Grip techniques: Which one do you use?

[mesinge2]

I was just curious. I have always used a weaver stance to shoot any of my handguns. I was just curious about how many other grips styles there are, how they work (pluses and minuses) and what is everyone's favorite.

 

[JWJacobVT]

http://www.handgunsmag.com/tactics_training/combatg_100306/index5.html

 

[Zak Smith]

Modern isosceles dominates practical shooting competition

............... Larger version of above photo.

Here's a good article on it http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BTT/is_149_24/ai_65910635/?tag=content;col1

 

[geronimo509]

Gangsta style http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/08_02/004gun_468x377.jpg

Ps. that is not me, I google imaged "gangster shooting gun"

 

[nachosgrande]

^^^^^^^^^

Word

 

[sniper5]

Weaver for combat. "Duellers" stance for bullseye. They both work well for me. Plus the Weaver transitions well to shotgun, knife, or hand to hand and kneeling becomes a simple matter of dropping your strong knee.

 

[S&Wfan]

Mas Ayoob wisely teaches that we should use what works!

When a threat comes from the side, you turn to the threat . . . using the Weaver.

If the threat is in front, you might transition to Isosceles . . . and back again.

Up close and personal, you'll naturally go into the fighting stance of the Weaver again.

If you are wounded, you must transition to a single handed grip . . . either strong or weak hand.

If something gets in your eye you might have to smoothly shift to your non-dominant eye (try that sometime and you'll see why you need to practice hard before this might happen.

Folks, train hard, and train variably! Master it all. It is foolish to remain a one-trick pony.

T.

PS: My favorite grip in most matches is Isosceles. Then again . . . ain't nobody shooting back!!! I'm a big enough target as it is, not to have to turn face-on!

 

[floods]

Thumbs pointing grip, isosceles stance. Need to work on more forward lean, I tend to get a little too relaxed.

 

[9mmepiphany]

thumbs forward grip in the Modern Isosceles stance. as i transition to different targets, i will drop an elbow into something like the Chapman stance but the grip stays the same.

i find the thumbs forward and Isosceles allows me to get followup shots off faster due to the more natural return of the gun from recoil

 

[kyo]

http://www.pointshooting.com/carmag.htm
http://www.ipdsystems.com/index.html
The first one explains what it is and examples of it, the second link are a few examples.
Central Axis Relock.

 

[wrs840]

Weaver.

Not advocating. It's just what I do.

Les

 

[9mmepiphany]

a question of Weaver users:

when you transition between targets, do you shift your stance to maintain the proper arm relationship?

O/T: since Ray Weaver invented the Weaver Stance for use with his the S&W K-38, wouldn't use with any semi-auto pistol be a Modified Weaver?

 

[Clifford]

It's a modified weaver stance my right foot is 4" back and angled out. I started shooting thumbs forward and found wrapping my left hand around the right was more comfortable.

Weaver had big hands and could wrap his hands around a revolver. I'm a midget and can't shoot a revolver that way.

 

[Deanimator]

Chapman or one handed.

 

[heron]

If all you'll ever do is stand in one place and shoot non-moving targets, just try all the stances and stay with the one that serves you best for that. Be sure to modify it to best suit your own body mechanics, and then you can name it after yourself if you like.

If you anticipate ever having to engage an armed opponent, get a copy of "StressFire (Volume I of Gunfighting for Police)" by Massad Ayoob. You'll quit naming positions (or even thinking about them) and start thinking, "stop the bad guy."

 

[Clarence]

Weaver - It's worked fine all these years and I'm too old to change now.

 

[BillyBA]

grip tech. device ??

found this cool lil thing on my "GUNS AND WEAPONS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT" magazine.

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thinking about trying it myself ??

 

[David E]

I have found few people know what stance they use.

Sure, they may THINK they know, but then they show you something altogether different.

I once had a Sgt tell me why he didn't like the "Weaver" stance then proceed to demo a stance that wasn't even remotely similar to it. No wonder he didn't like it.

Of those that do know what stance they use, they don't execute it properly. It may LOOK like the stance, but the muscle tension isn't right or non-existent.

Modern Isosceles works very well for most people in a variety of situations, but it must be properly executed.

Weaver is a close second.

Everything else "works" for recreational shooting for slowfire or specific shooting pursuits like Bullseye.

(BTW, it was created by JACK Weaver, not "Ray")

 

[9mmepiphany]

oops...i was thinking of Ray Chapman

 

[Wolfeye]

I use Weaver, with thumbs crossed. My legs usually place themselves the same way they do for martial arts, and I crouch a lot. If I'm firing magnums I find the Modified Weaver to be the most managable, and isosoles the least.

 

[Bat22]

Isosceles/Weaver for me

But I've seen some pros really dominate the competition using Gangsta, especially with the right modifications...

 

[tbtrout]

I use Weaver and Iscoceles. I do not like the thumbs forward grip and stick with high crossed thumbs.

 

[HorseSoldier]

Isoceles, or probably technically modified isoceles.

 

[thorazine]

Center axis relock.

 

[KarenTOC]

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But why would we want to shoot a new product?