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Turns Out I Might be Doin’ it Wrong…

SimonRL

SimonRL

Ronin
I don’t use anything remotely close to a crush grip. I have hands as soft as a baby’s bum and yet somehow I can rapid fire 5 different guns at 15 yds and hit the bullseye with some regularity.

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Left to right: USP Expert .45, PDP Pro X, Gen 1 Archon, Gen 2 Archon, Staccato C2

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Clockwise from Bottom: PDP Pro X, Archon Gen 1, Staccato C2, Archon Gen 2. Center: USP Expert .45
 
Over the past 50 odd years I have been told and tried various different grips, stances etc etc, thumbs forward being the last one people told me i shoukd use and they just don't work for me. Maybe I am impatient but I always go back to what works for me and feels best to me.
 
Sld1959 said:
Over the past 50 odd years I have been told and tried various different grips, stances etc etc, thumbs forward being the last one people told me i shoukd use and they just don't work for me. Maybe I am impatient but I always go back to what works for me and feels best to me.
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That’s all that matters.
One may work
Some may need to use several adaptions
One my be the holy land

Overcome and adapt
 
Sld1959 said:
Over the past 50 odd years I have been told and tried various different grips, stances etc etc, thumbs forward being the last one people told me i shoukd use and they just don't work for me. Maybe I am impatient but I always go back to what works for me and feels best to me.
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I think this is the key. If it works for you, it works for you. I think we are always learning and borrowing and adapting what makes sense to us. At the end of the day there are some basic skills that are key and after that it is up to you to season to taste.
 
SimonRL said:
I don’t use anything remotely close to a crush grip. I have hands as soft as a baby’s bum and yet somehow I can rapid fire 5 different guns at 15 yds and hit the bullseye with some regularity.

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Left to right: USP Expert .45, PDP Pro X, Gen 1 Archon, Gen 2 Archon, Staccato C2

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Clockwise from Bottom: PDP Pro X, Archon Gen 1, Staccato C2, Archon Gen 2. Center: USP Expert .45
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Looks like you “Crushed It” to me👍🍻
 
SimonRL said:
I don’t use anything remotely close to a crush grip. I have hands as soft as a baby’s bum and yet somehow I can rapid fire 5 different guns at 15 yds and hit the bullseye with some regularity.

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Left to right: USP Expert .45, PDP Pro X, Gen 1 Archon, Gen 2 Archon, Staccato C2

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Clockwise from Bottom: PDP Pro X, Archon Gen 1, Staccato C2, Archon Gen 2. Center: USP Expert .45
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Which is strange since you’re British. I hear you guys don’t even like guns. 😉😊
 
SimonRL said:
I don’t use anything remotely close to a crush grip. I have hands as soft as a baby’s bum and yet somehow I can rapid fire 5 different guns at 15 yds and hit the bullseye with some regularity.

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Left to right: USP Expert .45, PDP Pro X, Gen 1 Archon, Gen 2 Archon, Staccato C2

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Clockwise from Bottom: PDP Pro X, Archon Gen 1, Staccato C2, Archon Gen 2. Center: USP Expert .45
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I assure you, my good man, that you are not doing it wrong. Carry on.
 
SimonRL said:
Same answer as when people at work say “We just need to clone you. No…no you don’t. 😎😜

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Old_Me said:
good chutin' @SimonRL ...!!

but the days of me taking 2 guns are long done and over...let alone 5..!!!!!!

i'd never forgive myself for cleaning 5 guns when i got home.

and the wife would lock me out of the house as well.
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Yep. I made the mistake of cleaning my 1911 at the kitchen table ONCE! My wife hates the smell the solvent.
 
It’s funny in the revolver days that’s how we all gripped revolvers. The thumbs forward or high thumbs wasn’t a thing until 1911 style dominated USPSA in the 80’s

So what’s old is new again (like appendix carry but that’s its own contested topic)

While Ayoob mentioned squeezing as hard as you can with the “crush grip” the same grip with not as much force is what we did on Wheelguns that I call revolver grip

But with your thumbs locked down your naturally putting more grip strength into it you just aren’t maybe as hard as the crush grip and we didn’t have a low left issue so you can try the crush grip but ease up slightly
 
Crush grip? Soft hands that you know are soft as a baby's asset? How were you able to hold a gun? Americans have strong hands that are hard and rough... that's probably how we became Americans they/we hold our guns better... hahaha...

Great shooting, paper targets want an accurate holey death...
 
SimonRL said:
I don’t use anything remotely close to a crush grip. I have hands as soft as a baby’s bum and yet somehow I can rapid fire 5 different guns at 15 yds and hit the bullseye with some regularity.

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Left to right: USP Expert .45, PDP Pro X, Gen 1 Archon, Gen 2 Archon, Staccato C2

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Clockwise from Bottom: PDP Pro X, Archon Gen 1, Staccato C2, Archon Gen 2. Center: USP Expert .45
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I don’t see any bullseyes, all I see are big holes…..seriously, very good shooting sir, and I’ll let the baby bum phrase go……for now….😬
 
Don't want to beat a dead horse but I never felt the need to use the so called crush grip. Back when I was shooting heavy recoiling magnums did grip the gun harder to recover for followup shots. Failing vision effects my shooting more than any grip issues. Do have moderate arthritis in both hands and is sometimes painful when shooting 1911 45's and j-frames. Wearing shooting gloves has helped quite a bit.
 
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