Bubber Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 I was reading a Hand Gun magazine, err ok looking at the pictures, and noticed the recommended two handed grip for the revo. Where you lock down your stronghand thumb with your weakhand thumb. Am I missing something? I have never used this style before. I have been shooting revos a few years. Does anyone use this style and what are the benefits? Just curious cause now I've seen it in two magazines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 I've seen lots of people use this style. It's more or less THE classic way of holding a revolver with two hands. When I started shooting revolver two or three years ago, this is what I was told to do. AFAIK, there are no benefits whatsoever. I switched to "thumbs pointing to target" style (this is starting to sound like a cheap '70 kung fu movie). It surprises me that you've never heard of it. You've been shooting revolver way longer than I have, and almost everybody I know that shooting the old rotator uses this style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underlug Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 Yeah Bubber. That's how I hold everything. That's why I never got the hang of the speedsticks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhgtyre Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 I have seen lots of revo shooters use the weak thumb crossed over the strong thumb/wrist so that the weak thumb is pointing off to the right. I haven't seen anyone use the weak thumb to actually lock down the strong thumb on the left. I tried it during a practice session where I was working on thumb placement but I didn't like it and the old weak thumb pointing to the right method just seems like a bad habit if you are going to shoot semi-autos. -ld Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bountyhunter Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 I recently put a patch of grip tape on the LHS of my 686 (on the flat part of the frame above the grip) to give it some place to rest with traction. I never put thumbs on top of thumbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubber Posted August 21, 2003 Author Share Posted August 21, 2003 I used to use the flying thumb, you know the thumb sticking straight up, in the early years but changed to have my S.H. reast on the cylinder release, and both thumbs pointed forward. But I am continually learning and if some thing would help I am willing to try it. Thanx guys Oh and Underlug the speedsticks work better if you take them out of the package first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underlug Posted August 21, 2003 Share Posted August 21, 2003 Bubber: I can't take them out with my thumbs crossed like this. Hope you are well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phara Posted August 21, 2003 Share Posted August 21, 2003 Bubber, If you check out Jerry's video on revo shooting you'll see that he shoots thumb over thumb. Rudi Waldinger shoots this way also. I figured if it's good enough for Jerry and Rudi it's good enough for me, so I changed my grip to match theirs! Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ankeny Posted August 21, 2003 Share Posted August 21, 2003 I use the revolver grip shown in Brian's book. I tried switching to the same grip I use with my auto (also in the "Book") but I went back to thumb over thumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubber Posted August 21, 2003 Author Share Posted August 21, 2003 Ron, I read the "book" and now just seen the section you are talking about. I must of missed it the first few times. Maybe the pictures need to be bigger for me. It doesn't feel comfortable to me but will try it after I finish a revo match next week. Don't want to change in the middle. I am glad I asked, maybe it will help later. Thanx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted August 21, 2003 Share Posted August 21, 2003 [Essence of Wrongness Mode ON] I don't even know where I put my thumbs. I don't know if it really matters. I grip my revo with the same principles and feel that I use on an auto: get your hand as high as possible and to rotate your hand around so that you have just enough leverage to smoothly actuate the trigger. And frankly, gun magazines are rarely a source of meaningful information. If what you're doing genuinely works, what's the point of emulating someone else? Unless, of course, you're just gripping your gun atrociously wrong, then it may be of *some* help... It's like staring at a word too long. After a while, it will look foriegn. I don't think about my grip at all anymore - and deliberately so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted August 21, 2003 Share Posted August 21, 2003 I don't think about ... ... deliberately so. I like that...deliberately not thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bountyhunter Posted August 21, 2003 Share Posted August 21, 2003 [Essence of Wrongness Mode ON]I don't even know where I put my thumbs. That's why I always leave mine in my range bag so I won't lose them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George D Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 I don't even know where I put my thumbs. That's why I always leave mine in my range bag so I won't lose them. ROTFLMAO. I used to use the grip show in THE BOOK on page 196. When I acquired my first auto I used the Thumbs-pointed-at-the-target grip that Brian advocates in his book for autos and then tried it on my revolvers and haven't gone back to the old grip since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underlug Posted September 2, 2003 Share Posted September 2, 2003 Bubber: Been thinking about the grip problem. After figuring out how to uncross my thumbs (Saturday). guess what comes in the mail? My Cylinder Turns. And the answer is there. Ask JOYCE Rosato! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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