Shooting sideways

[rdcrags]

Thanks for an informative thread. Never tried the sideways thing, but assumed that under a car would naturally be sideways, and that's what I would do.

TX CHP 1997
CO CHP 2005

[mgood]

Yeah, I know competition shooters, including one who's Master Class in USPSA, who shoot with the gun canted nearly sideways when shooting weak hand only.
I thought about it after I saw him do this in a match. If you keep your head erect (as most of the champion shooters preach) and bring your weak hand over so that the sights line up with the dominant eye (assuming your dominant eye is on the side of your strong hand), and try to hold the pistol upright, you see that you're wrist/arm is in a weak position for dealing with recoil and quick follow up shots. Canting the gun at about a 45-degree angle gives you a much stronger grip.

I haven't personally tried it, but it bears some consideration.
(I use my left-eye when shooting left-handed and my right eye when shooting right handed. I'm blessed, or cursed, with eyes that are pretty much equally dominant. Had to train myself to be right-eye-dominant to avoid confusion when trying to acquire a quick sight picture, but I can still use my left eye if I think about doing it that way.)

[CompVest]

I have tried it both ways. I have gone back to keeping the gun in an upright position. I didn't notice any advantage to shooting off hand canted. No improvement to accuracy or speed canted. I did see an advantage to maintaining the same sight alignment and gun angle irregardless of which hand is holding the gun.

I learned the cant option from a Master sponsored shooting quite a few years ago. He doesn't do it anymore either. When he was doing it and teaching it it was a rather mild cant.

[blackdog8200]

You need these. http://www.topglock.com/images/hnsbig.jpg

Actually, using something like Stressfire techniques, I bet I could pass the CHL range test with a horizontal Glock.

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[GOP]

I had an Korean war vet tell me they used to train people to shoot that way, something about it allows the recoil to throw the aim to another target, assuming your shooting into a group. I think it is stupid, and I wouldn't be caught dead doing that at my range or I'd likely be scolded at best, kicked out at worst.

[atxgun]

I just read this article on Slate and it reminded me of this thread. Thought I'd share

http://www.slate.com/id/2238560

[¿Qué?]

I just read this article on Slate and it reminded me of this thread. Thought I'd share

http://www.slate.com/id/2238560

If you ask someone to hold their arms straight out in front of them at head level, without coaching, many of them will hold their hands with the palms downward or at 45° because that's comfortable for them.

[sar]

Sonny Puzikas shoots this way