Technique
Cavalry draw is performed in three steps:
- Rotate the wrist, placing the top of the hand toward the shooter's body.
- Slip the hand between the body and the butt of the pistol, grasping the pistol's stocks in normal shooting grip.
- Draw the pistol, rotating the wrist to normal orientation as the arm is brought up to shooting position.
With practice, the cavalry draw can be as fast or even faster than drawing from a normal, butt-rearward holster, because of the assistance of the body in placement of the hand on the pistol stocks.
Safety note: this method requires the muzzle of the pistol to swing across both the shooter's body and that of anyone on his/her left hand side. The cross draw (left hand) method from this position, swings the muzzle across anyone on the shooter's right hand side. Either of these actions will be severely frowned upon by any conscientious Range Safety Officer, and may cause the shooter to lose his/her range privileges!
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