one of the main things I see people do wrong on the range is a bad shooting stance
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back I decided to do some basic pistol shooting videos really get back to the
fundamentals and show some of you guys that are either new to shooting or
looking for a way to shoot better in some ways they can improve their
fundamentals to do just that if you like these kind of videos make sure you hit
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get notified every time we upload new videos first video in this series was a
proper hand gun grip if you want to check that out I'll put a link to it
right up here at the top of the screen but today we're going to be talking
about stance now there are two main stances that are generally acceptable
and really give you the proper support and the proper structure you need to
shoot well no the first of these is called the açaí stance now it starts out
similar to any other athletic stance if you're an athlete some of this may be
familiar to you but you want to start out with your feet shoulder-width apart
and maybe a little bit wider that's just going to give you a little more support
a little more balanced so feet shoulder-width apart
you want to bend your knees slightly and you don't need to get out there and bend
your knees too much just bend your knees slightly give you a little bit more
mobility a little bit more balance next thing you want to do is you want to get
your chest out in front of your waist and what I mean when I say that is a lot
of people especially newer shooters you'll see them get out there and
they're shooting like this right here now this is bad for a lot of obvious
reasons you've really lost your balance but you're putting most of your weight
behind your feet and as we know when we're shooting that guns going to recoil
and all that force coming backwards is really going to make you move even more
so you want to get your chest out in front you want to be slightly bent
forward or at least straight up I prefer to be slightly lean forward now you want
to start out with that good grip like we talked about in the other video but you
want to get your arms out straight you bring your gun up to eye level not your
eyes down to gun level you'll see a lot of people do something like this right
here where they're all bent over the super
tacticool guys that's not necessary you want to bring
your gun up to eye level that's going to do a few things for you
number one it's going to allow you to acquire your target a lot faster if I'm
already looking at that target and I bring my sights up to eye level common
sense says that my sights would be at least close to own target and then I can
adjust a little bit from there but if I'm bringing my gun up and my head down
then I have to do two things I got to find the target and I have to find the
what that's going to do for you is when that gun tries to recoil it's going to
apart slightly lean forward with that gun up to eye level and that's a proper
saucily stance now one variation of the isosceles they call it modified
isosceles the only difference is you're instead of your feet being side by side
shoulder width apart you're going to bring one foot back a little bit so some
people just feel more supported that way they feel like they have better balance
that way so that's perfectly acceptable that's called the modified isosceles
everything when my upper body is still the same the next thing I'm going to
talk about is the Weaver stance so it starts out similar we're going to have
our feet shoulder width apart and what you're going to do is you're going to
take your dominant foot and you'll bring it back now you don't want to bring it
back too much there's no reason to be super wide just bring that dominant foot
back a little bit similar to the modified isosceles you still want to be
slightly lean forward and you're still bringing your gun up to our level but
instead of locking both of those arms out what you're going to do is bring
your dominant arm out it's going to be slightly bent it's not locked it's
slightly bent and then you're going to bring that support arm up and that's
going to be bent at almost a ninety degree angle so that does bring the gun
in a little closer to you but this is still an acceptable stance a
lot of times you'll see police officers or military use some variation of a
Weaver stance because it is easier to move when you're in a Weaver still
easier to clear rooms get around barriers and things like that
now one variation of the Weaver and I prefer this if I'm gonna do a Weaver I
prefer the modified Weaver it's exactly the same you're still gonna have one
foot back you're still gonna have your support arm bent but instead you're
gonna lock that dominant arm and that dominant wrist to me I thought that
this right here now just to be 100% honest with you I do prefer an isosceles
and I feel like I have much more support much more control of my gun much more
control of my body when I have an isosceles stance now obviously your
situation is going to dictate what you do depending on the situation
you may have to modify that stance a little bit but those are the four main
stances that are generally accepted and that I'd like to see you do on the range
now if you're getting that good grip why we showed in the other video and you're
getting that nice supported stance I promise you when you get out to the
range you're gonna start shooting a whole lot better and you're going to see
those eight-inch groups tighten up the four-inch groups 2-inch groups practice
makes perfect so make sure you get out to the range and practice these things
now I hope this videos helped you out if you're a new shooter if you're just a
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