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- From: jamaass@bluemoon.use.com (Jeffrey A. Maass)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Why ?
- Message-ID: <y8yZXB1w165w@bluemoon.use.com>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 03:38:21 GMT
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- mtxinu!sybase.sybase.com!thorick@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Thorick Chow) writes:
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- # Hi all...
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- # I have a question that maybe someone can answer...
- #
- # WHy is it that many pistol target shooters put their non-shooting
- # hand in their pockets ?
- #
- # I have often puzzled over this... While informal Bullseye is
- # a hobby kind of thing for me, I still have an undercurrent of
- # 'self-defense' in my practice.. so naturally I wouldn't
- # be caught dead (so to speak) with one hand in my pocket.
- #
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- It prevents the unused arm from swinging, which would unsteady the
- entire body. By "locking" the off-arm into a fixed position, the hold
- is better.
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- Jeff Maass Amateur Radio: K8ND (@ W8CQK)
- Powell OH (NW of Columbus) Netmail: jamaass@bluemoon.uucp
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