As mentioned before, I do not choose my guns, especially my carry guns, based on pure performance. I think that is a pretty dumb way to go, as there are many more important things to base your carry gun on rather than “pure shooting performance”. Even if I did, I don’t really know what that means, as I can shoot all guns at basically the same level. I find Glocks to shoot a hair worse for me than other guns, but the difference is actually pretty meaningless. I am the limiting factor, not the gun.
That said, I have heard over the years how the LEM trigger from HK is a great “threat management” trigger, but that it will hold you back for performance shooting. I have not found this to be true. It does require good technique, but I see that as being the case for everything. The video below shows an 8″ steel at 25 yards and paper at 7 yards. I know the paper looks closer than that, but it is a measured 7 yards. A friend who is a top 5 USPSA GM gave me this version of changing gears to try and I enjoyed it very much. I will do more variations on it in the future, as well as some other drills showing the absolute shootability of the LEM. Remember, friends don’t let friends blame their equipment.
The gun in the video below is an LTT P30L light LEM. It is as shootable a gun as I have ever shot, if that says anything.
As for the exposed holster setup? I have long preached that the vast majority of your training time should be spent from concealment. That other, smaller part of your training time should be from an exposed holster or whatever else might matter to you. The benefit of using the exposed holster every once in a while is to remove any potential fumble factor as much as possible, as well as allowing you to go as fast as possible. You then take what you have learned and apply it to you concealed carry draw.
I found that my concealed carry draw was not as fast lately as I would like. Some of that is absolutely just lack of practice on my part. Some is me not being as aggressive on the draw as I should be. Some of that is maybe needing to re-explore my potential, which is why I have the open rig on. Also, my buddy who gave me the drill gave me times from his exposed rig, so I did this to be as apples to apples for him as possible. I will continue to use the open rig for one practice session a week, and stick to the AIWB draw for the rest of the week. Hopefully I will see some good improvement in a few weeks.
