[Mas Ayoob]

Answering in order:

1. There are lots of useful drills. Consider the 90-shot IDPA Classifier, drawn somewhat from Ken Hackathorn's excellent Hackathorn Standards. Also the FAST Drill, Dot Torture, and others you'll find at pistol-training.com, Todd Louis Green's outstanding site.

2. Depends where you have to go and how fast you have to get there. Avoid crab-walking and cross-stepping. Running toward your strong hand side, flowing from Isosceles into Weaver from the waist up gives you a good, wide range of movement with two-handed control; running toward your non-dominant hand side, you'll generally do better breaking free to one-hand shooting. If you have body armor, you want to keep the panels toward the identified threat as much as possible.

3. I don't recommend carrying anything you can't draw and fire instantly with one hand. None of us should be carrying guns that aren't drop-safe with a round in the chamber, since guns like any other tools can get dropped during strenuous activity. If the discomfort comes from a striker-fired pistol with short trigger stroke and no manual safety, consider NY-1 module and Cominolli retrofit thumb safety for the Glock, or go to a double action auto or revolver.

YMMV,
Mas

 

[GP47]

1. Thank you, I spent most of last year focusing on marksmanship including 25 yard shooting, Dot Torture, etc. I am looking into adding the speed element now.

2. Great explanation, I saw this run on pistol-forum and wanted to confirm the method.

3. Agreed, I haven't modified my trigger and carry condition 1 appendix. Would you recommend the NY trigger, does it make it THAT much safer? I am careful to insert slowly, point away from my body and use a custom Kydex holster. I've considered an external safety as well, but I am left handed so I feel that option is out with a Glock. If I decided I feel more secure having a safety I would probably go M&P9c or M&P9.

 

[Mas Ayoob]

1. Thank you, I spent most of last year focusing on marksmanship including 25 yard shooting, Dot Torture, etc. I am looking into adding the speed element now.

2. Great explanation, I saw this run on pistol-forum and wanted to confirm the method.

3. Agreed, I haven't modified my trigger and carry condition 1 appendix. Would you recommend the NY trigger, does it make it THAT much safer? I am careful to insert slowly, point away from my body and use a custom Kydex holster. I've considered an external safety as well, but I am left handed so I feel that option is out with a Glock. If I decided I feel more secure having a safety I would probably go M&P9c or M&P9.

Giving a firm resistance to the trigger finger from the beginning of the pull, the NY-1 is intended to add an additional layer of safety in matters such as holstering, particularly when the shooter is under stress or distracted. Can't hurt.
best,
Mas