Anyone still shoot Weaver?

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I do. I was taught it and even though I've practiced Isoceles I revert back to Weaver when in competiion where I don't have time to think.

Shooting behind cover/concealment where you can be prone. on a knee, on your back, butt, etc.all seem to favor a straight arm position or one handed and I unconsciously position whatever seems to get the pistol on target.
 
Yup, I just don't feel balanced using isosceles. For me it just feels more natural and I shoot more accurately. I think it's because I grew up shooting shotgun and rifle mostly and learned to stand this way to absorb recoil better so it just naturally transferred over to handguns when I started shooting them back in the early 80's. So I just stick with what works for me.
 
I bounce back and forth between the Weaver, what I call a modified Weaver, and the Isosceles.

The modified is where I keep my right foot slightly further back than my left, turned more towards an almost side profile to the target.

I haven't noticed any rhyme or reason why I choose one stance over the other, it just seems to be what is more comfortable at the time.

Exco
 
I can shoot either way.

For long range shooting greater than 50 yards, I prefer isosceles. This is particularly true with a longer heavier gun/caliber.

For combat, I prefer Weaver. It's more of a natural fighting stance for closer confrontations.

One must be able to adapt to either method depending upon applications.

One handed shooting lends itself to the Weaver, also. I shoot with either hand.


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There's many ways to shoot a handgun.
Different ways to do so are all useful, depending on the circumstances.
I still use the good ole' Weaver and modified Weaver when it suits the situation.
Knowing how to use all the possible techniques is the mark of the accomplished shootist.
 
I learned how to shoot on a make-shift range that was on the side of a hill. :D The only practial stance to remain vertical was left foot forward and right foot rearward and outward. I later learned that the name for my stance was the Weaver (or modified Weaver).

I still shoot that way. ;)
 
I shoot a kinda modified Weaver. It's what I started with and, seems to work fine. Now that I have spent 30 years tearing up Stuff, like my shoulders, it works well for me.

In my humble opinion, the stance is trivial. I teach advanced shooter schools. I see all kinds of stances. And, I don't really care unless it's just wildly off balance. Everybody is different with different strengths and muscular limititations.

I think really accurate shooting is 5% stance, 5% grip and 90% trigger finger. Sight picture is critical but, simple. Pure mechanics. The trigger finger is what it's all about.

All the training in perfect stance doesn't mean squat when you're hunkered around a corner of a building, behind a fire hydrant or on your back. But, if you can put the front sight on the target and press the trigger, correctly, you'll get a hit.
 
I'm always going back to Weaver, it just seems much more comfortable and I have better balance in that stance.

Reminds me of golfing with my dad. He was always trying to correct my stance. Never mind I couldn't flex the way I needed to flex and I couldn't swing from the position he wanted me to stand in. Love my dad, but hated golfing with him.

You have to find what fits and works for you and it might not be what works for 90% of everyone else.

Well put Sgt127.
 
I'm not sure what you would call the stance I use. I'm right handed. Left foot farther forward than a Weaver stance, both elbows locked fully straight, standing near straight vertically, toes pointed about 30 degress right of target. Maybe call it a Weavosceles? :D

I've tried "normal" stances, and always end up back at my own.
 
Weaver never worked for me. One advantage I found to Isosceles was that foot position wasn't that important.
 
An important consideration.
If you shoot IPSC or IDPA or train for gunfighting, you will find that you cannot depend on getting in a particular stance (def: "the way in which someone stands" (emphasis added.))
Your grasp of the gun should allow you to twist, turn, pivot, and lean as necessary to acquire the target(s). Setting your feet in a school stance takes time you may not have to spare.
 
I think I've always shot Weaver or a version of it before I even knew it was given a name.

For me, it is natural and to do otherwise is to think about it and "force" my body to take a different, square-on stance.
 
Don't put no fancy Mall Ninja names on it. I just shoot how I shoot. How it's comfortable for me, and I can hit what I'm shooting at. Must work, because I hit what I'm aiming at.:D
 
I'm with Cheapshooter. According to the 'experts' I don't do anything correct. And yet I can hit what I'm aiming for, and yet I can't figure out how I do it. :D
 
I get into a fighting stance, weak foot and arm forward, strong foot and arm slightly behind and a slight blade towards my target. I blame karate.
 
Yes. Weaver. Still do after 30 years. I try Isosceles, and observers tell me I am doing Modified Weaver. Okay, so it is Modified Weaver. I agree with the idea that grip and trigger finger control are important. Learning a proper two-handed grip will a long way to improvement because it helps recoil management.
 
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