This is my favorite.


You get to scratch an itch and nobody knows you're being obscene..

 

This is my favorite.


You get to scratch an itch and nobody knows you're being obscene..

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Me at the 2018 National Matches.

I have since gone back to hand in my pocket and less of a 180 stance. Standing like Zins didn't help me.

Nick Mowrer - the only Olympian to ever qualify to shoot both rifle and pistol at the Olympics. I think this year was his third time at the Olympics, but still no medals.

 

My favorite method...

 

He's got the stance and the grip. A+.

 

As long as you get hits on target it don't matter. Stance is overrated

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The best is the one you happen to be in when you have to shoot.

 

Low crouch weaver

 

Weaver.

That 'new-fangled' isosceles w/ thumbs pointed towards the target does not work for those of us that have had neck/back injuries.

 

I like the isosceles stance. I am able to cover a full 180 degree arc without moving my feet. Slew left (for a right hander) into a Weaver or right into a reverse Weaver. Works for me. And thumbs together eliminates slide bite.

 

If you an old worn out body type person, you body can no long be perfect.

Do what work for& with old body.☹

 

I shoot isosceles with thumbs forward for a number of reasons. However, I am able to change it up if I need to when accounting for cover and every other variable. As long as you put rounds where they need to go, nothing else matters.

 

The Sinatra Stance.

Joking aside, stance usually implies a static position.

While I do that for simple convenience and safety when I'm not alone on the line, or if I'm pausing and taking a break between movement drills (like pausing to do a dot drill, for example), I tend to look at 'stance' in shooting much like I do in the martial arts. It's fine to begin from and end up in, but all the critical fast & furious activities between those two points may also said to involve remaining balanced to let me DO what I need to do. The freedom and ability to perform an adaptive response can be handy when something isn't going how you may expect.

Stances are also good for learning.

Obviously, such things can be a requirement for competition venues, too.

 

The Sinatra Stance.

Joking aside, stance usually implies a static position.

While I do that for simple convenience and safety when I'm not alone on the line, or if I'm pausing and taking a break between movement drills (like pausing to do a dot drill, for example), I tend to look at 'stance' in shooting much like I do in the martial arts. It's fine to begin from and end up in, but all the critical fast & furious activities between those two points may also said to involve remaining balanced to let me DO what I need to do. The freedom and ability to perform an adaptive response can be handy when something isn't going how you may expect.

Stances are also good for learning.

Obviously, such things can be a requirement for competition venues, too.

Glad someone saw the 'joke'..

 

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You get to learn all kinds of new stances, mostly improvised, shooting IDPA, IPSC, 3-gun and the like.

 

Yeah. I shoot a "modified" isosceles and thumbs forward for Steel Challenge. For IDPA, that stance goes out the window.

 

I like this pistol stance...

 

My favorite stance is from behind cover.

 

Agreed. And with a rifle.

 

I still look to make sure my arm is aligned with the gun, but once you grab with another hand, that wrist has to bend some. I think I really just like certain things to focus on when preparing the shot, so that it just somehow works better when I do.

 

Isosceles is my preference. Most have mentioned the other reasons already but it allows for better movement both from a stationary position and transition to walking, running whatever as well.

 

I typed a big long post on why you don’t fight or shoot from a stance and then erased it since this is clearly a thread about bullseye shooting.

Back to the coffee pot for me.

Regards,
Happyguy

 

I suppose I'm a modified Weaver sort of guy, though most of my shooting is done off a bench rest. Tried the isosceles with varying degrees of elbow bend and it still strains my neck and shoulder muscles. Maybe if I did it year-in year-out I'd get the hang of it, but just don't do enough competitive type shooting for that to happen.

 

Might just be your biomechanics. There is no "One Best Way". There is whatever works best for you.

You should try shooting on the clock including drawing from the holster. A lot of issues don't show up during slow deliberate shooting that can trip you up when shooting under stress. That is how I realized my G26 just fit my hand better than my G19 does.

 

I used to teach guys to jump as high as they can, and land with their fists up and ready to fight. That puts them in their natural, balanced stance able to move in any direction, biased toward controlling force delivered from the front (such as recoil). It worked well and improved their shooting.

But over time I morphed to giving the advice I heard from I forget who: Just stand up on your hind legs and shoot.

 

I've seen the 'fists up' in old British movies. Brits were never the best at boxing. But there's Lewis. Sorry.

 

Haven't heard of the Sinatra stance, but in addition to the Isosceles and Weaver stance, as a dinged up senior citizen, I prefer the Chapman stance.

 

My dad was trained in this era and whenever we would go to the shooting range he would shoot like this with his 1911. All I have to do is make "the stance" and my son still cracks up today and says "I love Grandpa Richard".

edit: I just recently passed my dad's 1911 down to him.

 

Shooting from a fixed position like Bullseye or SCSA, one should set up in a "stance" that lets you get on target without stress. I read an article by an ISU shooter who would close his eyes, level the gun, and look to see if he was at his natural point of aim, adjust and repeat if necessary. When the gun came up on target he would chalk around his feet so he could maintain that stance throughout the match.

Action shooting or gunfighting, what is stance when everything is moving? Put the sights on target and fire, doesn't matter where your feet are if you can get on target.

 

Shooting from a fixed position like Bullseye or SCSA, one should set up in a "stance" that lets you get on target without stress. I read an article by an ISU shooter who would close his eyes, level the gun, and look to see if he was at his natural point of aim, adjust and repeat if necessary. When the gun came up on target he would chalk around his feet so he could maintain that stance throughout the match.

Pretty much every precision shooter does that, except for the chalk part, since we mostly shoot outdoors on grass. Natural point of aim is important.

 

I always shoot while doing barrel rolls. Anyone can shoot with their feet on the ground.

 

 

"Hold on, Mr Perp! I need to reach my muscle memory stance!"