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UNDER CONSTRUCTION

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Part 1. – Holding the Pistol

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There are 3 main components which go into making a great shot – Grip, Trigger Pull and Sight Alignment. Obtaining all 3
correctly at the same time is perhaps as elusive as the perfect golf swing, but that won’t stop us from trying, now will it?

In this article we concentrate on how to obtain a correct grip and what advantages this can provide. Where do my hands go?
What should they be holding and how tight? How do I get the same grip every time? What the heck do I do with this extra
thumb? If holding it sideways works in the movies why can’t it work for me? By the end of this you should have a be er idea
of how to answer these questions and apply these skills next time you are slinging lead down range.

Terminology –

Strong Hand – This is the hand with which you will be operating the trigger. Most of the time, this would be the hand that you would
naturally use to open the door, or point something out. For example, imagine an axe wielding, hockey mask wearing murderer approaching
your camp site at night. You wet yourself, scream like a 30 lb girl and point at the specter of your approaching doom. What hand did you
use to point at Mr. Hugs And Slashes? That’s likely your ‘strong hand’. There are certain exceptions – if you are cross eye dominant (you
are ‘right handed’ but ‘left eye dominant’) you may wish to shoot ‘left handed’ (especially with ri es), but for the most part, chose the hand
which would feel the most natural to shoot one handed. (More on eye dominance later)

Weak Hand or O Hand – See ‘strong hand’ above, then look at your other hand. This is the hand which will not be touching the trigger.
Surprisingly, this hand is extremely important to your total grip e ectiveness and recoil management.

Trigger Guard – This is the strap which protects the trigger from accidental contact (Fig 1). As you will see below, the trigger guard is a
good reference when placing your hands. Always keeping in mind where your hands are in relation to the trigger guard will help to orient
you the same way each time.

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(Fig 1) Trigger Guard

Recoil – This is the reactant force of the pistol from the shot. Isaac Newton’s Third Law is “for every action in nature there is an equal and
opposite reaction”. Basically, this indicates that the force provided to accelerate the 115gr. 9mm bullet out of your Glock 17 at an average
velocity of 1230 ft/s has an equal and opposite force exerted on the pistol itself, which ultimately travels into your hand. Fortunately the
pistol weighs signi cantly more than the bullet, so the acceleration imparted is easy enough to handle. As we improve and wish to shoot
faster consecutive shots, reducing recoil displacement of our ‘Point of Aim’ will become increasingly more important.

Eye Dominance – Very few people who have not red a scoped ri e or utilized some form of magni ed optics will know which of their eyes is
more ‘dominant’. Just as people are right or left ‘handed’ you will have an eye which your brain has decided is signi cantly cooler than the
other. There are a myriad of reasons for this: plain human physiology, poor sight in one eye, injury to the head or incurable crazy-brain
syndrome (don’t worry, I just made that one up). Statistically, people who are right handed tend to be right eye dominant and vice versa.
Some ‘lucky’ people (oddly enough many of the people I end up having to teach) are cross eye dominant. This means you wish to hold your
rearm in your right hand, but line up the sights with your left eye. This can be very di cult to deal with while using a ri e with high
powered optics, but is generally manageable with a pistol. If you happen to be amongst this lucky crowd you may wish to consider learning
to shoot ‘o handed’, especially if you are going to be using ri es as well. This will allow you to train one trigger nger rather than two. To
gure out which is your dominant eye, extended your arms and make a small triangular hole with your hands (Fig 2). Pick a small point
on the wall in the distance (a light switch perhaps) and look at the object through your outstretched triangle. Close your right eye, then open

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it and close your left eye. Whichever eye you see the object with is your dominant eye. As far as your brain is concerned your other eye just
provides a ‘second opinion’ on what’s happening in the world.

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(Fig 2) Make a small hole with your hands you can look through to see small distant objects

Alright, that should cover most of it, lets learn how to hold the darn thing!

