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In article <19609@smoke.brl.mil> gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) writes:
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#In article <28549@sybase.sybase.com> mtxinu!sybase.sybase.com!thorick@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Thorick Chow) writes:
##WHy is it that many pistol target shooters put their non-shooting
##hand in their pockets ?
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#It seems like a good place to put it.  TV technicians working around
#high voltage keep one hand tucked into the belt behind their backs..

I do it not for safety reasons, but because it was shown in some
gun mag once as something that some guy who won matches did.  I tried
it.  It got rid of the 'arm hanging there flailing around while waiting
for the other hand to shoot' problem ;-)

Try it.  Hand in pocket is natural and keeps the arm still without
any tight muscles.  It also doesn't 'drift' around as you move slightly
or the wind blows... so your balance stays more constant.  And you
don't have that strange akward feeling (like being posed stiffly at
a wedding ...) that comes from being consious of your arm just dangling
by your side...

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#I think your real question is, why are they shooting one-handed?
#That must be because the official rules of their particular competition
#require it.  Of course for defense shooting one uses both hands by
#preference.

Well, some of us shoot one handed but don't shoot in any official
anything with rules.  Why?  Well, it's just so darned easy to hit the 
black all the time using two hands that we have to do SOMETHING to put
a little challenge in it.  (Unfortunatly, that needs a major ;-) ...
Really, though, I LIKE to shoot one handed for 2 reasons.  It IS 
more difficult, and it DOES feel more natural.  Strangly enough,
after a bit of practice at the hand in pocket, my one handed shooting
is about as good (or bad ...) as my two handed...  I just like the
way it feels to do it one handed.  (And it looks so cool ...)

For defense I would use a one handed hold at anything other than
a long range target.  Why?  My other hand will be:  {holding a
flashlight, plugging one ear, turning on/off room lights, 
opening/closing doors, holding my OTHER gun, holding my short sword,
calling 911 on the cellular, ...}  Practice that one handed hold
from time to time ... you may need it...

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