Double action revolver shooting

A neutral grip is one that doesn't cause the gun (front sight) to shift right or left on the shot. The front sight will rise under recoil, but it will stay centered in the rear notch.
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A neutral grip is where the front sight returns - on it's own - to it's starting position after recoil.

The muzzle (and front sight) may naturally rise a bit to the right, but the important part of a neutral grip is that the front sight will consistently come back down to form a good sight picture without you having to force it.
 
I think that's two different ways of describing the same thing. With a neutral grip you don't have to hunt for your front sight. It is always right there in front of you, and right where it is supposed to be. ;)
 
I think I'm quite a bit different than most. My arms are bent a lot. And almost all my weight is on my left foot (right handed), with my right leg drawn back. I'm completely self-taught. I don't know how fast I am, but I'm pretty accurate.

As for DA vs. SA . . . I never shoot single action. A few years back, I bought a Smith 686 and I had it over a year before it even dawned on me to cock to hammer back to see if the single action even worked (it did of course).
 
I shoot more of a Weaver stance, with both elbows slightly bent. Jerry Miculek said in one of his videos that he now shoots Isoscles because it improves his speed, although he used to shoot a Weaver stance as well. Of course, he was a little bit faster than I am...
 
In my humble opinion...

Whether riding a horse or shooting a gun, your whole body needs to participate in the motion, not fight it. You can't participate if any part of you is rigid. Locking up your elbows, knees -- jaw -- or any other joints seems to me a recipe for a painful, off balance day.
 
The gun matters, too. Don't think it doesn't.

The thumb position shown in MrBorland's pics clearly works for the shooter and that gun.

Some of my revolvers, those thumb positions would be a very bad idea.

If you're trying to do what the speed shooters do, then their techniques would be very useful. But if you aren't, then maybe not so much...

I won't venture an opinion on what the right grip and stance are. But I do have opinions about what the wrong ones are.

If you get injured doing it, its wrong. If you drop the gun, its wrong. If you miss your target, its wrong.

Other than that, have fun, go play!

And remember that "better" and "best" involve comparisons, where you the shooter are a dominant, but not the only factor.
 
Just to clarify - I posted those pics simply to show a squared up stance and extended, but slightly bent elbows. I mentioned a neutral grip, but said nothing about thumb position. Put your thumb where you like, I say.

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If you're trying to do what the speed shooters do, then their techniques would be very useful. But if you aren't, then maybe not so much...
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Thumb position aside, there's a lot that good "speed shooters" do that's generally good and relevant shooting technique. Yes, a thumbs-forward grip has it's limits, but be careful not to throw the baby out with the bathwater.
 
So how does one assume the "right" stance when on a staircase, or halfway in or out of a door, or in a car, or behind a wall? And how does one stand up straight and tall, facing the threat and not get blown into eternity by some punk who started shooting first?

Pardon me, but I was trained to take cover if at all possible or at least get as low as possible and then return fire. Any cover will do - a mailbox (few around any more), a curb, a utiliity pole, a car. If those "defense" postures are part of a game, fine. But they have no more relationship to SD than the rigid stance of the bullseye shooter.

Jim
 
To be sure, techniques used by competition shooters aren't the be-all and end-all to handgunning.

I was simply offering a suggestion that their techniques ought not be completely dismissed as solely the purview of "gamers". In the end, it's about speed and accuracy, a valuable skill in other handgun endeavors as well.
 
To be sure, techniques used by competition shooters aren't the be-all and end-all to handgunning.
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And there you go.

I'm in the "not so much" group, but not so much isn't the same as dismissal with prejudice (for me, anyway).
 
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