BCRider
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For myself I've found that when matches or practice call for strong or weak hand shooting I've gotten my best results from using the following changes from my preffered isoscelles triangle stance;
I did note that if I didn't cant the gun slightly that the gun tended to recoil with the sights having some odd dynamics during the recoil recovery. The slight cant angle seems to avoid this by aligning the recoil with the natural wrist and elbow flexing or with the natural axis of resistance in the arm. Either way getting the cant angle to match with the arm will result in a recoil reaction of the sights which is mostly in a simple straight line which seems to settle and allow aiming of the next shot that much sooner.
But if I conciously turn my elbow in under the gun it does the same thing. It's just not as natural to do as canting the gun and leaving my elbow in it's otherwise usual two handed shooting position. But either seems to work.
This arranging your body and hold so that the gun recoils as much as practical in one plane seems to be a key element to a faster recovery and rediness for a second shot. Or to allow effective double taps when shooting with one hand. Ideally when we get it right the sights should jump in a vertical line with as little side to side oscillation as possible. That way the gun settles down for the next shot all that much quicker.
- Opposite leg drops back slightly so my torso and hips are inclined at about a 45'ish angle to the line of fire instead of straight across.
- The unused hand forms a fist and presses against my sternum. The teaching I got suggested that tensioning one arm aids in tensioning the other for a firmer hold and faster recoil recovery.
- As mentioned already the gun is canted inwards by about 10 to 15 degrees. This seems to aid in the recoil being more in line with the natural flex of the arm and aids in the gun recoiling more in line with the vertical axis of the frame for a faster and more "inline" recover from recoil.
I did note that if I didn't cant the gun slightly that the gun tended to recoil with the sights having some odd dynamics during the recoil recovery. The slight cant angle seems to avoid this by aligning the recoil with the natural wrist and elbow flexing or with the natural axis of resistance in the arm. Either way getting the cant angle to match with the arm will result in a recoil reaction of the sights which is mostly in a simple straight line which seems to settle and allow aiming of the next shot that much sooner.
But if I conciously turn my elbow in under the gun it does the same thing. It's just not as natural to do as canting the gun and leaving my elbow in it's otherwise usual two handed shooting position. But either seems to work.
This arranging your body and hold so that the gun recoils as much as practical in one plane seems to be a key element to a faster recovery and rediness for a second shot. Or to allow effective double taps when shooting with one hand. Ideally when we get it right the sights should jump in a vertical line with as little side to side oscillation as possible. That way the gun settles down for the next shot all that much quicker.