Strong Hand Position –

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While holding the pistol, the strong hand is trying to accomplish 4 things: Hold the pistol steady, make sight alignment as
natural as possible, reduce recoil displacement when ring and place the trigger nder in a position which supports proper
trigger pull. We will start with a discussion on the overall placement of the hand and build up from this base.

The rst point on hand placement is to get as high up the grip as possible. As we can see from (Fig 3) the recoil of the pistol
happens along the direction of slide travel, which is higher than the grip. As we are unable to get directly behind the slide
itself, ge ing as high as possible will help to reduce the upward rotation of the pistol and keep recoil more manageable. (Fig 4)
shows an incorrect low grip. Notice how there is space between the web of the hand and the tang of the pistol. (Fig 5) shows a
correct grip with the web of the hand as high as possible. There are a few instances where one may choose to hold lower (i.e. to
reduce the length of double action pull on a Sig 226) however, a high grip which is tight under the back of the pistol is the way
to go. Every time you pick up your pistol, or draw from your holster, grab high on the grip and push the web of your hand
rmly up into the backstrap.

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(Fig 3) The Direction of travel of the slide shows the primary recoil force

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(Fig 4) Incorrect low grip with visible space between top of hand and back strap of pistol

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(Fig 5) Correct grip with hand as high as possible at back of pistol

The Second point on hand placement is how the hand aligns when it grips the pistol. In gripping the pistol, most people will
have the tendency to ‘over grip’ and wrap their hand too far around the front of the pistol. To determine if we are over
gripping the pistol, one needs to look at the space on the middle nger between the rst and second knuckle (Fig 6) and orient
this space correctly. (NOTE: Knuckles are commonly referred to by number, but there is no set way to do so. For the purpose
of these articles I will be numbering from the nger tip back, so the Distal Interphalangeal joint is #1, the Proximal
Interphalangeal joint is #2 and the metacarpo-phalangeal joint is #3). With over grip, the second knuckle will be in line with
the trigger guard and be pointing down the line of the barrel, which sets the direction of recoil o center to the wrist. This can
create problems with natural pointing and result in misses when ring quickly and furthermore an incorrect grip can lead to
pressure points and pain when ring. (Fig 7) shows the very common incorrect ‘over grip’ on a pistol. To obtain a correct grip
we must come back around the pistol so that it aligns with our wrist and forearm. The easiest way to do this is to ensure that
the 1st and 2nd knuckle on your middle nger are on either side of the trigger guard, which will bring your thumb further
back and around the pistol grip. (Fig 8) shows correct grip with 2nd knuckle visible to the right of the trigger guard. When
you rst do this it may feel awkward, or at the least a li le odd but with time it will become second nature. As above, every
time you pick up your pistol or draw from your holster, check that your knuckles align with the trigger guard properly and
adjust if necessary. Personally, when I started shooting I held my pistols with signi cant over grip due to my background with
sword related martial arts and I even sold my XD9 because of the discomfort on my thumb before I saw the light and came
back from the dark side. This thumb or middle nger discomfort is so common in square edged pistols it is often referred to a
‘Glock Knuckle’ due to the predominance seen in those incorrectly holding the square edged Glocks.

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(Fig 6) Correct orientation of hand to trigger guard

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(Fig 7) Overgrip - Knuckle is below trigger guard and forearm does not directly support recoil

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(Fig 8) Correct grip - Trigger guard is between knuckles and forearm supports recoil

It took me a decent amount of time to unlearn this nasty habit!

