Shooting Stance

[voodoo54]

Lately I've gotten more into defensive shooting rather than "Target" shooting. Was wondering what everybody out there in Kahr land uses as there shooting stance wether defensive firing, target shooting or otherwise. I personally use the isosceles stance. I personally find it the best for quick defensive firing. Others might think otherwise, let me know what you think.

[jocko]

ur so right inb ur shooting drills. If ur sitting on the crapper and BG comes in with gun, pretty damnhard to get into a Weaver or Isoceles stance withgout sh!ttin all over urself. At my age I don't do alot of the runninbg drills, fokk it, can't run, so I don't worry about hiding behind trees or barrels either. Panera Bread has none of that stuff. they are allgood , not sayin that but the OTHER comes into play for me 98% of the time. WhenI go to thge range withg my PM9 or K9 I just grab an ol chair and set up between 7-10 yards and fire away. Lazy more than anything but I just don't get into to much of this "scenario" stuff. I carry 24/7 that is good enough for me. My PM9 goes bang every time--another big plus. If BG leaves me the fokk alone, all is well. Train the way u feel, the older u get the less that some of these scenarios means. Course If I lived in Detroit, I might be talking a different tune..

[wyntrout]

Dang! You really don't use the "edit" feature!

Wynn

[jocko]

oops sorry about that, didn't reread to see I doubled up on it. Good man wyn, u beat bawanna to that even, as he normally pm's me and chews my ass out and gives me a blackmark in his a$$hole column . He claims I have 448 of them. I can't really believe that.

[wyntrout]

Yeah, that DOES seem kind of LOW.

I've double and triple-posted because it didn't seem like anything happened before. Sometimes the forum software prevents that, but not always!



Wynn

[Longitude Zero]

Iso was the defacto stance for a long time. Then came Weaver and modified Weaver. Truthfully I use them all depending upon the situation. HOWEVER the reality is that in a self defense scenario the bad guy will more than likely be so close that it will be one handed shooting. I really practice one hand very hard out to 15-25 yards. Both strong and off hand.

How many practice one handed operation of the gun, loading, shooting, malfunction drills etc. I do at least quarterly. If you do not you are not fully prepared.

[jocko]

no doubt I am not fully prepared: Just sayin but I am certainly more prepared than a person who does not carry:

[JFootin]

+1 there, Jocko. I do a lot of my shooting seated. I live most of my life seated. LOL! Standing up, I have to lean against something to shoot two handed or have one hand holding my roller walker or a cane to keep my balance. I cannot run, get in a crouch or on one knee, traverse any uneven ground or stairs, nor can I do any hand to hand combat or dicing around with a tactical knife. I can draw my gun and pull the trigger. Might get me out of a jam. I'm a lot better off than when everyone was using swords.

[wyntrout]

Dang! I'm too lazy to look up all of those stances and I've forgotten the "nuances" of each. Which one is the belly up to the bar/table at the range and standing and leaning against it a bit... "triangle" with my legs... and squaring off both shoulders to the target and using two hands... relaxed grip with the pistol sights sort of lined up on the target and point-shooting... kind of letting the pistol rise a bit with the recoil... modified "limp-wristing"??

I don't remember which one that is! Maybe it's a combination??

Wynn

[O'Dell]

I have no idea what a "Weaver" stance is let along a modified Weaver. I was taught fifty years ago to shoot one handed with the strong side facing the target and the other hand in your hip pocket. Granted, I now use a two hand grip and face the target at the range, but what my stance is called I haven't a clue. I just use whatever seems natural for the circumstances or position I happen to be in at the time. Pretty much the same thing applies to my grip. I guess what I saying is, that I don't obsess about either one.