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Benefits of Shooting with Your Off Hand (RKBA)
shootingillustarted.com ^ | Feb. 7, 2017 | George Harris

Posted on 02/08/2017 12:29:52 PM PST by PROCON

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The author does a good job of explaining how shooting with your "off-hand" can improve your overall handgun shooting skills.

I must admit that I don't do this often enough.

1 posted on 02/08/2017 12:29:52 PM PST by PROCON
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2 posted on 02/08/2017 12:30:31 PM PST by PROCON (Defending the Border isn't a Political Option, it's a Constitutional Obligation ~ Rick Perry)
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Weak hand training is always a good idea. There’s no guarantee that when the fecal remnant impinges the rotary cooling device that you won’t be injured or impaired already. Train to live.

CC


3 posted on 02/08/2017 12:38:12 PM PST by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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I saw this in a cowboy movie 60 years ago. No kidding, I remember it well.


4 posted on 02/08/2017 12:41:35 PM PST by Cold Heart
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Yes - excellent training.

I routinely shoot a magazine or two weak-hand only (unsupported) during a session, and I change magazines using only my weak hand.

I will also shoot a magazine with my glasses off (using only clear safety glasses), just to remind myself what it will be like when there's time to grab a weapon or my glasses, but not both.

5 posted on 02/08/2017 12:43:47 PM PST by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: PROCON

Doesn’t sound too hard.
I started life as a lefty; my first grade teacher fixed me (rubber bands on my fingers so I couldn’t write left handed).
I hold a fishing rod like a lefty, but pretty much everything else is like a righty.
I need to try shooting as a lefty.


6 posted on 02/08/2017 12:46:39 PM PST by BuffaloJack
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Been years since I read about it, but forcing a natural left handed kid to be right handed was said to potentially cause emotional and psychological issues and contraindicated back when mothers would routinely do it. Caused conflicts in the brain I would guess.

But then, I learned to shoot rifle and pistol left handed and transitioned to right when I learned how important dominant eye was to shooting. So I guess I can do both equally poorly..........

7 posted on 02/08/2017 12:52:25 PM PST by doorgunner69
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To: PROCON

If you have to shoot on the move while driving, having a trained left would be invaluable. But that would most likely be in pursuit of a fleeing individual. That’s a no-no in most places!


8 posted on 02/08/2017 12:55:37 PM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Building the Wall, NOW!)
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To: PROCON

Don’t be like Vendome.

When practicing this last year on my M1A, I grabbed the trigger and stock the same as I would right handed.

pulled the trigger and my thumb was forced backward. Could have broken it.

Was careful for the next 3 mags, ensuring each time my thumb was forward and parallel to trigger finger.

This is not an issue on bolt action or AR.


9 posted on 02/08/2017 12:58:49 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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I’m right handed. I’ve never shot a pistol with my left hand.

Rifles? All the time. The vision in my right eye is poor so I’m very accurate by shooting left handed.


10 posted on 02/08/2017 1:16:47 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (It's Donald Trump's America and we're just living in it.)
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I must admit that I don't do this often enough.

After my first IDPA match, I made it part of every range session. Both hands, right hand, left hand ... I use the one-handed shooting skills in matches shooting around barriers. Other shooters contort themselves to get both arms past the barrier, exposing too much of themselves and risking a cover call. I switch to one-handed ... much easier, and just as accurate. For me, anyway.

11 posted on 02/08/2017 1:20:36 PM PST by NorthMountain (CBS is fake news)
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To: Celtic Conservative; All

The next step is a one-handed mag change and racking the slide with a new round.


12 posted on 02/08/2017 1:23:11 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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Dyslexics will be happy to note there is no benefit to shooting your hand off...


13 posted on 02/08/2017 1:36:58 PM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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To: PROCON

I am left handed. After getting tennis elbow, I learned to shoot right handed. Now I can shoot with either hand and shoot the same number of rounds with each hand when I go to the range. Accuracy is the same with either hand.


14 posted on 02/08/2017 1:41:13 PM PST by rllngrk33 (Things have been getting better since January 20, 2017.)
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I knew the trouble-makers were going to show-up :-)


15 posted on 02/08/2017 1:43:31 PM PST by PROCON (Defending the Border isn't a Political Option, it's a Constitutional Obligation ~ Rick Perry)
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To: JimRed

Shooting off hand was mandatory in my training.

Get shot in strong arm and you got another whole good arm and hand left over!


16 posted on 02/08/2017 1:56:44 PM PST by GRRRRR (Make America Greater Than Ever Before!)
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To: rllngrk33
Ever shot a big bore pistol (>= .44 Mag) weak hand only?

First time is interesting ...

17 posted on 02/08/2017 2:00:26 PM PST by NorthMountain (New York Post is fake news)
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Malfunction clearances and emergency reload drills should also be practiced with support side and one-handed...

Very awkward at first and then suddenly the brain flips and it becomes much easier and more automatic...

Always a chance of injury to firing side hand, leaving you with support hand only...You CAN do it...


18 posted on 02/08/2017 2:02:37 PM PST by elteemike (Light travels faster than sound...That's why so many people appear bright until you hear them speak)
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Didn’t do it much until I started shooting Double Duelist in SASS.


19 posted on 02/08/2017 2:27:59 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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I will also shoot a magazine with my glasses off (using only clear safety glasses), just to remind myself what it will be like when there's time to grab a weapon or my glasses, but not both.

me too out to 7m and my eyesight is 400+ bad. does 2 things. i gain confidence and really focus on front sight. as i tell my friends, i can hit a threat at 7m without my glasses. i just cannot identidfy if it is a threat or not without my glasses.t

20 posted on 02/08/2017 3:11:18 PM PST by bravo whiskey (Never bring a liberal gun law to a gun fight.)
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