Grip Strength. Here we have a few di ering schools of thought but I’ll explain both and tell you the way I eventually decided
to go. First school of thought is to grip the mother loving S@%T out of your pistol, or as most people put it, get a white knuckle
grip and back o a li le so it doesn’t break your hand. The advantage is less noticeable recoil and no re exive

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(sympathetic) griping of the whole hand when you pull the trigger – that is to say that we humans are accustomed to picking
things up such as sticks, stones, burgers, purses, solid gold bars (what, just me?) and when you pick something up or hold on
to it you grip will all 4 ngers. This teaches the brain that when one nger moves, they all move. This can lead to a re ex action
that tightens all 4 ngers when one pulls at the trigger and can throw o your shot, which is easy to notice if you are shooting
long distance with ri es. With the hand tight there shouldn’t be the opportunity to tighten it up inadvertently. There is one
disadvantage of a tight grip though, which is the loss of ne dexterity in the trigger nger. Try this – Make a st but point your
trigger nger out from the st. Now squeeze your st like you are a lawyer trying to get more money out of an empty wallet.
While keeping your Lawyer grip try to bend your nger enough to pull an imaginary trigger… odd experience isn’t it? Now
loosen your death st and repeat the same trigger movement. With the hand more relaxed, this be feel easier or at least come
with improved ne motor control! This physical phenomenon leads to the second theory which is to grip the pistol with force
but keep the hand loose enough to have good nger dexterity in the mix. I’ve shot both ways. I prefer the second method but I
do err on the side of tightness. If I’m shooting one handed I tighten up to 100%, or if I’m doing a lot of quick follow ups I will
tighten up, but for extreme accuracy single shots I’ll leave my poor trigger nger a li le breathing space. For the beginner I
always suggest grip it rmly but not so hard that it is uncomfortable or painful… (yes, I know, “that’s what she said”)

Last but not least, the strong hand grips the front and back of the handle. Don’t worry about maintaining contact with or
gripping the sides.

Weak Hand Position –

Few people realize just how important the ‘weak’ hand is to proper shooting form. They simply throw it in there as an after-
thought or use it to replicate the coolest pistol hold they saw in the last action movie. Just a quick bit of advice – Using the
movies to learn how to shoot is like using the fringe adult lm industry to learn how to enjoy private time with your partner.
Tom Berengers Super Ninja front kick crouched shooting position will do no more for your accuracy than including a midget
goat will likely help your partner enjoy their experience. (I say ‘likely’ because somewhere someone is reading this and
thinking their midget goat does just ne) This pre-determined idea of shooting is another of the reasons that women are
usually easier to teach than men -They haven’t seen the art of rearms completely and repeatedly butchered in their last 20
‘boy meets girl and you’ll never see this coming but they actually fall in love’ movies. Regardless – the weak hand position is
very important.

Canting on the o hand. That’s not CAN’T as in “I can’t believe someone somewhere likes midget goats!’, it’s CANT as in
‘angle’. The o hand should be angled so that the Metacarpophalangeal joints (Them big knuckles where your ngers meets
your hand) are at a 45 degree angle to the ground. (Fig 9) shows the hand straight forward, while (Fig 10) shows the hand at
the correct angle with the thumb directed along the axis of the barrel. (Fig 11) and (Fig 12) shows acquiring a 2 handed grip
and how one can use the ngers on their strong hand to orient and provide groves for the o hand. This grip allows good,
strong contact on the primary hand and the pistol itself, and assists greatly with minimizing vertical recoil displacement. To
achieve the downward angle of the hand at extension, the o arm needs to be quite straight, which we will address later.

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(Fig 9) When left hand is straight forward thumb points upward

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(Fig 10) When the left hand is correctly pointed downward the thumb naturally points forward

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(Fig 11) Correct Left hand grip directs ngers towards ground and thumb towards target

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(Fig 12) Full grip. Use nger groves in strong hand to correctly locate o hand ngers

Placement of the hand. Chances are, regardless of your age, gender or religious orientation, you have put together a puzzle (or
at least tried to do so) at some point in your life. Placing the left hand correctly is as easy as that. Round peg – round hole,
square peg – square hole, dodecahedron peg – you are on your own. The following three pictures (Fig 13), (Fig 14) and (Fig 15)
show how the palms of both the right and left hands t together to get maximum purchase on the o hand side of the grip. By
lling the gap or ‘hole’ left by the strong hand we are also removing another path of least resistance from the recoil force. In
fact, without providing counterforce on this portion of the grip, one will see a tendency for the pistol to recoil up (as the barrel
is above the grip) and to the side opposite the strong hand grip where the ‘hole’ is found.

