Posted: 4/16/2015 12:06:14 AM EDT
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I find when I shoot off hand/weak hand or whatever the fancy term for it is now, I have to cant the gun in. If I don't then my POI is off and the recoil exaggerated.
Similar experiences? |
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If you can aim the gun and the bullets impact where you intend grip cant eye dominant etc means jack diddily.
Sight alignment and trigger control are the simple two keys to pistol shooting. The fundamentals are not hard to understand or complicated, just hard to apply consistently. Fwiw many bullseye pistol shooters ( way more skill involved in doing this really well than combat style shooting) will have a slight cant when shooting |
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Quoted: Holyshit I just realized it's because I am bringing the gun over to my dominate eye  I just blew my mind! |
| Same here. I'm much more effective shooting that way than trying to do a traditional grip and sight picture. I'm now trying to do a lot of other things off handed, with varying degrees of success. Teeth brushing doesn't seem to work yet, and I can't write my name legibly.... |
| I guess I was able to imagine the 'cant' but not why. I'm right-handed and right-eyed. Covering my right eye, I was able to sight the pistol in either hand without 'canting'. Hell, maybe I'm 'ambi-eyed'! I sighted the pistol in each hand with both eyes open. When in my left hand, I was left-eyed. In the right hand, I was right-eyed. So, I got out another 1911 and tried two at once, both eyes open of course. I saw right away that I can't actually sight but one at a time. I think its physically impossible to sight both at the same time, but you can point both at the same time, which must be how two-gun shooters do it. But even so, neither one needs to be canted, although they both would be turned inward so the POIs would be the same at the target range (probably no more than 45'). This would take some practice, and I'm pretty sure the old man at the range would have a heart attack if he caught me shooting two pistols. But I do practice frequently shooting with the left hand just in case I ever get the chance to try it. |
A slight cant when shooting one-hand sighted fire helps engage all the muscles in your arm. It's not 'gangsta' style but an easy wrist roll to lock the arm up to the shoulder. A slight bend at the elbow helps absorb recoil. Left hand extended, left foot steps towards target and sight with left eye. It doesn't matter which eye is dominate; we're likely talking 10 yards or less. You can teach each eye to focus on sights. Practice. 
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A slight cant when shooting one-hand sighted fire helps engage all the muscles in your arm. It's not 'gangsta' style but an easy wrist roll to lock the arm up to the shoulder. A slight bend at the elbow helps absorb recoil. Left hand extended, left foot steps towards target and sight with left eye. It doesn't matter which eye is dominate; we're likely talking 10 yards or less. You can teach each eye to focus on sights. Practice. Indeed. 
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