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What I did notice was that on my first time back at the range after several months of self-isolation (hiding out from COVID-19), my "groups" were more like shotgun patterns. Then I realized that I was just holding the gun up there with both arms supporting the weight, but not push-pulling. As soon as I added the push-pull, the group sizes once again became groups, small enough that I wasn't ashamed to let anyone see my targets.
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I suppose "size matters" but in the opposite sense.
I suppose the size depends on how you hold it. Everyone is different. |
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The wedge hold explained by Mas Ayoob https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsdiP-M5O8g&t=7s
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The tea cup method might be okay for precision shooting, where time isn't a factor, especially for follow-up shots. I wouldn't use/teach it for any type of close quarters defensive type shooting though. you want to have as solid a grip as possible, IMO.
Btw, if you watch Rob Leatham's "Aiming is Useless!" video, if you do what he says, it feels like 'push-pull,' even though he doesn't advocate it specifically. In fact, IIRC, he doesn't think much of the 'push-pull' method at all. |
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Have you ever met Rob? I was introduced to him at the SHOT Show a couple of years ago. I'm not a small guy, but he made me feel like a pipsqueak. At a guess, I'll estimate that he's probably 6'-4" tall and must weigh in at 250 to 270 pounds. He's a natural athlete -- one of his bios said he was a basketball player in high school and college. And, like all the other pro shooters I've met at various shot shows, his wrists and forearms are huge. A guy like that doesn't need to think about push-pull, because he effectively overpowers the gun just by picking it up. The rest of us mere mortals, on the other hand, have to deal with recoil control.
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As for the video, I think he even says something like, "forget about push-pull, or squeeze it like a" whatever, but I found that if I followed his fundamental instructions, gripped, stood, etc. the way he said to, it feels like push-pull to me. I know I reference Rob a lot; but his videos made such a big difference in my shooting I feel like I need to share his wisdom as often as possible to help others that were in the same place I was not that long ago. |
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I don't doubt folks here are giving you their best opinon. I also don't doubt most of them can outshoot me. But I'm not telling anyone to shoot my way.
I'm just suggesting that if you listen to what this Gentleman is taking the time to teach us...Well,it would be hard to say he is wrong,or that anything I do would work better than what he does. He specifically addresses push/pull and the Weaver stance. He then says "We don't do that anymore" You might disagree,but he is not wrong,and he can back it up. He made this video to answer the OP (Its Jerry Miculek) https://youtu.be/ChSazF41q-s Last edited by HiBC; October 29, 2020 at 07:13 PM. |
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This is the general grip that is taught. There are derivatives where the weak hand has a finger on the guard and there is a knuckle corrective technique that is similar (wedge hold noted above). The actual grip will be dependant on the pistol and hand size. Stoeger method- 1. Weak hand grips [very strongly]. Trigger hand is much more loose. This help helps correct drift left on shooting and reduces follow up time for tighter splits. 2. Shooting hand should be choked up high as humanly possible on the grip. This reduces muzzle flip. One way to do that is practice a draw where your hand is moving slightly forward as it comes down and naturally lands high on the grip. 3. If shooting one handed, have the opposite hand gripping tightly. Sympathetic nervous system means your shooting hand will then typically be gripping tightly. Last edited by Aguila Blanca; October 30, 2020 at 08:39 PM. Reason: Disguised unacceptable language removed |
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"Push-pull" technique all day. It's how the Pros-in-the-know do it.
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You guys use two hands to hold a handgun? It's called a handgun, not a handsgun. Hey, just a little jab from a Bullseye Pistol competitor.
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I watched the Jerry Miculek video. What does "lock left hand over center mean". Can you clarify what a locked wrist is? Just make your wrist stiff?
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You point the fingers of the left hand downward at about a 45 deg angle. As far as your tendons allow.Your left thumb will position pointed approx at the target,
That does not mean aiming the gun with the left thumb.It just is where the thumb will end up. Close the fingers around the right hand.Squeeze.Look at the post # 34 pic |
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Watch the vid linked in post #33. If you want to get right to your point,advance to 4 min 15 sec. |
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Push-pull/lock lft hand over center
The push pull is not a push at the target with my pistol gripping the handgun and a pull straight back 90 degrees toward me.
Instead, it's a push pull with pistol gripping hand toward the target and the supporting hand wrapped around the former as in the picture but towards me BUT with a 45 degree pressure on the pistol grip. This is what holds the muzzle down. I am guessing that the hand that grips the pistol does not pull forward down 45 degrees. |
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Do whatever works for you.
At 4 min 15 seconds Jerry specifically addresses the Weaver stance and push-pull. He uses those specific terms. If you want to believe "Well,what he really means is..." You go right ahead. Its a lot easier and more precise for you to go to 4 minutes 15 seconds and listen to Jerry. I'm passing on straight up Jerry without putting any of my spin on it. There are more than one "maestro" Take your pick. I'm sure I did not send the OP on a wrong path. Above,someone mentioned Rob Leatham is not a proponent of "Push/pull". Thats two "Those in the know pro shooters" Jerry did mention something about "We USED to use Push/pull and the Weaver stance when we didn't know anything" Then he went into "Push/pull sounds good but it does not work" But I think everone should do whatever makes them happy. |
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Before I started wearing Rx glasses I liked the Weaver stance. I see White Eagle mentions the "isosceles." I guess we're saying the same thing. I'm old school. |
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There are some guidelines how to properly use your handgun, but it doesn't mean that if you still have great accuracy and not following these guidelines, that you are not properly holding your gun. Every shooter should find the right position and right stance. Do whatever works for you!
