The gun handling habit you can't break

[Alan]

I still ride the slide forward on pistols sometimes instead of releasing it properly. I know it's wrong, I know it can cause malfunctions, but 15 years of doing it makes it stick. Old habits die hard, even when you know better. I am working on it, but muscle memory is stubborn.

 

[Wadlow Palerider]

cupping the bottom of my right hand with my left hand.

 

[Jamie]

I still check the chamber even when I just cleared it a second ago. It’s become such a reflex after years that my hands do it before my brain even catches up.

 

[HighRanks]

 Even now, if I'm not really paying attention, I still catch myself doing it. It's so frustrating because I know better but those habits really run deep until you consciously work to burn them out.