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(Fig 13) Shape of palm on strong hand

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(Fig 14) Curve of o hand palm as viewed from behind

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(Fig 15) With o hand canted downward, both hands align to t like a puzzle

Recoil Management and placement height of the weak hand. Recoil can certainly add to the fun of shooting – or the pain if you

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are popping o .454 Casull or .500 S&W, but it also adds to the challenge. A detailed analysis of recoil would include
Moments, Inertia, Force Vectors etc. but for those of you who are not engineers and don’t think of Sco y on the Enterprise as a
hero of your child hood, I’ll try to keep this simple enough to develop and understand but not put anyone to sleep.

When a force is applied to an object, but the force is not in line with the center of gravity of that same object, a rotational
movement is imparted. (Fig 16) shows the outline of a pistol with its center of gravity (CG) marked. Any force in line with the
CG would simply move the entire pistol in the direction applied. Force F (in this case, the recoil force from ring a round) is
not in line with the CG, and will cause a both rotational reaction (called a Moment) in the pistol as well as a component force R
moving the pistol backwards. As the front of the pistol begins to rotate ‘up’ with Moment 1 (M1), the bo om of the pistol, or
the front bo om of the grip, will be moving forward relative to the CG (M2). By angling our o hand, we have increased the
strength and leverage of our pinky nger which we can now use to counteract M2 – thereby reducing M1 and the front sight’s
journey to the sky. To do this, the pinky is brought into contact with the bo om of the grip where the magazine is found so
that it will impede any forward movement.

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(Fig 16) Forces and moments resultant from ring

Some shooters will tend to sit the ngers on the o hand high and will have 2 ngers sandwiched under and in contact with
the trigger guard (Fig 17). I tend to sit my o hand lower (Fig 18), with only one nger touching the trigger guard to get the
pinky on the grip to counteract the rotational component of the recoil. In theory, a higher grip *may* make it easier to reduce
recoil by increasing available grip strength, however I nd the lower grip to be more successful. In the end whichever keeps
you warm at night is good enough for me.

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(Fig17) High o hand grip with two ngers in contact with trigger guard

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(Fig 18) Low O hand grip provides control on recoil ip by countering upward rotation

What do I do with this extra thumb? Most new shooters nd that they feel as if they have 3 thumbs, with nowhere to put them.
The answer is simple – the weak hand thumb points to the target and runs along the side of the pistol while the strong hand
thumb rests on top of this (Fig 19). Either way, DO NOT EVER wrap your week hand thumb over your strong hand (Fig 20)
or you will nd out that your pistol is like a snake and it can BITE you if you mistreat it.

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(Fig 19) Strong hand thumb rests on top of weak hand, o hand thumb points towards target

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(Fig 20) Pain teaches us a lesson very quickly. Wrapping the o hand thumb over the strong hand (in the way of the slide) is a
quick way of being taught not to do this.

Last but not least, the o hand grips the sides of the pistol as well as the strong hand like a closing clam shell. Go ahead and
grip the snot out of it if you wish, as this will help keep the pistol snug and comfortable to handle while ring. Many people
say that a 60/40 or 60% grip from the o hand and 40% grip from the strong hand is the ideal mix and this is what I go for
when shooting accurately. When shooting under stress I go 100/100 for fast follow ups and as it is easier under stress than
trying to feel your grip and modulate to perfection. Feel free to experiment with what you nd most comfortable.

Single handed shooting –

When shooting with only one hand, the strong hand grip address above remains the correct choice. The positioning of the
palm, ngers and web of the hand remain constant, with only the thumb given a few options. One can either maintain the
thumb straight along the side of the grip (Fig 21) for natural pointing, or one can bend the thumb down to provide a li le more
support on the o side (Fig 22). Revolver shooters will often adopt a thumb down position as they are used to this whereas
those used to predominantly shooting semi autos will be more accustomed to straitening the thumb. Being accustomed to
double handed grips for auto pistols I tend to prefer the pointed thumb grip due to familiarity, but I am still working on both
before I decide what I’ll stick with.