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"...you're pushing with this hand and pulling with this hand. What they were trying to do back in the day was to get more control over the handgun and they went at it the wrong way. Let's see what another top-level shooter does and recommends. Here's another video on the topic of grip and technique--this one by Bob Vogel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45QhpvY9LZc At 3:20 he starts talking about the force he exerts on the gun. ..."now the actual pressure that I'm using here is in with both hands. So my right hand is torquing this way <<twists right hand to the left>> and my left hand is countering that <<twists left hand to the right>> and torquing that way. So what that does is it really locks it in there.Here's a video with Rob Leatham talking about the push-pull. He points out that the nature of the grip that the support hand has on the pistol demands a small amount of pull for the hand to stay in position and not get left hanging out in space when the gun recoils back. But he makes it clear that it's not very much pull at all. He demonstrates with another shooter doing the shooting so we don't have to worry that his size/strength/shooting skill is affecting the results. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNNlb7QjfGI Here's a video with Ernest Langdon talking about grip and stance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VP4X6FVa4E Toward the end he also talks about a "slight amount of isometric tension" caused by a slight pull of the support hand--but in the context of maintaining a proper grip (like Leatham's comments) not in the context of recoil control. His earlier comments make it clear that recoil control by the support hand is by friction on the side of the gun. Like Leatham talking about the two hands pinching the gun between them. I think it's clear that push-pull as a recoil control method has fallen out of favor with the top-level shooters. There is some slight amount of pull/isometric tension required by the support hand to keep the grip intact, but that's quite a different thing. I think a big part of the reason for the push-pull being introduced in the first place is easily explained by thinking about what the context was. At the time the Weaver was introduced, handgun competition was basically bullseye. In bullseye, everyone knew that the strong hand was supposed to be as relaxed as possible. That's what provided maximum accuracy and recoil control wasn't really a big issue. The push-pull was an attempt to solve the dilemma of controlling recoil while keeping the strong hand very relaxed as a holdover from bullseye As the two-handed technique developed and evolved, it became obvious that the strong hand needed to grip the pistol quite firmly for the best results. In fact, now it's pretty common for the top level shooters to talk about gripping the pistol with the strong hand as firmly as possible without shaking. Miculek and Langdon, for example are two that have explicitly made that comment. It used to be that instructors taught a very light grip with the strong hand, with the support hand making up almost all of the gripping strength. That meant that the strong hand was reduced to mostly only being able to push on the gun--since it wasn't gripping the gun tightly. With that limitation, it was necessary to come up with a way to control recoil with the support hand and it made sense to try to pull with the weak hand since about all the strong hand could do while mostly relaxed was push on the gun. As it became obvious that a firm grip with the strong hand gave better results, it also became obvious that there was no need to pull with the support hand--both could be used to counter recoil. Other benefits (besides improved recoil control) then became obvious. The big one, mentioned by Miculek, is that recoil behavior became more symmetric and repeatable making it easier/faster to bring the gun back onto target after muzzle lift.
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Thanks for the videos. There are so many to a point where everyone will say, "everyone has their own technique. The videos and your comments gave me some ideas to try at the range in a few weeks. What I'll try is hold my handgun with my three lower fingers and base of thumb fore and back and leave my thumb and trigger finger free. This will alleviate sideways torque. Obviously the handgun will seem like it could fall out of our hand. As everyone I think has experienced, a one handed shot with handgun rises up to the right. And so, I'll wrap my support hand knuckles with my other hand to press my other hands fingers closed, then rise that hand up so it's thumb base meets with the other handles indent on the thumb side. This gives a 45 degree downward angle for the muzzle rise and a slight pull for the upward right rise.. I might play with how high I raise my support hand forearm to adjust for the left torque. Then, I'll dry fire practice and on an actual fire I'll exhale while focusing on the point of impact or front sight ( I'm testing to see which will work for me ) and try this out. Obviously this is theory so I'll try it out later.
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Respectfully, I believe you are over-thinking this -- in extremis. Especially this part:
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There are differences of opinion as to whether the arms should be fully extended and locked. It seems to be pretty common to see it taught with just a slight bend in the elbows to provide a bit more shock absorption using the elbow joints which is both easier on the elbows and the wrists and helps with muzzle rise. In the Langdon video, he recommends against locking the elbows citing extra wear and tear on the elbows from the practice. Here's a source that mentions the issues and provides a picture from the top. https://gunbelts.com/blog/3-basic-shooting-stances/ In it, one can see that the support hand wrist is going to be farther from the shooter than the strong hand wrist which forces either a slight blade, or a slight difference in how the elbows are bent. What's also evident in the picture is that if it were viewed from the side, the elbows would appear locked. The shooter is holding his arms so that the elbows are going to bend in a plane that's nearly parallel to the floor. In this tutorial, Miculek touches on the topic. http://www.shootingusa.com/PRO_TIPS/.../miculek3.html He wants his elbows to be positioned "behind the gun" (rotated so they don't allow the gun to pivot upwards on the elbow joint) to control muzzle rise. Vogel also positions his arms so that the elbows bend outwards, in a plane nearly parallel to the ground. Sevigny is another who shoots like this. His arms look like they are locked from the side, but from the top, he's actually got a pretty good bend in his elbows--again in the plane parallel to the ground. I think a big part of this is to look at the general concepts provided and then work with those concepts to adapt them to one's own specific anatomy. For example, I can't replicate Bob Vogel's support hand position on the gun. When I try, it causes significant discomfort in my support hand wrist, and cause the front sight to want to stay high and to my strong hand side. I can just barely pull the muzzle of the gun down onto target and when I do it causes me pain. My wrist just won't angle down as far as his does. I don't think it makes sense for me to embark on a stretching/exercise program to try to increase the range of motion on my wrist to duplicate his. So I modify my grip slightly from his but while trying to accomplish his stated goals to the extent that my particular anatomy will allow.
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