Posted: 8/5/2011 4:34:14 PM EDT
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Is there a name for this reload? Someone told me it was called the 'FBI Reload' but after doing a Google search, it seems that the 'FBI Reload' is a technique for revolvers.
The technique is as follows: 1) Gun shoots to slide lock. 2) Press magazine release with weak thumb 3) Index and insert fresh magazine 4) Press slide release with weak thumb or reach over and rack the slide |
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Is there a name for this reload? Someone told me it was called the 'FBI Reload' but after doing a Google search, it seems that the 'FBI Reload' is a technique for revolvers. The technique is as follows: 1) Gun shoots to slide lock. 2) Press magazine release with weak thumb 3) Index and insert fresh magazine 4) Press slide release with weak thumb or reach over and rack the slide No name that I know of. Releasing the mag with the support hand is a bit slower –– that hand should already be on the way to grab a mag –– but some guns can be difficult to shift your grip on to reach the mag button with your thumb. |
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I don't know about him, but I have absurdly small hands (size 7.5 shoe). Ordered a Vickers Mag Release for my G19, so hopefully that helps. If you have a pistol with a reversible mag release, that is the way to go IMO. Made reloads lightning-fast with the M&P. When I shot a Beretta in competition, I swapped the mag release to the other side. It was always faster for me to hit it with the trigger finger than to twist the gun around to get my thumb on it. It was also one of my favorite features of the XD platform. |
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I've done the reload described once at a match while running because the grips on my 1911 were extremely fat and I couldn't hit the mag release with my strong hand thumb.
I'm just wanted to know if there was a name for this reload technique. I know some women whose hands are so small that the M&P with the small backstrap is still somewhat difficult to fully grasp. |
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since the support hand (if shooting right handed) is near the mag release and has to go past the mag release on its way to your spare mag anyway it for me is faster to hit the mag release with the support hand thumb so as not to shift the gun in your grip and have to reacquire a solid shooting grip again(as you describe) it also has the advantage of being right there if a mag doesn't fall free and can strip the empty mag from the gun on the way to the spare ,as opposed to grabbing the spare only to find the original mag didn't fall free-more common than people think especially in a combat situation where your skills in reloads may be degraded or gun may be dirty etc.
Most police departments teach teh strip the mag out method since it is common for mags to get stuck. It also enables you to save a partially loaded mag easier. I personally prefer this to the traditional shift your grip to relase mag with strong hand thumb method. |