Reid Henrichs: How to Properly Load and Unload Your Pistol

I can already hear the groans of the readership here. “B-b-b-b-b-but I already know how to do this; this is a waste of my time, blahblahblah”.

This article isn’t for you. Who is it for? This is from June 4th, 2020.

This one is more recent, from October 28th, 2020.

As such, this can be an article that you can forward to someone who may be a new gun owner and a like minded individual that hasn’t opened their eyes completely yet. They may end up poking around on the site and begin to become better informed. Definitely encourage them to seek training as well!

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6 Comments

  1. James December 18, 2020 at 10:40

    “This article isn’t for you. Who is it for?”Of course it is for me,always willing to learn/watch,the day I am not is the day I better not be using any tools including firearms!

    That said,I even learned something new in regards to not trying to catch the round,was something I never did anyhow but now have a legit reason why.

    I knew it all when I was 20,35 years later I know nothing,getting old sucks!

    • james December 18, 2020 at 21:17

      good post James.

  2. StormN December 18, 2020 at 11:48

    Been around guns for some decades and made some stupid mistakes. I watched the whole thing. I like Henrichs alot and recommend his videos. I handle the unloading of my handgun quite differently. I am not alone in the way I do it.

    I am right handed. While always following safety rules, I unload trying to eliminate all movement of the grip of my right hand. This means I press the magazine release with my left thumb, catching or pulling the magazine with my fingers (and thumb, if needed). I slip the magazine between the ring finger and middle of my right hand. I grip the mag. I pull the slide at least 3 times. I reverse course and re-insert the mag or place my mag elsewhere. I pick up the dropped round.

    I hope it can be seen why I do it this way. I prioritize keeping my right hand grip and practice being unthinking-ready for a reload in an emergency. Only having one way to unload or reload leads to less error under stress/fire, IMO.

  3. Quietus December 18, 2020 at 23:06

    I can’t say that I buy the blanket statement that ejecting the loaded round into the off-hand is a cause of primers being struck somehow by a pistol’s ejector and having the round go off in the shooter’s hand.

    If that blanket statement is accepted, then a person must accept the blanket statement that all manufacturers of different brands of pistols, use the same breechface/extractor/ejector dimensions. Picture this concept in three dimensions between the various brand names and their patents on how their guns work. If an example is needed, consider the ejectors on M1911 5″ guns and Commander-length guns. Their ejectors are different lengths. Are we to expect the same frequency of the blowing off of fingers between one and the other? Naw.

    I suspect that the blowing off of fingers while ejecting the chambered round into the hand, is both mfgr-specific and technique-specific. The vid shows a Glock. Glocks are a likely culprit for any argument, although I feel safe enough running my half dozen. As far as blowing off fingers while ejecting the chambered round into the hand, I’d suspect the ammo first rather than the technique used.

    I imagine that a Glock or other autoloaders can be manipulated in such a way to cause those nasty finger amputations, even with good ammo. Sorta reminds me of times working worm’s corner on a drilling rig, and Driller shouting at me to bang in counter-weighted two hundred pound tongs on the lengths of drilling pipe: “Bang them in, you ain’t gonna break them tongs.” Likely, if you eject a chambered round hard into your hand, you won’t blow off your fingers.

    And that is just my opinion FWIW. Don’t be afraid of blowing off your fingers just because a couple of dumbasses did.

  4. American Yeoman December 19, 2020 at 07:40

    One thing that I always do that he didnt cover is i start with the slide locked back. Why? Because you would never, ever holster your gun that way. But, you might insert a magazine and not immediately cycle the slide….meaning, you just holstered a gun with an empty chamber.

    You say it can’t happen but it has been documented to have happened. Your gun handling procedures should be as foolproof as possible. What does it hurt to do it that way when doing administrative loads?

    • NC Scout December 19, 2020 at 08:00

      I agree completely.

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