealment? Re loading in mid engagement sounds like a case of M.O.V.E. (Motionless Operators Ventilate Easily)

[@JoshBenware]

This isnt a battlefield. You can disengage, "get off the x", and find cover all you want...they will just keep stabbing, shooting, or bludgeoning you to death as you move. But, if you're on a battlefield with plenty of distance between you and them, maybe all that might work, idk.

[@bernieeod57]

Josh Benware If he is within stabbing range and still stabbing you after you dumped an entire magazine, you have already lost. If he is outside of arms length, you should be able to disengage, re load, and the engage

[@JoshBenware]

@@bernieeod57 where are you going to take cover at? For a civilian, if someone is a deadly threat that warrants deadly force, they most likely will be up close and personal. How are you going to disengage or find cover when someone is viciously all over you with a bat or knife?

[@willybee3056]

A battlefield is where you find it,,, life is not Hollywood. If someone is after me, the first thing I will do is find a safe place to return the favor. That may be on my belly, but not standing upright in one spot, out in the open.

[@bernieeod57]

Josh Benware if he is at the end of a hallway, retreat and turn right or left at the door

[@michaelshapiro1543]

NOTE: AS OF THIS MORNING, 4 13.2020, I cannot find FIREARMS listings on Cabela's websites.

[@charliefoxtrot5001]

Really? I guess these then don't exist: www.cabelas.com/category/Handguns/105526980.uts www.cabelas.com/category/Centerfire-Rifles/105522480.uts www.cabelas.com/category/Rimfire-Rifles/105530580.uts www.cabelas.com/category/Shotguns/105537780.uts

[@mhelectrical4161]

We The People!

[@damonc88]

I can see the argument for tugging on the mag, but seems like an unnecessary extra step to me. Admin reload i can see that but not for speed reload. Everything else was a great refresher. Thanks.

[@sanguinemoon9201]

Dropped a few mags on speed reloads during training cause it wasn't seated. When doing the tug, it isn't an extra step so much as pulling while moving your hand out of the way. Time difference is negligible if there is a difference at all. Once practiced I haven't had any seating issues and the tug is part of the innate motion.

[@damonc88]

Sanguine Moon such a simple thing, I never thought of it like that. Apparently I didn’t learn all there is to know as a Force Recon Marine.

[@damonc88]

Mark Belk yeah what about it?

[@mithrandir1313]

I will occasionally put an empty case in a mag to precipitate a failure.... S&W pistols will chamber an empty... most pistols will stove-pipe... for practicing fixing failures...

[@fillgriff]

Why bring the new magazine all the up the gun before ejecting the empty one? why not drop it while you are getting the spare? I'm not questioning Reid's technique I'm just trying to understand why. I'm sure there is a good reason

[@charliefoxtrot5001]

Because you should use the same procedure of reloading a gun for topping it off! Topping a gun off means to replace a partially spent magazine with a full one. Now, you don't want to eject the partially spent magazine before you know that you actually have a full one in the first place and before it is close to the gun. Ejecting a partially spent magazine means you convert your semi-auto handgun to a single-shot pistol until the full magazine is inserted. The idea is to keep that time as short as possible. Get some training!

[@fillgriff]

@@charliefoxtrot5001 thank you!

[@warisbs]

Good info, Happy Ishtar day.

[@thelastminuteman7513]

That is good its raining. When ever I ask buddy if he wants to hit the range and practice and the weathers bad he says "oh it's raining oh it's cold" and say when the day comes you need to defend yourself and your family the bad guy isnt going to take a rain check. Practice in the rain so grip your gun when its wet practice in the cold so can squeeze the trigger when your fingers are numb. Too many people I know only go to indoor ranges.

[@charliefoxtrot5001]

If it ain't raining, it ain't training! Having said that, the Tennessee summer heat and humidity is nothing to laugh at.

[@theophilhist6455]

I thought you were going to talk about "reloaded" ammo for the pistol. That actually is a subject worth delving into. What do you think about them as carry ammo? I've heard that is looked down upon.

[@charliefoxtrot5001]

I do not know a single firearms trainer that hand-loads or that carries any type of reloaded ammo. Also, hand-loaded ammo is not allowed at Valor Ridge. Factory-reloaded ammo is allowed.

[@theophilhist6455]

@@charliefoxtrot5001 That's what I thought...and I agree. Though I'm sure there are trainer who reload but don't train with their loads. I reload 8 different calibers and cast 6 different round balls for my black powder pieces, all for sport and fun. I would NEVER carry with a reloaded round. Thanks for the reply.

[@charliefoxtrot5001]

@@theophilhist6455 Reloading takes time, is error-prone and not cost effective for any person having a decent day job, like a trainer or like me. It's a hobby for those people that have lots of time on their hands and want to save a little bit of money!

