Hey! Thank you all for having an awesome forum for new shooters and people looking to learn about competition shooting sports!
My Background:
I've only been involved in shooting firearms for a few years, and dont have any military/LE firearms training. i have played sports competitively growing up and played semi professional paintball for a few years.
I recognize the fact that for shooting sports, you cant just go out and shoot; you need to focus your "practice" time, and you need to pro-actively analyze your "game", in order to further progression. one thing i really like about this forum, is everyone here is doing it- analyzing their game/technique and helping others!
i noticed something a few weeks ago, that i'd like to share and hopefully get some feedback.
on my weekly trip to the range, i tried something that i've been thinking about for a while. i tried shooting my gun with my weak hand, only using my strong hand to engage the grip safety and pull the trigger ( i shoot a full size 1911). i had my left hand's fingers wrapped all the way around to the right side grip panels, with the index just under the trigger guard, thumb pointing forward ( just like it would act as the support hand). i found that my weak hand ( left hand/arm/wrist) had a significant amount of tension (muscle flex?), my wrist was canted significantly more/stiffer, than normal, and i was able to "control" the gun easier...the muzzle didnt flip as high, my sights were able to level off/return quicker, and my shot to shot was alot more consistant. again, this was basically the left hand doing all the work, with the right hand (my strong hand) doing minimal work.
now, i know this was just an experiment, but i dont know how to translate that to my normal grip (normal grip, being the competition standard). when i'm gripping ( and i have really small hands) i'm not able to get a solid purchase, when i wrap my left hand over my right hand. pressure wise, i'm maybe 70/30...sometimes i just gorilla grip with the left hand and the right hand is gripping enough to engage the grip saftey. i dont feel the tension/flex/stiffness in my left arm and my left hand actually tends to slip off when i'm shooting.
is this as easy as getting some Pro Grip???
(theres another thread entitled "Support Hand Woes" by AZDave...if this needs to be merged with that, please do so =)
thank you again, everyone for your wealth of knowledge, and more importantly, your openess to share.
richard