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(Fig 20) One handed grip with thumb forward

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(Fig 22) One handed grip with thumb pointed down for more support

The only other di erence is that one should angle the pistol to about a 45deg (Fig 23). Don’t confuse this with the ever popular
‘pop a cap’ gangster position of having the pistol sideways, but instead this is to obtain a more comfortable natural arm
position while still allowing good alignment of the sights with the target.

(PIC – FIG23 45deg angle single hand)

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The Arms and Torso

Originally shooters were taught to blade themselves and provide as small a pro le as possible to their adversaries. This led to a
45deg angled torso and a bent left arm and straight right arm (for RH shooters) (Fig 24), which is often known as a ‘Weaver’
stance after the gentleman who rst popularized it. One of the advantages of this is the countering forces of one arm pulling
and one pushing against one another. Over time positions have evolved to the current model where most competitive shooters
or combat shooters take a stance which squares their chest and shoulders to the target (Fig 25). This provides good support
along both arms for recoil, and a steady body framework for shooting. To accomplish this, stand with your shoulders parallel
to the target facing forwards. Obtain the correct grip and push the pistol out to the target. In reality you will not make a perfect
triangle with your arms, but a triangle with its apex (the pistol) centered across from the dominant eye (Fig 26). Extend your
arms but do not lock your elbows as you want to have some small bend to absorb recoil. At extension it is likely that you will
have a very straight o hand arm and a slightly bent strong hand arm. This is simply because the o hand arm must travel
further and be straighter to point the thumb towards the target and get ahead of the strong hand palm. In regards to your back,
you should be leaning towards the target, never away from it. Many people will subconsciously try to get away from the loud
ashy thing in their hand and end up leaning back as far as they can – which incidentally destroys your balance, robs you of
recoil absorption, and provides a good way to fall over.

(PIC – FIG 24 Weaver stance)

(PIC – Fig 25 Modern stance)

(PIC – Fig 26 either picture or DIAGRAM from above showing proper stance)

The Feet and Legs –

How you hold your feet is not nearly as important as the upper body and can vary from person to person considerably. The
two things you always want to achieve with your stance are balance and mobility. regardless if you lead with either leg (Fig
27) or table your legs to the target (Fig 28), your feet should always be shoulder width apart, with your weight on the balls of
your feet. An easy way to nd correct distance is to jump in the air. Where your feet land is a natural place of balance –
provided you are not Mr. Poor Coordination himself.

(PIC – Fig 27 Full stance, leading leg)

(PIC – Fig 28 Full stance, table legs)

Grip Safety –

People seldom consider the grip of the pistol in regards to safety, but as we are trying to create habitual methods in both hand
and body position, we need to consider how we hold the pistol in regards to barrel direction. This is especially true when we
are at rest. It is not uncommon to see someone lower their pistol safely and then relax while it is pointed at the ground, which
is not a problem until ‘pointed at the ground’ becomes ‘pointed at their foot’. To minimize this I prefer to adopt a method of
holding the pistol when at rest (it is not either on a shooting table or holstered) that keeps the muzzle direction under control
and will place the rearm where it is unlikely to be bumped into, swung or forgo en about. This position (Fig 29) is called ‘Sul’
which translates to ‘South’. To obtain Sul, come o the grip with the support hand and place it at on the center chest all while
keeping both thumbs in contact so that the hands are indexed and it is easy to re-establish proper grip. It is likely you will
need to relax the strong hand and slide down the back of the pistol grip a li le to ensure that the barrel will be pointed directly
downward. The disadvantage of this hold is that it causes torque on the wrist and the discomfort can lead to the habit of
relaxing the wrist by pointing the pistol o to the side somewhat (Fig 30). This is dangerous if standing in close proximity to
others as on a ring line as you can seep the legs or feet of those around you. If you are going to use Sul, insure that you
concentrate on keeping the muzzle down and do not let it creep o to the side.

