Video: "Grip"

Tony
The easiest thing to do when you are cross-dominant is to turn your head to align your dominant eye with the sights.

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Originally Posted by Lurper

Tony
The easiest thing to do when you are cross-dominant is to turn your head to align your dominant eye with the sights.

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sure I can do that, this is a great tip and will help me be consistent in my grouping. THANKS. Great video....

This is a great little video, and has improved my stance and grip-- I never heard of leaving the thumb atop the safety, ignorant ol' me. One little problem with that though: when I do that, I'm not depressing the grip safety well enough to fire, sometimes. Guess I need to invest in a memory grip safety...

Thanks for posting a video. Your tips will surely help on my first day to the range.

Congrats on a great video.

I don't get any sound. Is it just me? This is the only video I've tried that has no sound.

Darwin, try pausing it then restarting it. I have not had anyone report problems with it, but that works for me when I have problems on photobucket.

Another informative video, thankyou. Do you rest your support hand thumb on the frame, and how far forward? Is it only through trial and error can you achieve the right balance of firm grip, not affecting your shot, and achieving a firm enough grip to allow reliable cycling? I have tried to hold my pistol lighter and it seems to not allow the cycling action to perform properly. How would I overcome this?

I've managed to download this and even convert it to an AVI file. I STILL can't hear any sound. Could someone please relate the points made in the video?

Any chance of getting it posted to youtube?

Darwin-t, I could try a download and conversion into other formats and then email it to you, if you like. In the meantime, this Todd Jarrett video covers a lot of the same info:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...32856867071363

If you don't get any sound there either, then the problem is likely on your end somehow...

Andy

Armedandfree, I am not a subscriber to the "weak-wrist" theory of gun malfunction. I'm aware that this may be an unorthodox position to hold. Once I finally solved my Springfield GI's feed and ejection problems (turned out to be the extractor), I've been able to have perfect functioning no matter how loosely I hold the thing. As long as the pistol doesn't fly out of your hands, it should still work.

It seems to me that the proper grip has less to do with gun functioning or recoil control than allowing the sights to return to where they started (or to drive the sights to a different target). That's how it's worked out for me, anyway. I gave up trying to wrestle the gun into submission through strength, since I'd have to be made of steel to overcome the recoil, which I decidedly ain't. ;-)

I presume the thumb question was put to Lurper, so I won't butt in on that one, much as I'd like to. :-)

Andy