[@theophilhist6455]

@@charliefoxtrot5001 Now now Charlie...indulge me with a smile. It is a hobby and has to be looked at as such without the cost differential in mind. I have a very deceit full-time day job..with "Summer time", I'm a 69 yr old high school teacher. I've been reloading and gunsmithing mostly flintlocks and WW2 military Italian, Japanese, Brit and German cartridges for decades. I was a machinist for nearly 20 yrs...so the hands on with tools and gauges and specs etc. is therapy and relaxing. You probably get my drift. Shoot safe, shoot straight. Semper Paratus.

[@jerrymanzer5176]

Thank you, Its coming I know, I know what to do. I am tolled that they will be coming for all guns soon, I hope they are wrong.

[@tristancase8546]

First comment awesome videos keep em coming

[@MrMrsMGTow]

Their goes Reid tricking me. I saw the title and though this was about reloading pistol rounds.. Not reloading magazines. LOL

[@charliefoxtrot5001]

Hi there! I do not know a single firearms trainer that hand-loads or that carries any type of reloaded ammo. Also, hand-loaded ammo is not allowed at Valor Ridge. Factory-reloaded ammo is allowed. So, don't expect Reid to talk about reloading pistol rounds!

[@MrMrsMGTow]

@@charliefoxtrot5001 it was a joke.. clearly it went over your head. I was not expecting a response.. However since you did.. Reloading is a skill I believe is vital to have especially in a WROL/SHTF situation. When munitions become scarce reloading become the new norm. Nobody will have a factory to reload anything at that point.

[@charliefoxtrot5001]

@@MrMrsMGTow Well, I don't do jokes quite well. As for reloading for WROL/SHTF situations, I don't think I need to take up the time-consuming and failure-prone _hobby_ of reloading anytime soon. I have enough factory-loaded ammo and can use the time I have for more productive things.

[@MrMrsMGTow]

@@charliefoxtrot5001 I see that.. Also I'm not asking you to take up any hobby of mine.. It's my hobby not yours. I'm just stating my belief. Not everything is live or die 24/7.. Try taking things with a grain of salt. This is KZbin relax.

[@bryanduchane2371]

Are you going any training classes now. Would love to get training while we can't do anything else.

[@charliefoxtrot5001]

Reid has a Web site, where you can look all of this stuff up: www.valorridge.com/pages/valor-ridge-training-calendar

[@brianpartlow5530]

Train train train! Marksmanship at the range, muscle memory at home dry firing. Play airsoft too! Playing airsoft teaches you to reload while you are being shot at, you will seek cover while you reload because those little plastic BB's won't kill you but they sting like hell. Good shot placement will end the fight faster.

[@smcombs100]

Speed reloads are more important to practice than slide lock reloads. More likely to top a gun off than empty it.

[@charliefoxtrot5001]

What's the difference between reloading and topping off in terms of the practice drill?

[@smcombs100]

@@charliefoxtrot5001 Set up for practicing the reload and implementing it. Sure, the physical movement is almost identical (minus the slide manipulation), but training yourself to reload the gun (or top the gun off, however you want to phrase it) on your terms rather than the gun's is different.

[@smcombs100]

@Maine Jackal Solid argument. I can really tell you put some serious thought into this.

[@charliefoxtrot5001]

@@smcombs100 People use different terminology, but reloading typically means running a gun empty and the slide is locked back on those guns that do that. Topping off means having a round in the chamber and replace a partially spent magazine with a full magazine. Some people use the term "administrative reload" for topping off. Many trainers teach exactly the same procedure for both! You use the terms "slide lock reload", which I assume means reloading, and "speed reloads", which I assume means topping off. As Maine Jackal mentioned, you don’t know what you’re talking about. For many that have actually trained, there is no difference whatsoever in the procedure for both, as they run the slide no matter what. Topping off the gun on your terms is preferred, but you may not have much say about that. After all, you can't call a timeout in a gun fight to top off your gun. You top it off when you have the time to do it, hence it is NOT a "speed reload". Ever heard of the acronym FAST? It stands for Fight, Assess, Scan, Top-off! Saying that one is more important than the other is outright nonsensical! Running a gun empty when you are in a gun fight is bad and you should be able to remedy that as soon as possible. Topping off a gun during a pause or at the end of a gun fight may prevent you from running a gun empty when you are in a gun fight, so you should do that too.

[@cincinnatifunk]

This is a great video Reid. When the 'rona subsides we are going to out to a class.

[@cabragooncabulous4082]

Im not a safety sally and all. But somethings wrong with your technique. That I have to question. Where is your😷.. 😂 happy Easter.

[@johncahill1408]

Gun Control means delivering rounds each and everytime where they were intended to be sent!

[@willybee3056]

If you can't hit your target, first time, every time, then you're too far away from the target. Or ,, you're using the wrong tool.

[@mpett2]

Reid is that your 150k glock?

[@billpace3001]

Very helpful. Thanks. Your atheist friend, Bill

[@ComeOnPelican91]

Shaming people for missing is unnecessary. The capacity of a g19 magazine is half that of an assault rifle magazine.

