Those are obviously not the original sights on that 1912! No wonder they 'blew off'.
I have seen a uniformed patrol officer hold his pistol sideways (on COPS), but this same officer was wearing a thigh rig on patrol! Very un-impressive.
The evolution of the sideways hold is interesting:
It was first used by the 'shield man' on entry teams. The shield is held in the left hand/arm, and the window is in the center. Thus the only way to see the sights is to hold the gun sideways, with a considerable bend in the elbow. (Some teams had the shield man use both hands on the shield, but most guys did not like that.)
The gang bangers saw that, and thought it was really "TACTICOOL", so they started doing it.
Then, some cops picked it up, along with some GSC!
Remember, most bad guys are verticle targets, so a gun recoiling vertically may stay on (some part of) your target. A gun recoiling sideways goes off target.
GSC = Gun Store Commandos
I have seen a uniformed patrol officer hold his pistol sideways (on COPS), but this same officer was wearing a thigh rig on patrol! Very un-impressive.
The evolution of the sideways hold is interesting:
It was first used by the 'shield man' on entry teams. The shield is held in the left hand/arm, and the window is in the center. Thus the only way to see the sights is to hold the gun sideways, with a considerable bend in the elbow. (Some teams had the shield man use both hands on the shield, but most guys did not like that.)
The gang bangers saw that, and thought it was really "TACTICOOL", so they started doing it.
Then, some cops picked it up, along with some GSC!
Remember, most bad guys are verticle targets, so a gun recoiling vertically may stay on (some part of) your target. A gun recoiling sideways goes off target.
GSC = Gun Store Commandos