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    AN EMPTY GUN IS USELESS

    Mar 22, 2022 3 minutes
    RICHARD MANN

    The reloading of a defensive handgun is generally considered a baseline skill. It’s something that every defensive handgun training course I’ve taken spends a good bit of time teaching. This makes sense because an empty gun is mostly useless. Most doctrine separates reloading into three techniques. These include the administrative reload, the tactical reload and the speed reload. Although all three serve the same purpose of keeping your handgun full of ammunition, they have different application.

    THE ADMINISTRATIVE RELOAD

    Administrative reloading is something that has no tactical

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