[@charliefoxtrot5001]

Shaming people for missing is necessary! Spray and pray doesn't work so well and endangers others. Note the fucked up reload in this video, where an officer emptied his gun with spray and pray: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYnSept5f6mWnck

[@ComeOnPelican91]

@@charliefoxtrot5001 you couldn't increase your rate of hits under stress if you wanted to. it's easier to train faster magazine changes than to meaningfully increase your total hit shots.

[@charliefoxtrot5001]

@@ComeOnPelican91 It is not about increasing the rate of hits under stress, but about maintaining your normal rate of hits that you have when not under stress. None of your marksmanship training and practice matters if you just go apeshit under stress and spray and pray. Fast magazine changes don't make up for misses on a two-way range! Get some training with Reid! His entire curriculum focuses on marksmanship.

[@ComeOnPelican91]

@@charliefoxtrot5001 Fast magazine changes absolutely help especially when your accuracy degrades. Load your ar magazine to 15, that would definitely change your priorities.

[@charliefoxtrot5001]

@@ComeOnPelican91 Did I say that fast magazine changes do not help? No! Don't make up words that I didn't say! I said that "Fast magazine changes don't make up for misses on a two-way range!". You are not going to win a gun fight by missing fast! You give your opponent the time to hit you until you hit them. It is that simple! The first to land one or multiple hits on target wins. It is that simple! Again, missing fast accomplishes nothing, other than running your gun dry, for which you then need a fast reload. So, going back to your original comment, shaming people for missing IS necessary!

[@michaelchristianson7743]

Are you contributing to GOA to fight anti-gun legislation????? C'mon.!!!!!!

[@adamgreene831]

Valor Ridge is Overpriced training

[@charliefoxtrot5001]

Please name one school of similar quality at lower price!

[@marktisdale7935]

@Reid Henrichs, I respect a lot of what you say and teach but you are a little off the mark in this video. I think that you are missing the main reason that you would do a reload. If you don't know how many rounds you are loading in your carry pistol you have very serious issues and should not be carrying. Back the first statement I made the main reason you would reload is to clear a malfunction not because you ran dry. Also way would ever look somewhere in a gunfight rhat you are not pointing your pistol? If you are looking to make sure there is no threat behind you, you need to bring the pistol with your eyes otherwise you are dead if there is a threat because you can't immediately respond to it.

[@justinsmith4688]

In order for any of this to mean anything to you, you need to come in with an open mind. Just because you know one thing and the instructor is teaching a different thing does not mean that either of you are wrong. Learn from as many instructors as you can, and apply what works for you. Also, the “load an unknown number of rounds” is for the drill; he is not saying you should carry like that.

[@Predalien195]

It's hard to say the main reason you would need to do a reload is because of a malfunction and not because you ran dry. While yes, average statistics of civilian involved shootings is settled in 3-4 rounds average with many ending in just one. The percentage chance of a magazine failure in a weapon you have presumably tested to ensure it's reliability is probably about as high or low as being struck by lighting. However, you have to consider you dont know each individual situation and scenario. Places like Detroit, parts of Souther California, parts of Texas, and other areas are often known to get hit with multiple home invaders, 4-6 at a time. The potential you could run dry in that situation seems significantly higher. Particularly as we dont know the skill of the person using the gun. They may fire wildly and miss a lot thus wasting ammo. As for looking another direction without bringing the gun that direction... if there's an obvious threat in front of me and potential for one to be behind me, taking my eyes and gun off the threat that's in front may very well result in the same problem of being dead. At least if I take a quick glance and determine there's no threat behind me then I can easily return my eyes to the one that's obvious and in front of me with the gun still in that direction. But as Justin Smith said, learn from as many people as you can and apply what works for you.

[@marktisdale7935]

@Justin Smith there is a difference between a pistol running dry and the slide locking to the rear and a malfunction causing the pistol to stop running. So to train for a situation that is not going to happen is ridiculous. But training for a failure and getting to weapon back in the fight is useful. It is not the same to practice a reload after running dry then it is to practice reloading when you have a malfunction. The thought that they are the same is very dangerous.

[@marktisdale7935]

You all should look at information from someone that has been a gunfighter at the highest level you can find if you want ro train to survive a gunfight. Maybe check out someone like a retird Special Forces Sergeant Major like Mike Glover. Here is a video he did m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIK8g2Vtd99mjpo Keep in mind I am not saying that Reid is completely unknowable, I was just pointing out some concerning things in tbe way he is training.

[@justinsmith4688]

Mark Tisdale if you are insinuating that Reid was not a gunfighter, you’re wrong. I’ll stand by my original comment though, there are things from many instructors that you should learn. If you don’t think this is one of them, then move on to another. To write Reid off because you think your guy is better isn’t productive. However, we should write off the glitz and glam “trainers” like “Instructor 0”, that don’t really train people, and only show off their staged tricks.

[@johndaugherty4127]

Great, life preserving teaching.