Lets look at some of the most common.
Classic Weaver Shooting Stance
In the first half of the 20thCentury some experts J.H.
The man who really popularized what might be called the hands-gun stance was Jeff Cooper circa 1960.
How far to the rear is interpretive.
Many practitioners find the sweet spot is with their pelvis about 45 degrees to the target.
The torso is erect, and critically,both elbows are bent.
The gun hand pushes forward and the support hand pulls back, with equal and opposite pressure.
Cooper said this isometric pressure was the key to the Weaver shooting stance.
If a limb is locked, it can neither push nor pull.
How much each arm should be bent is interpretive.
So did the great Canadian champion Murray Gardner.
Classic Weaver Disadvantages
Disadvantagesdo exist.
The Classic Weaver stance came from Jack and Jeff: big, strong, muscular men.
Those who dont have good upper body muscle mass or muscle tone may not find it ideal.
Some manuals show it with the shoulders cantilevered back to balance the weight of the extended handgun.
with powerful handguns fired more rapidly.
Properly executed, however, theIsosceles shooting stance is among the simplest and strongest of two-handed stances.
To control that, the weight of the upper body and head need to be forward.
In the old days, the Isosceles stance was taught with the feet parallel.
It squares the chest to the identified threat and thus maximizes body armor protection.
The Isosceles shooting stance is the stance favored by the great majority of todays practical shooting champions.
Many shooters find that this can be ameliorated by slightly unlocking the elbows.
If performedwithoutthe shoulders being forward of the hips, recoil leverage can result in exaggerated muzzle rise.
This in effect turned the gun arm into a rifle stock.
Great champions who won fame with the Chapman stance include Tom Campbell and Mike Plaxco.
Jeff Cooper for most of his career abhorred the Isosceles stance, but endorsed Chapmans variation of the Weaver.
Chapman Disadvantages
The Chapman stance requires shoulders forward for maximum effectiveness.
If our body is our platform, each of us is driving a different machine in the race.
Knowing them all makes the practitioner a better shooter and fighter.
The more tools we have in the toolbox, the finer the work we can hope to do.
