Revolver Stance

Today’s lesson is going to be on stance. I’m going to cover some key points here. First off - feet placement, your knees, elbows, your shoulders, and also your head. So we are going to take them one at a time. We’re going to talk about foot placement here. I have my target set out in front of me so I’ll want to set up on my primary target. You notice that my feet are about shoulder width apart.    I also like to lean a little bit with my left foot, I’m right handed. The key thing here is to not have much weight on the heels of your feet. I’m about a seventy/thirty split here. You notice I’m leaning with my left foot, that’s important. It’s also important to keep your knees bent.   Did you watch my knees that time? There’s two functions of the knees right there. First of all, they act as a shock absorber for your upper body. The key thing also is that you keep the muzzle parallel to the horizon when you traverse from left to right. It will keep you from rainbowing the gun when you come into a target. You come in nice and flat.  Next, I’d like to talk about shoulder position and this is very critical. The reason for that is when this firearm discharges, I want an equal distribution to recoil to my left and right shoulders. So I when I grab it, I want both of my arms to be the same. If you notice right here, this is about as close to it as I can come. Another thing I want is my head erect, shoulders square, and the reason for that is I want a good field view of left to right, high or low. So a good way to practice that is to take your revolver with an empty cylinder, point it at a target, come up and grab it with you firing hand. You notice I didn’t disturb it any and it’s right in line with the target. Both hands are in position, shoulders are square. I’ve got a good position here to shoot.    Alright, the last thing I’d like to talk about is the elbow positions. What we are trying to do is work as consistent as we can and also wisely as we can. One thing I never want to do when I shoot, I never want to lock my elbows all the way. Whenever you do this, you get a lot of direct recoil back into your body, so I’m going to bend them a little bit.   And the next point of interest is where am I going to put my elbow? Do I want it under the gun or do I want it parallel to the ground? What you have to realize is that if you’re under the gun a lot, that’s your pivot point. It’s going to add to how much recoil your going to have. So the smarter you work, you get your elbows up like this... you notice that when I hold my revolver, my arms are about parallel to the ground. The reason for that is that I don’t want the muzzle to flip. I hold my arms parallel to the ground.   If you go and practice these techniques that we just discussed, it will make you a better shooter. See you on the range next time.