Do you prefer to train on one handgun brand/platform, or many?

[JC2020]

This is generally good advice but shooting the g19 and DWXc are so much more fun than the p365….

This is so true for me. My p365 is the least favorite of mine to shoot, but the easiest to carry. I put 30-60 rounds through it every range trip and am reminded I like almost everything else better. Except my G48. I love Glocks, just not the slim ones.

 

[M_N04H]

This is so true for me. My p365 is the least favorite of mine to shoot, but the easiest to carry. I put 30-60 rounds through it every range trip and am reminded I like almost everything else better. Except my G48. I love Glocks, just not the slim ones.

That's why I'm waiting on the CC9

 

[weaverftw]

This is so true for me. My p365 is the least favorite of mine to shoot, but the easiest to carry. I put 30-60 rounds through it every range trip and am reminded I like almost everything else better. Except my G48. I love Glocks, just not the slim ones.

This is why I got the WC XL grip module for my p365 but even with that it’s not as nice to shoot compared to the other guns on my permit; I find myself carrying the DWX compact most days now, it actually conceals better than the g19 and the grip feels like it was made for my hands.

 

[john_marsten_1873]

RE: single/multi-platform?

80% of my training is with my defense pistols.

If I change those I’ll retake classes with the new platforms. So far, I’ve gone through P320, Glock.3, now on M&P and X-Macro. But the changed were more so out of necessity.

I do value multi-platform proficiency in the sense that I want to be able to pickup almost any gun and be effective, quickly, were the necessity to ever arise but that’s more about the systems: striker/hammer, revolver, DA/SA, SAO…

I just started DA/SA and SAO (2011) but those are pretty much competition only.

 

[weaverftw]

RE: single/multi-platform?

80% of my training is with my defense pistols.

If I change those I’ll retake classes with the new platforms. So far, I’ve gone through P320, Glock.3, now on M&P and X-Macro. But the changed were more so out of necessity.

I do value multi-platform proficiency in the sense that I want to be able to pickup almost any gun and be effective, quickly, were the necessity to ever arise but that’s more about the systems: striker/hammer, revolver, DA/SA, SAO…

I just started DA/SA and SAO (2011) but those are pretty much competition only.

Frankly I don’t think there’s as much difference between platforms as people think. Now, manual safety vs not is a big difference, but DA/SA vs striker fired vs DAO or SAO I don’t see a big training difference for practical shooting. Draw, indexing, trigger control, and grip are fundamental skills that cross platforms. Whether you have to flip off a manual safety on the draw I think is the one differentiating factor.

 

[john_marsten_1873]

Frankly I don’t think there’s as much difference between platforms as people think. Now, manual safety vs not is a big difference, but DA/SA vs striker fired vs DAO or SAO I don’t see a big training difference for practical shooting. Draw, indexing, trigger control, and grip are fundamental skills that cross platforms. Whether you have to flip off a manual safety on the draw I think is the one differentiating factor.

I can mostly agree. Especially the part about manual safety. Even on pistols with no manual safety I still swipe it.

Granted I’ve only just started shooting it the DA to SA transition trips me up a bit. Also, because I’ve trained to prep the trigger.

But if you’ve only ever trained with a Glock, I thinks there’s enough difference between the platforms where having prior experience helps with adjustment, particularly between weight/balance and trigger feel.

Being able to diagnose and fix mechanical issues is whole other thing but I digress.

 

[JC2020]

Frankly I don’t think there’s as much difference between platforms as people think. Now, manual safety vs not is a big difference, but DA/SA vs striker fired vs DAO or SAO I don’t see a big training difference for practical shooting. Draw, indexing, trigger control, and grip are fundamental skills that cross platforms. Whether you have to flip off a manual safety on the draw I think is the one differentiating factor.

I noticed that it took me a half second or so longer to draw, aim, and fire my p365 X macro after shooting Glocks, my preferred platform for years.

I was “proficient,” but noticeably slower. I tried to like p320s, but my Legion was only so-so, and the controversy around p320s didn’t make me particularly excited, either.

So now I’ve switched to HK VP9a1s, and the grip angle is more similar to the p365. The lag is still measurable, but decreased. This is what I mean by training a single platform. I’m very interested in looking into the vp9cc if it becomes more readily available in CA. I’ll see if it’s a viable platform for me. I just want that extra half second back. That extra comfort level.

I guess I don’t have the talent to pick up any platform and be just as good. I have to practice, and my time is limited. So I focus on a single platform.

 

[ChallengerScatPackClub]

This is generally good advice but shooting the g19 and DWXc are so much more fun than the p365….

Have you tried the Radian Ramjet Afterburner? Even more fun lol