sparkyv
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I 100% agree:
"you have to do what works for you."
"you have to do what works for you."
I wore special prescription shooting glasses for many years, but as my eyes aged. , they've been less and less helpful. I'd have a nice clear front sight, but the farther out I went past about 7 yards, the more trouble I had seeing the target. A few months ago, I decided to have my shooting glasses made in my normal prescription and just get used to having a blurry front sight, and it's working out very well. And if I ever have to use my gun for real, I won't have to ask the bad guy to wait while I fish out my special glasses.If you want some help with your eyes, check out the "top focal" type shooting glasses. I have the same problem, and they work great. And if you only put the power lens on your strong eye, and leave the other without power, you can shoot reactively, with both eyes open, and have clear, sharp sights, and a clear target.
I have to tell you, it sure helped me this morning. I guess I'll know more when I try shooting one of my LCP MAXs, maybe tomorrow. The recoil with them is unpleasant.Because you're still basically shooting one-handed; two hands on the pistol/revolver simply provides far more control. Having your weak hand holding your shooting hand wrist when shooting does nothing to mitigate the effect of recoil on your shooting hand wrist. I have severe osteoarthritis in my right wrist (having broken most of the carpals and/or the distal radius on three occasions); it's constantly painful and plagues me greatly these days. A "wrist brace" grip is not gonna do anything to help, and anyway, two hands on the gun are better than one if you have weakness in your hand/wrist. (I am not an MD, but one of my old shooting buddies is an orthopedic surgeon.)
Count yourself lucky that you can see that well. Without my glasses, I can't read normal newsprint beyond 5 - 6". What is weird is that I can take my glasses off and read the fine print ingredient list on a package. I have never been able to get front and rear iron sights (on a rifle) in focus at the same time nor either of those will be in focus if the target is in focus.I wore special prescription shooting glasses for many years, but as my eyes aged. , they've been less and less helpful. I'd have a nice clear front sight, but the farther out I went past about 7 yards, the more trouble I had seeing the target. A few months ago, I decided to have my shooting glasses made in my normal prescription and just get used to having a blurry front sight, and it's working out very well. And if I ever have to use my gun for real, I won't have to ask the bad guy to wait while I fish out my special glasses.
Have you been teaching the wrist hold as the first primary way to grip a gun or as an alternate grip if someone can't hold the gun with 2 hands? Has your teaching been professionally or teaching friends and family?I've been using (and teaching) that wrist hold for decades. It works for me.
Grandma wasn't the type to chase. When it was your time she did it NOW!Wait, your grandma shot chickens for Sunday dinner? Did you not have an ax?
It will if you do 200 full hand squeezes at day in each hand.I have one of those in high tension. It's done wonders for my aim and it makes my cats happy, but it does nothing for my wrist.
Well, can't hurt to give it a try.It will if you do 200 full hand squeezes at day in each hand.
I've decided that before changing my grip, I'm going to take @dobedo's and @JR24's advice and spend some serious time trying to strengthen my wrist. It won't fix my arthritis, but it might make it easier to deal with.If you tightly grip your wrist with your support hand, it will loosen your strong hand grip, however.
Man, my academy classes never looked like thatWait, what? The "Dirty Harry wrist brace grip?"
I thought it was the "Kelly wrist brace grip." As an aside, wasn't the original Charlie's Angels just awesome TV? (For a teen male in 1976, anyway...) Fun fact: Jaclyn Smith was the first actress on network TV to wear what later became known as "Daisy Dukes."
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Because you're still basically shooting one-handed; two hands on the pistol/revolver simply provides far more control. Having your weak hand holding your shooting hand wrist when shooting does nothing to mitigate the effect of recoil on your shooting hand wrist. I have severe osteoarthritis in my right wrist (having broken most of the carpals and/or the distal radius on three occasions); it's constantly painful and plagues me greatly these days. A "wrist brace" grip is not gonna do anything to help, and anyway, two hands on the gun are better than one if you have weakness in your hand/wrist. (I am not an MD, but one of my old shooting buddies is an orthopedic surgeon.)
I knew a woman who was an excellent pistol shot with an unconventional method. She gripped the gun with her right (dominant) hand and pulled the trigger with her left (support hand) index finger. So, whatever works for you.
I just realized, this thread needs a lot more pitchers! (And not of old arthritic men holding their guns...)Jaclyn Smith was the first actress on network TV to wear what later became known as "Daisy Dukes."
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Colonel Sanders used the same chicken-harvesting technique as Pistolero's Grandma???
headshots baby, HEADSHOTS!Colonel Sanders used the same chicken-harvesting technique as Pistolero's Grandma???
Don't mess with Colonel Sanders. He shot somebody back in the 30s.Colonel Sanders used the same chicken-harvesting technique as Pistolero's Grandma???
Don't mess with Colonel Sanders. He shot somebody back in the 30s.
I need one of those - not for me, but for my weakling son - where to find this setup?I am 68 and shoot a .500 S&W Magnum BFR with full loads. One thing I have done to keep my wrist strength is use a hand and wrist strengthen device. It also has a laser and can be used to train how to use a steady and smooth trigger pull.
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