(PIC – Fig 29 Correct Sul)

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(Fig 30) Sul Position with wrist relaxed and barrel pointed o to the side. Your shooting pals may not appreciate this one!

SUMMARY or WHAT DID WE LEARN? –

Strong hand goes as high as possible on the back of the pistol

Align the trigger strap between the 1st and 2nd knuckles on middle nger of the Strong hand
Grip the pistol tightly but maintain dexterity on the trigger nger
Strong hand grips front/back
Weak/o hand grips side/side
Weak/o hand provides much of the strength in the grip
Angle ngers on week hand down
Weak/o hand palm ts strong hand palm
Don’t wrap thumb over back of hand / pistol
Arms straight, not locked

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Table shoulders to target

Feet shoulder width apart
Safety IS important
Always treat every Firearm as if it were loaded
Never point any Firearm at anything you do not wish to destroy
Keep nger straight and o the trigger until you intend to re
Know your target AND what is beyond it
HAVE FUN!

TIP of the Day –

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HIPPY THE HIPPO says – Stop shooting when you are tired. You will develop bad and sloppy habits and NO ONE wants
the be the guy who shot themselves because they were snoozy.

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/2-sight-alignment-with-pistols/))

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/trigger- nger/))

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Comments
James says:
January 14, 2013 at 2:37 pm
Very excellent article. I’ve shown this write up to many people and it’s helped us all improve. Thanks for pu ing something
like this out there free of charge!

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DeLynne says:
January 7, 2015 at 10:15 am
Thank you so much for this awesomely informative (and entertaining) post! I’ve been shooting regularly for over 3yrs now
and have even dabbled in some pistol combat leagues- for “fun”- as well. But I’m one of the “lucky” ones, as you described
and am cross eye dominant (LH shooter). I cannot close my left eye independently of my right to save my dang life. Never
have and never will. Trust me, I’ve tried EVERYTHING! So I grew tired of ghting it and now I just embrace my “luck”
and work towards perfecting it, while still practicing with my weak (but stronger) right hand. Any good shooter should be
able to use their weak hand as well as their strong hand equally well, right??? So anyway, thank you for this. I think it will
help me tremendously with trigger nger placement. Did I mention I have long ngers for a woman lol? Makes gripping
smaller pistols a b*tch…to say the least. So naturally the 2nd knuckle of my middle nger wants to over grip the trigger
guard…. This is going to take a lot of practice to x…. But thank you, this is the most thorough post I’ve read yet!

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lynxicanus says:
March 24, 2015 at 10:37 am
Hey DeLynne, Thanks for the positive comments! Interestingly, females have a higher percentage chance of being cross
eye dominant so you are certainly not alone! It can become a real spanner in the works when you start bringing ri es
and carbines into the mix where one has to shoulder the rearm to one side or the other. In that case I’ve seen success
with a preference to strong eye or strong hand so I work with my students through both and ask them to pick
whichever they prefer. Either way its going to feel a li le awkward for a while. Fortunately for lefties (women
especially) they have a be er chance of being ambidextrous which can help with strong / o hand training. I sincerely
hope you were blessed with that bit of luck! In the end it sounds like you are on the right track with your dedicated
training while still keeping things fun, so keep at it! The more competitive, combative and tactical fancy pants things I
do with rearms the more it always comes back to the fundamentals. As always let me know if you have any questions I
can help with.

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Andrew Berg says:
April 9, 2016 at 12:25 pm
Great article. I’d been looking high and low for a good explanation of HOW to pull the trigger straight back as opposed to
just telling me to do it. Your explanation of articulation of the knuckle was just what I needed, along with many of your
other tips. A lot of great info for a relatively short article. Bravo.

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