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What is the origin of the side grip, or gangsta grip?
Jonty30

Posted on 08/13/2024 8:33:58 PM PDT by Jonty30

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1 posted on 08/13/2024 8:33:58 PM PDT by Jonty30
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To: Jonty30
I don't know the answer to your question, but this belongs on the thread.


2 posted on 08/13/2024 8:37:54 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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The gangster grip is only good for spraying bullets as the recoil moves the point of impact from side to side.


3 posted on 08/13/2024 8:39:05 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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There is that, but it is also recognized by some gun experts to be reasonably accurate while you are shooting quickly.

I do not believe it started in the movies. It was popularized by movies, but I don’t believe it originated in movies or gangs.

Davis says it can be effective in the right situation.

The important thing is that you’re close enough to the target and that you have enough experience to hit it without having perfect aligned and centered sights. This takes a great amount of time in training and use with the weapon before you will be any good with flash sight picture.

https://www.quora.com/Gangster-1/Why-do-gangsters-hold-their-guns-sideways/answer/Joshua-Alexander-356?srid=hrof&st=ns


4 posted on 08/13/2024 8:45:00 PM PDT by Jonty30 (Genghis Khan did not have the most descendants. His father had more. )
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It’s the way the gun came out of the box.


5 posted on 08/13/2024 8:47:34 PM PDT by Fai Mao ( The US government is run by pedophiles and Perverts for pedophiles and perverts.)
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As you found out, mostly it's down to Hollywood and gang culture, so I went after the Hollywood angle because I remember seeing it in some gun-fu movies in the 80s. So...

ChatGPT's response:

The exact first movie to show the sideways pistol grip is difficult to pinpoint, but one of the earliest and most influential films to popularize this grip was John Woo's "A Better Tomorrow" (1986). This Hong Kong action film featured stylized gunplay and introduced the concept of "gun-fu," where characters often held guns sideways during shootouts. The film's influence, especially on action cinema, helped spread the use of the sideways grip in other movies.

However, in American cinema, the sideways grip became widely recognized in the 1990s, particularly in films depicting urban gang life. "Menace II Society" (1993) and "Boyz n the Hood" (1991) are notable examples that brought this grip into the mainstream, associating it with gang culture and street violence.

These films were instrumental in embedding the sideways grip into popular culture, where it became synonymous with a certain "tough guy" image, even though it was more a stylistic choice than a practical one."
6 posted on 08/13/2024 8:48:07 PM PDT by Retrofitted
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Chatty lied to you.
https://truewestmagazine.com/article/the-sideways-grip-cool-or-crazy/


7 posted on 08/13/2024 8:50:50 PM PDT by Jonty30 (Genghis Khan did not have the most descendants. His father had more. )
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Here are other movies.
The fact that it came out in the 1960’s would suggest some military connection, since many of the actors of this time period did serve in WWII and the Korean war.

https://www.pagunblog.com/2009/12/15/origins-of-the-sideways-grip/


8 posted on 08/13/2024 8:52:13 PM PDT by Jonty30 (Genghis Khan did not have the most descendants. His father had more. )
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"Holding a weapon sideways has long been equated with risky and indiscriminate shooting. For instance, in the 1894 American novel John March, Southerner, by George Washington Cable, a character orates, "No man shall come around here aiming his gun sideways; endangering the throngs of casual bystanders!"

Now, that came from Wikipedia but the source checks out. So... probably predating 1894?
9 posted on 08/13/2024 8:58:58 PM PDT by Retrofitted
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It is a common, simple shooting method in low light. Consider that it is easier to aim down the side corner of the barrel than trying to align the sights. And in close self-defense ranges, it it more than accurate enough.


10 posted on 08/13/2024 9:05:22 PM PDT by Reno89519 (“We believe in the collective,” says Gun Grabbing Harris and Stolen Valor Timmy "Tampon" Walz.)
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How to shoot gangsta style

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo23qjWav0Q

LOL!!


11 posted on 08/13/2024 9:06:12 PM PDT by Clay Moore (My pistol identifies as a cordless hole punch. )
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I remember when that first showed up 20-25 years ago. The anti-gun nuts went bat feces crazy because they thought it was real.


12 posted on 08/13/2024 9:08:08 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (There are three kinds of rats: Rats, Damned Rats, and DemocRats.)
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It originated on a move set (I forget which one) because the Valedictorian on the right got fed up with being pelted by the casings being ejected from the gun of the Valedictorian to his left. So the Valedictorian on the left canted his gun to the left, causing the empties to be ejected straight up.

Problem solved.


13 posted on 08/13/2024 9:17:41 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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The fact that most gang gunfights are ambushes by cowards, but when shot at, then run like cowards so the gangster grip is natural.


14 posted on 08/13/2024 9:34:23 PM PDT by struggle
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It originated on a move set (I forget which one) because the Valedictorian on the right got fed up with being pelted by the casings being ejected from the gun of the Valedictorian to his left. So the Valedictorian on the left canted his gun to the left, causing the empties to be ejected straight up. Problem solved.

Hot brass to the face isn't fun.

A little firing on the line courtesy is nice.

15 posted on 08/13/2024 9:37:24 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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I'm sorry, but this does not pass the smell test, when person could more expediently and innately fire the pistol the usual way.   This gangsta pose ranks right up there with pants on the ground.
16 posted on 08/13/2024 9:47:24 PM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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Shooting a .45 acp one handed, it can help if you tilt the gun slightly (30-35 degrees).

This tilt attempts to align with the way your elbow will bend under recoil.


17 posted on 08/13/2024 9:51:25 PM PDT by bakeneko
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There is that, but it is also recognized by some gun experts to be reasonably accurate while you are shooting quickly.

Nope... you will never see a single competition shooter, or business shooter do that. And it’s slower, both initially, and in recoil.


18 posted on 08/13/2024 9:58:30 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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You don’t want women showing cleavage on the firing line, as hot brass might end up there, and the results might be tragic.

I’ve included this in safety briefings, no joke.

Dress for the occasion!


19 posted on 08/13/2024 9:59:28 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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I noticed this in the comments of your link.
Jdudesays:

Dec 18, 2009 at 6:17 am

I’ve tried the sideways grip. I have all of my new shooters try it once as well, to prove that it is a waste of time and ammo. Nobody I know has successfully or consistently hit a 10 yard target that way.


20 posted on 08/13/2024 10:01:03 PM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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