Drawing & transferring gun to weak hand

[askomiko]

How do you do it? After being slower than a snail on a match, I decided I need to practise a bit... I tried gripping the gun real low to give more room for left hand, but I feel that this suits me, easiest with my non-existant training, as there is as much space as possible for the weak hand to take the gun:

How do you grip the gun while drawing, normally (as in a normal draw), or something like this?

Edited January 27, 2008 by askomiko

[HSMITH]

The two I see that work are grabbing the gun very low on the grip and holding it so that the weak hand can take it securely or drawing in a normal firing grip and 'wiping' it onto the weak hand. With the Open gun I played with drawing it by the scope, that works very well but doesn't work at all when you switch to Limited and haven't done any dryfire I am back to 'wiping' the gun off on my weak hand, works for everything.

[askomiko]

Nah, never mind, I found a few old topics:

http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3662

http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7598

http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=10532

[BBoyle]

I like the "patty cake" method!

[AlamoShooter]

I like the "patty cake" method!

+ 1 = can get to the target in 1.5

[Chris Keen]

I like the "low grab" method, but no matter what you choose you should practice it until it becomes 2nd nature.

[AWLAZS]

I like the low grab. Practice is what matters.

[ChrisStock]

I like the "low grab" method, but no matter what you choose you should practice it until it becomes 2nd nature.

Agreed...whatever you do, do it until the transfer is fast and safe...nothing makes the boys crawl higher up into my stomach than seeing a loaded blaster tumbling or being fumbled with after a bad transfer. When I do it, it's like I'm giving myself "5", probably what would be called patty cake. My mitts are big enough so that I can pull it off quickly without extra movement, then I plant my strong hand over my heart and let 'er rip.

[kuh pahl]

+1 on practice...you'll eventually do what is the most comfortable for you.

[boz1911]

Wipe method for me. Also my number one dryfire concern now that I am switching to Open!

[ken hebert]

They got a pic of me at a local match pretty much tossing the gun from strong hand to weak hand. Gap in the air looked to be about 4 inches or so. You couldn't have convinced me I did it until they showed me the pic.

[Jake Di Vita]

I get a normal grip on the gun, make a cage (for lack of a better word) with my weak hand, and just flip it in. Yes the gun is in the air for a bit. I've also practiced it a couple thousand times in dry fire, which I highly suggest you do if you adopt that technique. It's also something you need to be 100% confident with before you ever try it live.