Best way to stand when at the range with a pistol

Full Metal Jacket · August 28, 2005, 10:11 PM

When I pistol shoot, I like to spread my legs about 1 foot apart, lean foward, grip the gun firmly (no death grips), and extend my arms about as far as they will reach. I also do not bend my knees at all. What position/stance do you guys use?

Mannlicher · August 29, 2005, 06:48 AM

I find I still use the old NRA single hand extended stance. I practice others as well, but I do my best target work that way.

sendec · August 29, 2005, 07:00 AM

Weaver.

Are you target shooting or practicing defensive shooting?

PythonGuy · August 29, 2005, 07:06 AM

Usually two handed, sometimes braced against one side of the point wall. I'll practice one handed just to see how accurate (not very) I am like that, but two handed feels best. Oh, and feet about shoulders width apart.

USNavy_233 · August 29, 2005, 08:14 AM

Feet about shoulder width apart, weak leg slightly back to provide a more stable shooting platform. Knees slightly flexed, leaning forward slightly. Elbows rotated in, wrist locked, gripping the pistol much like I would a hammer. This is my defensive shooting/combat shooting stance.

I also practice one handed. With one hand I have about the same body position except I'm standing up straight, with my body about a 45 degree angle from the target as to give my shooting hand the proper natural point of aim.

-walt

ATW525 · August 29, 2005, 08:17 AM

Modified Isosceles or Bullseye stances, depending on what I'm shooting. I prefer the latter for shooting single action revolvers.

Vitamin G · August 29, 2005, 09:53 AM

Call me stupid, but I like to stand one of the following positions :

Moving forward
moving backwards
moving side to side.

When i'm trying really hard to make an impressive "Look i shot out the 10ring" target, I do almost the same as you, except instead of putting my feet one foot apart and not bending my knees, I position my feed forward/back, instead of side to side. I honestly couldn't tell you if i bend my knees or not.

Westminster · August 29, 2005, 11:47 AM

This is Isoceles, right? Or is it Weaver? Point-shooting, maybe?

Hard Ball · August 29, 2005, 12:04 PM

I use a modified isosoles stance @80% 9f the time and one hand, strong hand and weak hand @ 20% of the time.

Bullrock · August 29, 2005, 02:55 PM

That's a real nice photo westminster. A nice demo of firearms responsility...

I can't wait for your 2nd post.

Back in the olden days, while a leo, I used an open stance with knees bent during DA rapid fire. Today I use the same stance with straighter knees for shooting just about everything. I really enjoy sitting down while bench test shooting. At my age I need all the rest I can get...

Vitamin G · August 29, 2005, 03:17 PM

Well look on the bright side... Judging by his join date, it'll take him another year and a half to get around to his 2nd post...

gddyup · August 29, 2005, 04:29 PM

Wow, who brought the cool kids??

I have been using the basic Isosceles for right now. Just trying to get the basics down in one stancde before I move to another to see how they differ.

After some more time at the range, I'll start using one hand and off hand to get some practice there also. I haven't asked yet, but I believe that my range allows drawing from the holster so there's another thing I have to get handy at.

USNavy_233 · August 29, 2005, 04:33 PM

Yeah, finger on the trigger and everything. WOW!!

Wildalaska · August 29, 2005, 04:48 PM

Those arent real guns

WildamusedAlaska

spacemanspiff · August 29, 2005, 04:51 PM

pshhawww! you all are wrong! r o n g wrong!

according to my 'pocket ninja handbook: the handgun shooting stance, volume #23' the only correct stance to use is the 'squatting-russian-dance'. you know, you've seen the russian dancers hopping on left foot to right foot while squatted. well you do that, so that your nemesis will try to anticipate your moving left or right and will miss because you just hop in one place. (volume #49 goes into the proper method of actually moving to confuse your nemesis)

this stance keeps your body in fluid motion, so in the rare chance you do get hit, your body will be able to absorb the shock more naturally, allowing you time to finish shooting before falling to the ground dead. its a move i'm just about through mastering.

Wildalaska · August 29, 2005, 04:55 PM

Quote:

is stance keeps your body in fluid motion, so in the rare chance you do get hit, your body will be able to absorb the shock more naturally, allowing you time to finish shooting before falling to the ground dead. its a move i'm just about through mastering.

Do I get to particpate in the live fire drills?

My suggestion...you take your Kimber 100 yards down range and do your dance, whilst I give you practice by peperring you with the belt fed 308 machine gun...

O, I forgot to mention the belt fed didnt I when you were here on saturday

WildwatchintheclocktillthephoneringsAlaska

Bullrock · August 29, 2005, 05:03 PM

LMAO

, again!

