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- From: $$$CBFI@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu (Jack Schudel)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Why ? (Hand in Pocket)
- Message-ID: <9301272221.AA01090@bigguy.eng.ufl.edu>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 04:16:52 GMT
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- In article <19609@smoke.brl.mil>
- gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) writes:
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- #In article <28549@sybase.sybase.com> mtxinu!sybase.sybase.com!thorick@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Thorick Chow) writes:
- ##WHy is it that many pistol target shooters put their non-shooting
- ##hand in their pockets ?
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- #It seems like a good place to put it. TV technicians working around
- #high voltage keep one hand tucked into the belt behind their backs..
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- #I think your real question is, why are they shooting one-handed?
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- Bullseye rules require one hand shooting.
- The reason for putting the off hand in a pocket is for repeatability.
- You want to do everything the same, every time.
- Same grip, same sight picture, same body position.
- If your off hand moves, it throws off your balance. (If the TV tech's
- hand moves, he probably gets zapped.)
- Leaving your hand in your pocket also requires no effort to keep it
- from moving, so there is one less thing to worry about.
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- /jack
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