What can go wrong?Okaaaaaay, here it is, the stupidest shit I've seen all... ever:
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You hold your hand out of the way, and make a very tight fist. Your shooting hand will make a sympathetic tight fist.And since they're all doing it, what IS the deal with the tactical tit grab anyway?
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And the gun pointed in the correct direction.
You hold your hand out of the way, and make a very tight fist. Your shooting hand will make a sympathetic tight fist.
You can. It's just a taught sympathetic reaction. You still need to keep your other hand up and out of the way.Can't I just make a very tight fist with my shooting hand then?
Yes to both. At KR they teach the sympathetic squeeze thing. If a five time grand master tells me to squeeze my other hand, I squeeze my other hand!I was taught it was twofold, #1 if you're doing quick one handed draw it will keep your hand out of the way of the gun.. and #2 if you ever did have an injured arm it's your natural reaction to hold it close to you.
-and probably when you shoot the guy just down range from you too.The SO / RO hates it when you shoot yourself.
Another reason (that I don't buy but I've seen in print) is that if you're shooting one-handed then the off hand over the chest provides some protection for vital organs.Well at least now I know the reasoning behind it.
That's what popped into my head when I saw the picture.Another reason (that I don't buy but I've seen in print) is that if you're shooting one-handed then the off hand over the chest provides some protection for vital organs.
It's probably been 40 years since I've seen that in print. Back then, the legacy of one-hand-only shooting was still with us and protective vests were rare, so I suppose there may have been some agencies, somewhere, that adopted a doctrine of "it's better to take a bullet in the arm than in the heart".
Back when the kids were smaller and still at home I also practiced with one hand in the air behind me, as if I were shepherding kids.
I shot a GSSF match one-handed once. I was actively shooting bullseye at the time and it just seemed natural to me.When practicing one-handed shooting, I look to put on a bored face and stick the other hand into my jeans pocket. It angers the tacticool crowd tremendously.