Wildalaska · August 29, 2005, 05:40 PM

9 minutes to the call

WildoracleAlaska

Vitamin G · August 29, 2005, 05:42 PM

I find myself wanting to call wildwaitingbythephoneforhisboyfriendalaska in seven minutes, just to mess with him

Maybe I could finally pick up those BHP mags while I'm talking though...

spacemanspiff · August 29, 2005, 05:52 PM

he really likes being asked how the weather is up here. then ask if we have street addresses on our igloos, and if the postal service has a tough time delivering mail on their dogsleds. then ask whats the finest trap gun they have on the shelf and ask them how much you can get on a trade towards it for a 'customized' glock that your brothers cousins uncle spot welded a rail to for a bushnell red dot sight and a streamlight flashlight, and with 4 mags welded together at the bases so you can have 60+1 rounds on the fly.

Vitamin G · August 29, 2005, 05:54 PM

Oddly, alaska is one of the few states i can see myself moving to if i ever leave Pennsylvania. I love the colder climates, hate the heat, bugs drive me nuts, etc. I'd really only consider alaska, vermont, and colorado.

HighValleyRanch · August 30, 2005, 12:31 AM

Ah,
they got lots of bugs in alaska! In the thaw.
MORE THAN PA!
AND LESS PEOPLE per bug!

Wildalaska · August 30, 2005, 01:36 AM

Our bugs are so big we hunt em with 10 gauges

WildspiffsgoinghuntingAlaska

August 28, 2005, 10:11 PM	#1
Full Metal Jacket Senior Member Join Date: December 8, 2004 Posts: 260	Best way to stand when at the range with a pistol When I pistol shoot, I like to spread my legs about 1 foot apart, lean foward, grip the gun firmly (no death grips), and extend my arms about as far as they will reach. I also do not bend my knees at all. What position/stance do you guys use?

August 29, 2005, 08:14 AM	#5
USNavy_233 Senior Member Join Date: November 10, 2004 Location: Keystone Heights, Florida Posts: 115	Feet about shoulder width apart, weak leg slightly back to provide a more stable shooting platform. Knees slightly flexed, leaning forward slightly. Elbows rotated in, wrist locked, gripping the pistol much like I would a hammer. This is my defensive shooting/combat shooting stance. I also practice one handed. With one hand I have about the same body position except I'm standing up straight, with my body about a 45 degree angle from the target as to give my shooting hand the proper natural point of aim. -walt __________________ He is greatest, who is trained in the severest school. -General Thucydides, 424 BC

August 29, 2005, 11:47 AM	#8
Westminster Junior Member Join Date: May 25, 2004 Posts: 10	This is Isoceles, right? Or is it Weaver? Point-shooting, maybe? Last edited by Westminster; August 29, 2005 at 08:06 PM.

August 29, 2005, 12:04 PM	#9
Hard Ball Senior Member Join Date: November 28, 1999 Location: California Posts: 3,925	I use a modified isosoles stance @80% 9f the time and one hand, strong hand and weak hand @ 20% of the time. __________________ "I swear to defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemeis domestic or foreign WHOMSOEVER."

August 29, 2005, 04:29 PM	#12
gddyup Senior Member Join Date: July 22, 2005 Location: Derry, NH Posts: 219	Wow, who brought the cool kids?? I have been using the basic Isosceles for right now. Just trying to get the basics down in one stancde before I move to another to see how they differ. After some more time at the range, I'll start using one hand and off hand to get some practice there also. I haven't asked yet, but I believe that my range allows drawing from the holster so there's another thing I have to get handy at. __________________ Firefighter/EMT - Currently teamed on Engine 1... I always get to play with my Knob! "Good judgement comes from experience and experience comes from poor judgement" - Unknown. "An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life." - Robert A. Heinlein

August 29, 2005, 06:48 AM	#2
Mannlicher Senior Member Join Date: July 8, 2001 Location: North Central Florida & Miami Posts: 3,208	I find I still use the old NRA single hand extended stance. I practice others as well, but I do my best target work that way. __________________ Nemo Me Impune Lacesset "The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so.".........Ronald Reagan

August 29, 2005, 07:00 AM	#3
sendec Junior member Join Date: April 18, 2005 Posts: 517	Weaver. Are you target shooting or practicing defensive shooting?

August 29, 2005, 07:06 AM	#4
PythonGuy Junior member Join Date: November 4, 2004 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 456	Usually two handed, sometimes braced against one side of the point wall. I'll practice one handed just to see how accurate (not very) I am like that, but two handed feels best. Oh, and feet about shoulders width apart.

August 29, 2005, 08:17 AM	#6
ATW525 Senior Member Join Date: March 14, 2005 Location: Concord, NH Posts: 2,723	Modified Isosceles or Bullseye stances, depending on what I'm shooting. I prefer the latter for shooting single action revolvers.

