Cosmoline
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I agree, but that would include all 1911's even the high end models. You must hold them correctly in order to disengage the grip safety. That's a design defect in my book.
Is it possible to limp wrist a revolver?
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I agree, but that would include all 1911's even the high end models. You must hold them correctly in order to disengage the grip safety. That's a design defect in my book.
oldfool
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IMO
like the guy said... "unless it slaps you in the head"
like another guy said.. no, you do not need a death grip (it is not "grip" per se, it is about your trigger squeeze/pull coming straight back)
as for pistolas... yes, almost any can malfunction on limp wrist, but it is very make/model specific, it is really not about just caliber... and it is far more commonplace in shorter/smaller/lighter... not exclusively so, and it is still make/model specific... but operator error is operator error, not "broken gun"... (see again "if it slaps you in the head")
all a matter of degree
for me the li'l KelTecs and LCPs are a prime example
they ain't broke
they don't malfunction for me, but I have seen quite a few shooters new to them who limp wrist 'em "every time" until they realize why
and that includes a lot of guys who shoot a lot of full size 9s and 40s and 45s
(I just naturally grip 'em tighter than I would a full size 9, just because there is so doggone little handle to hang onto, different than a "full size" all steel 380)
but I think I hold a full size 9 differently than I do a 357 revolver, not because the recoil is less or more, but because the recoil is naturally "different"; it is not something you think about, just something you get used to
YMMV
like the guy said... "unless it slaps you in the head"
like another guy said.. no, you do not need a death grip (it is not "grip" per se, it is about your trigger squeeze/pull coming straight back)
as for pistolas... yes, almost any can malfunction on limp wrist, but it is very make/model specific, it is really not about just caliber... and it is far more commonplace in shorter/smaller/lighter... not exclusively so, and it is still make/model specific... but operator error is operator error, not "broken gun"... (see again "if it slaps you in the head")
all a matter of degree
for me the li'l KelTecs and LCPs are a prime example
they ain't broke
they don't malfunction for me, but I have seen quite a few shooters new to them who limp wrist 'em "every time" until they realize why
and that includes a lot of guys who shoot a lot of full size 9s and 40s and 45s
(I just naturally grip 'em tighter than I would a full size 9, just because there is so doggone little handle to hang onto, different than a "full size" all steel 380)
but I think I hold a full size 9 differently than I do a 357 revolver, not because the recoil is less or more, but because the recoil is naturally "different"; it is not something you think about, just something you get used to
YMMV
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I thought of something last night. It actually is possible to limp-wrist a revolver, with worse consequences than an auto. If you're shooting a light gun with powerful ammo with heavy bullets with no cannelure and/or not enough crimp, then limp-wristing will make the bullets jump crimp easier, and they could tie up the cylinder.
I am convinced that I have seen limp wristing cause stovepipes. I took my BIL shooting my XD45. We were using CCI Blazer (IIRC). Same gun, same mags, same factory ammo (out of the same box). He kept getting stove pipe jams and I didn't.
The only explanation I can think of is limp wristing, particularly since he was a new shooter at the time.
The only explanation I can think of is limp wristing, particularly since he was a new shooter at the time.
rcmodel
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I don't believe that to be the case.
The initial very high G-force recoil that pulls bullets is all over and absorbed by your hand before the gun climbs due to limp wresting.
That remaining recoil that raises the gun vertical after the bullet is long gone is relatively low-G, and has nothing to do with bullet pulling.
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Zundfolge
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Really the only reason that limp wristing a revolver would have any adverse effect on accuracy or reliability is because if you're limp wristing, you've probably got OTHER bad shooting habits too.
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