The 3 shooting stances: Which one's right for you?

[hangnoose]

FORGET ONE?

THE GANGSTA stance, complete with sideways grip & gold grill.

 

[disturbed0013]

Fighting stance

 

[Groo01]

Groo here
All stances , if you look at the vids of many shooters,
what ever works at the time.
Each work , each doesn't depending.
I use a Chapman for long range for standing and on one knee.
All the others depending where the target is in relation to my feet.

 

[Stimpy]

Being left eye dominate, and right handed....if I'm shooting right handed my upper body is in the weaver stance, but my lower body is more like the fighting stance. If I'm shooting left handed, I'm in more of a full on fighting stance.

May not be text book, but it puts the holes where I want them.

Matt

 

[lethe]

Those are all wrong. This is my stance.

 

[Racer89]

hey I was wondering if anyone could give me some input I am relatively new to shooting handguns and I use the Weaver stance however my feet are reversed meaning my right foot is forward instead of back and my support foot is in the back...this is a natural stance in martial arts which is where I must have picked it up from because it wasn't taught this regarding shooting I just naturally started to do it this way was just wondering if there are any down sides if so please let me know

 

[27Veer]

I did Shotokan for 30 years and we do use both right foot and left foot forward stances. If you are shooting with one hand then the foot and gun hand should both be forward so you are ahead of the ball game in that regard. I highly suggest you get formal training from a good firearms trainer in the same way you sought out a good Martial Arts instructor.

 

[hangnoose]

HEARD A THEORY

Whichever stance allows YOUR BODY to be in the most relaxed/UNSTRESSED state, will promote better flexability, comfort, smoothness & speed. A stressed position may promote the shakes & un-steadiness. Just a theory I recently heard that seemed to make sense that I've kind of been doing anyway. The one that hurts the least to maintain for 5 -6 shots. That and keeping the sights more directly centered in front of your dominant eye will help keep both eyes open, for those of us that learned to shoot with one eye closed. KUDOS #25, "This is my stance, & this is my gun".

 

[roadcykler]

A long while ago I first learned to shoot with the Weaver and that's pretty much what I still use but my right arm (I'm right handed) isn't locked and my right foot isn't set back as far as the guy's in the picture. Maybe that's considered a modified Weaver, idk. With the exception of about 6 inches back with his right foot, I don't see any difference between the isosceles and the "fighting" stance.

 

[Biggfoot44]

The piece was written as a plug for "Fighting stance" .

The interesting thing I notice is in such articles always present the "Other" stances in the worst posable light. Heck I can think of a lot more stances than those two ( plus the plugged one).

I default initially teach an ergonomically correct version of (X) . I personally shoot small targets quickly better with (Y) .

Knowing more than one stance is a good thing. At times it is easier and quicker to transition stances ( to adress targets in different directions) than to fumble your feet.

 

[TTSH]

shoot with style.....the Robocop stance

Don't laugh! That is my stance 99% of the time.