Cheerleaders, step inside

[siglite]

Ok, mods. Don't flip out. This is gun related, I promise!

I know there are a lot of women on this forum. And if you were ever a cheerleader, my wife (by proxy) has a question for you.

Let me fill you in with some background. I'm a die hard Sig guy. I'm always carrying a P series. They point very well for me coming out of the holster. As do Berettas to be perfectly honest.

My wife... she's a glock girl. Glocks point perfectly naturally for her. Not for me. I come out of the holster pointing about a foot high at 21 feet. She comes out of the holster perfectly indexed and pointed dead on.

A couple of days ago, she said "I think I figured out why glocks point well for me."

"Oh? Whyzzat?"

"Cheerleading."

*blank confused stare* "Cheerleading?"

"Yeah. I constantly got yelled at by coaches because my wrist was like this." And she made a fist, and the angle of her fist was appropriate for gripping a pistol like a P series sig. Very perpendicular to the bones in the arm. "And they wanted the fist to be like this." And she leaned her thumb forward and demonstrated much more "glock-like" fist. "So that when you open your hands up, it points straight, instead of at an angle."

"Um.... well, okay then."

"Ask 'em on THR. See if any other cheerleaders find that glocks point best for them."

"Um... ok dear, will do."

And all I could think of was an Oleg Volk photoshoot, but ok, here I am, and I'm asking. Per her request.

 

[XavierBreath]

That's interesting. My girl is going through cheerleading as we speak, and she has learned the same thing. She shoots a ruger MKII very well.....

 

[siglite]

She shoots a ruger MKII very well.....

IIRC, the MKII has a steep grip angle, too, no? Is she on to something here?

 

[The Unknown User]

I think it's safe to say that the way you hold or present a firearm is integral.

I'm also curious if cheerleading techniques impact firearm control.

 

[Oleg Volk]

The one former cheerleader friend I have on THR carries a Taurus PT92...so not a Glock. But she is a Glocktalk member...

 

[bogie]

I keep telling y'all about ergonomics. I don't care what a gun looks like. I don't care who makes it. If a hi-pointe points naturally, it's the gun you should carry.

If it doesn't point naturally, you have to work at making it point correctly. And that will take time, effort, and it _still_ won't be natural.

 

[siglite]

I'm a big believer in the ergonomics bogie. I've seen it first hand with my wife, and I see it (in reverse) every time I pick up a glock. It's a wonderful pistol that just points terribly for me. My wife makes the same statement about my sigs.

She's very curious about the correlation between cheerleading and glock (steep grip angle) ergonomics.

 

[chipperi]

Nothing to do with this post...but what does IIRC mean? I see it alot in here.

 

[Wes Janson]

If I recall correctly.

 

[griz]

RA RA REE
SHOOT EM IN THE KNEE!

Sorry, my fingers were possesed.

 

[armoredman]

That's the strangest connection I have ever seen made, funny and interesting.

 

[siglite]

That's the strangest connection I have ever seen made, funny and interesting.

I know! Right?

Seems awful plausible though.

 

[Sistema1927]

This thread only exists because the OP thought that people would begin to post pictures of cheerleaders.


OK, who wants to be first?

 

[sig226]

RA RA REE
SHOOT EM IN THE KNEE!

Sorry, my fingers were possesed.

WHAT WHAT WHAT
SHOOT 'EM IN THE BUTT!

 

[siglite]

Actually sistema, I'm hoping that doesn't happen, as that's probably an express route to a lock. I want cheerleaders or S/Os of cheerleaders to see if there's a correlation.

I see an awful lot of girls with glocks, my wife made the connection, and I wonder if there's anything to it.

 

[davepool]

RA RA RASS shoot em in the ......

 

[mustanger98]

siglite, From what you've posted of your wife's thinking, I'm thinking that's probably a valid connection. Now, I lean more towards 1911A1's and Walther P-38's for grip angle and general fit. My .22 is a Ruger 22/45 because of the grip angle. I recall this one time in my dealer's shop, there was a woman who told me she likes 1911A1's too. For some reason, the guy they had helping that day was trying to "sell the little lady" a MkII citing the grip angle. The guy said the 22/45's grip would cause hands to cramp, but maybe he mistook her for a cheerleader type. Or maybe I didn't think to ask if she had been one. And between me and the guy behind the counter, we could've both been surprised. But mostly he just wanted to sell her that MkII.

 

[mustanger98]

ra Ra Ree
Shoot Em In The Knee!

I actually wondered how long it'd take for this to start.

 

[Henry Bowman]

So was Gaston Glock ever a cheerleader?

 

[siglite]

While the thought of Gaston Glock in a pleated skirt and pom-poms is cracking me up to no end, I think it's unlikely.

Maybe he just had a cheerleader grip of some sort? But then, I'm sure we can think of many other activities which would put the wrist/fist in that position as some sort of a psychological "default." Thumbs pointed down the seams of your class A's at attention for example.

 

[MKEITH]

davepool, you owe me one new keyboard. Aparantly, keyboards are not as fond of St. Pauli Girl as I am.

 

[Robert Hairless]

So was Gaston Glock ever a cheerleader?

Jahvol! Und he has ways of making you cheer.

 

[LanEvo`]

Nothing to do with this post...but what does IIRC mean? I see it alot in here.

IIRC = if I remember correctly

 

[ceetee]

RA RA RASS shoot em in the ......

OTHER knee...

 

[Pax Jordana]

Thumbs pointed down the seams of your class A's at attention for example.

Now I was never a cheerleader, but I've looked at a lot of them, and I marched a bass drum for four years of football band. Bass drum form as I learned it was hand bones way up so the stick was nigh perpendicular to the arm. I shoot 1911's and sigs well, but I haven't touched a glock since before I stopped growing so I can't help you there.

and no, I haven't met a colorguard girl who can shoot (at least in the civilian world)