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[scglock]

This thread is still going? For one handed shooting it is more natural to have it canted at a ~45 degree angle, not 90 degrees. Hold your arm out and you can feel the difference.

As for shooting sideways, in what situation would you ever have to do that? Even if you are shooting from behind cover with your upper body tilting out, your gun is still probably going to be square in relation to your shoulders. And laying down underneath a car for example, your gun may be parallel to the ground but still square in relation to your body. If you're practicing shooting sideways while just standing up straight, it seems even more pointless.

I just can't see any situation where shooting sideways would give you an advantage besides sweeping an entire room with an automatic weapon or something lol

[cabinetguy]

I shoot sideways while doing drive by's since my window only rolls down a few inches

[Capybara]

Shooting Gangsta Style begins at 7:01

[Lead Waster]

If I recall correctly, someone won an Olympic gold medal with his pistol quite a while ago and he shot it sideways and had the sights mounted accordingly.

That's the key then...having the sights on top.

[thrasherfox]

Not going to go through all the posts, however I was out shooting with a friend of mine who trained with, what was then known as blackwater.

He taught me some pretty cool stuff, tactical reload, one handed reaload of a semi automatic pistol.

Then he taught me about shooting sideways. It really isnt fully sideways, it is more of a 45 degree cant I guess. Canted to 10 oclock position.

He told me it does something about allowing you to get back on target faster. he told me he knew it looked "thugish" and "gansta" but he said there was actually a reason for it.

I guess the caveate is, if you are using two hands then regular shooting is best, firing canted is only best if you are firing with one hand and not two.

[Moonshine]

If you have to fire one handed, chances are its in an emergency situation, swing your fist like you're punching and you'll notice your fist is canted about 45 degrees. There's not much o a way to get around this in a tactical situation firing one handed you're probably going to be canted to some extent.

[GVDP]

It makes it easier to put the gun to your temple.

[BrassCase]

The Homeboy Nyte Sytes and the Shot Caller 2000 must be two of the greatest commercial products of 2012, now if I could ony find a gun store that sells them !

[snafu510]

I'm surprised as all the negative responses to this question. I think it's a good idea to experiment a bit. How is shooting sideways any different than trying point shooting or any other technique? Sounds like a good way to get a feel for the gun. It didn't sound to me like the op was saying that's the way he shoots all the time.

Maybe I'm old, but I remember when shooting was supposed to be fun.

[SgtMerc]

Why would you?

try getting a proper cheek weld while wearing an M40A1 gas mask.

[ROCKETW19]

funny you guys all say a lil tilt is for one handed shooting. I have a weird lil tilt when shooting rifles. I am right handed and tilt the gun to the right I belive I even tilt my head.
is that a eye thing or am I just gangsta?

[Doheny]

Does anyone shoot sideways (AKA, homeboy style shooting). To make things more challenging, I have done some sideways shooting lately. It is NOT EASY. Does anyone do this? If so, what are some tips to give to a sideways Noob?

(Seriously, this is not a troll)

After reading the above, I now have a better understanding of why you post the things you do in the Election Forum.