Proper Way To Hold a Handgun

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The Proper way to hold a Pistol There are a variety of ways people do activities and hobbies that they enjoy. However, some believe there is only one proper way of doing something. The proper way is viewed as the way that everyone believes is correct. I will be informing you on the proper way to hold a handgun. I will not be talking about BB gun pistols or novelty items. Specifically, I am talking about powerful defensive handguns and hard-kicking, large calibers used for outdoor sports such as hunting. The harder we hold them, the less they kick and jump. The less they kick and jump, the more efficiently we can shoot them. One grip I strongly recommend is the crush grip. Using this grip hold the pistol as hard as you can. It was once advised to intensify your grip until tremors set in, and then back off until they stopped. In the real world, under stress, there’s going to be some tremor anyway. Get used to it now. Hold the gun as tightly as you can and let it tremor. The key is this: keep the sights straight in line. If the sights are in line, and the hand is quivering, the sights will quiver in the center of the target. When the shot breaks, the bullet will strike the center of the target. Once it has been center-punched, the target will neither know nor care that the launcher was quivering before the projectile took flight. As long as you hit toward the center, this tip has worked. Any marksmanship expert will tell you that consistency of grasp is a key to consistent accuracy. As stress levels change during shooting, which is really a multi-tasking exercise that gives you a lot to think about, the consistency of grasp can change too. If you think about it, there are only two ways to grasp the pistol. One is to hold it with virtually no pressure at all. This will give you poor control of recoil. The other is to hold it as hard as you can, for
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