August 29, 2005, 09:53 AM	#7
Vitamin G Senior Member Join Date: May 25, 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 307	Call me stupid, but I like to stand one of the following positions : Moving forward moving backwards moving side to side. When i'm trying really hard to make an impressive "Look i shot out the 10ring" target, I do almost the same as you, except instead of putting my feet one foot apart and not bending my knees, I position my feed forward/back, instead of side to side. I honestly couldn't tell you if i bend my knees or not.

August 29, 2005, 02:55 PM	#10
Bullrock Senior Member Join Date: November 25, 2004 Posts: 2,686	That's a real nice photo westminster. A nice demo of firearms responsility... I can't wait for your 2nd post. Back in the olden days, while a leo, I used an open stance with knees bent during DA rapid fire. Today I use the same stance with straighter knees for shooting just about everything. I really enjoy sitting down while bench test shooting. At my age I need all the rest I can get...

August 29, 2005, 03:17 PM	#11
Vitamin G Senior Member Join Date: May 25, 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 307	Well look on the bright side... Judging by his join date, it'll take him another year and a half to get around to his 2nd post...

August 29, 2005, 04:33 PM	#13
USNavy_233 Senior Member Join Date: November 10, 2004 Location: Keystone Heights, Florida Posts: 115	Yeah, finger on the trigger and everything. WOW!! __________________ He is greatest, who is trained in the severest school. -General Thucydides, 424 BC

August 29, 2005, 04:48 PM	#14
Wildalaska Junior member Join Date: November 25, 2002 Location: In my own little weird world in Anchorage, Alaska Posts: 14,172	Those arent real guns WildamusedAlaska

August 29, 2005, 04:51 PM	#15
spacemanspiff Senior Member Join Date: January 16, 2002 Location: alaska Posts: 3,498	pshhawww! you all are wrong! r o n g wrong! according to my 'pocket ninja handbook: the handgun shooting stance, volume #23' the only correct stance to use is the 'squatting-russian-dance'. you know, you've seen the russian dancers hopping on left foot to right foot while squatted. well you do that, so that your nemesis will try to anticipate your moving left or right and will miss because you just hop in one place. (volume #49 goes into the proper method of actually moving to confuse your nemesis) this stance keeps your body in fluid motion, so in the rare chance you do get hit, your body will be able to absorb the shock more naturally, allowing you time to finish shooting before falling to the ground dead. its a move i'm just about through mastering. __________________ "Every man alone is sincere; at the entrance of a second person hypocrisy begins." - Ralph Waldo Emerson "People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use." - Soren Kierkegaard

August 29, 2005, 05:03 PM	#17
Bullrock Senior Member Join Date: November 25, 2004 Posts: 2,686	Spaceman LMAO , again!

August 29, 2005, 05:40 PM	#18
Wildalaska Junior member Join Date: November 25, 2002 Location: In my own little weird world in Anchorage, Alaska Posts: 14,172	9 minutes to the call WildoracleAlaska

August 29, 2005, 05:42 PM	#19
Vitamin G Senior Member Join Date: May 25, 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 307	I find myself wanting to call wildwaitingbythephoneforhisboyfriendalaska in seven minutes, just to mess with him Maybe I could finally pick up those BHP mags while I'm talking though...

August 29, 2005, 05:52 PM	#20
spacemanspiff Senior Member Join Date: January 16, 2002 Location: alaska Posts: 3,498	he really likes being asked how the weather is up here. then ask if we have street addresses on our igloos, and if the postal service has a tough time delivering mail on their dogsleds. then ask whats the finest trap gun they have on the shelf and ask them how much you can get on a trade towards it for a 'customized' glock that your brothers cousins uncle spot welded a rail to for a bushnell red dot sight and a streamlight flashlight, and with 4 mags welded together at the bases so you can have 60+1 rounds on the fly. __________________ "Every man alone is sincere; at the entrance of a second person hypocrisy begins." - Ralph Waldo Emerson "People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use." - Soren Kierkegaard

August 29, 2005, 05:54 PM	#21
Vitamin G Senior Member Join Date: May 25, 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 307	Oddly, alaska is one of the few states i can see myself moving to if i ever leave Pennsylvania. I love the colder climates, hate the heat, bugs drive me nuts, etc. I'd really only consider alaska, vermont, and colorado.

August 30, 2005, 12:31 AM	#22
HighValleyRanch Senior Member Join Date: July 15, 2005 Posts: 4,065	Ah, they got lots of bugs in alaska! In the thaw. MORE THAN PA! AND LESS PEOPLE per bug! __________________ From the sweet grass to the slaughter house; From birth until death; We travel between these two eternities........from 'Broken Trail"

August 30, 2005, 01:36 AM	#23
Wildalaska Junior member Join Date: November 25, 2002 Location: In my own little weird world in Anchorage, Alaska Posts: 14,172	Our bugs are so big we hunt em with 10 gauges WildspiffsgoinghuntingAlaska

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