Achieve the Proper Re-holster Form When Using a Gun

Video Transcript

"We've talked about target acquisition and lasering and how to un-holster our weapon. The simplest way to re-holster is to follow the same steps we did to un-holster. It's very simple. Again, we'll walk through it. Standing here, I'm in my position, the command is to fire, I draw my weapon, punch it out, I'm on target, I fire. Okay, re-holster. Same thing. It make take you a moment to find it, but I'm not looking down. The theory behind that is whether you're training, or whether you are in law enforcement or the military, there could be a threat that you didn't see. So if I'm, boom boom, just because you fire, doesn't mean the bad guy has gone away or the threat is over. So, if I take my eyes off the bad guy and I'm looking around here trying to put my gun in my holster, guess what, he just advanced on me. So, now, I may not have a chance to get it out again. So you don't wanna do that. Boom, come to a low ready, I prefer people to scan, when you come to low ready, look around, make sure there are no threats approaching. If all is clear, you go to re-holster, my eyes are on my target, and I put my weapon away. All the while, keeping my eye on the target. So re-holstering is the same principle. Hand high on the backstrap, your grip stays the same. It's the same grip I had when I drew it. So, nothing has changed there. My hand is still high on the backstrap, fingers are naturally curled, thumb is over there, the thumbs marry and meet, I'm on target, I've done what I needed to do, now it's time to reholster. I scan the area, no more threats, elbow goes back, pivoted, now it's toward the sky, and I'm in the holster, lock in, and now I'm back. So that's re-holstering. The easiest way to do it, is to practice those steps, one, two, three, four. First step is grab it high on the backstrap. So the fourth, in reverse, would be, hand off the weapon because the hand is going on on the first one. Those are the steps you can practice in the mirror to get it down, and if you follow those steps you should have a safe and fun time at the range or training."