One-Handed Problems
Dry-Fire · At Home
Verified clear, dummy rounds. Ten one-handed reloads and ten one-handed stoppage clearances using your belt, your heel, or the edge of a table. Work both hands. Go slowly enough to be safe and keep the muzzle disciplined throughout.
Live-Fire · At the Range
Fifteen rounds at 5 yards shot one-handed on the cards, with a reload somewhere in the middle. Set the reload up however your range rules allow.
Service Pistol
Assume one hand is on a radio or a door. That is the common version of this.
Concealed Carry
Assume one hand has hold of someone you are moving. That is your version.
Carbine
One-handed carbine work is ugly but learnable. Sling tension does most of the job.
AUX (when ready): one-handed reload completed in under eight seconds.
An injured or occupied hand is one of the most likely complications, and almost nobody trains for it.
Your Daily Callout — By Archetype
This will feel slow and awkward. Slow and awkward is the honest starting point.
Work out the method deliberately rather than improvising it under pressure later.
The most likely reason your other hand is busy is that it is holding onto someone.
Pick one method for each problem and stop experimenting once it works.
Layer: alternate hands every other rep.
- Treat every firearm as if it is loaded — always, no matter what you think you know.
- Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy.
- Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on target and you have decided to fire.
- Be sure of your target — and everything beyond it.
Dry-fire: no ammunition in the room. Verify the firearm is clear — twice. Use a safe backstop. When you finish, say it out loud: “Dry fire is over.”
The Four Universal Safety Rules
Non-negotiable. Every drill, every rep, every time. This applies to live fire and dry fire.
- Treat every firearm as if it is loaded — always, no matter what you think you know.
- Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy.
- Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on target and you have decided to fire.
- Be sure of your target — and everything beyond it.