Support hand thumb position...

[damon1272]

For me thumbs forward works best. Bad part is with large hands it is easy to engage the slide stop. I have modified my grip so my firing thumb is resting on my support hand on the meat of my thumb.

The thumbs up works well and is also taught at front site. Works well for 1911’s too unless you have a gas pedal/thumb safety. Helps not influence your hold by apply too much thumb.

I would say understand different styles and then take what works best for you. Especially at speed. What may work great for slow fire or accuracy may not work so well when you only have 1.2 seconds to get your shot off.

[rodralig]

No one right way but there are some wrong ways... Hhhmmm... I don’t think that made much sense.

Oh well - use what works best for you!

Did you see the video of a USPSA shooter that made Grand Master in a few months and was more-or-less in the Top 20 in the Nationals, shooting a sub-compact Glock 26?

If so, did you see his unconventional grip?

Personally for me - shooting hand thumb is flagged up to allow space on the grip handle for the support hand to better hold the gun. My long support hand thumb is pointed down. See photo... Allows me to further cant my support hand further to aid in recoil management at speed.

It works well enough for me in sports shooting - accuracy at speed. In my first time at Front Sight in December 2018 - DGed with a perfect score. So, it does work.





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[Pofoo]

Doesn't matter as long you are able to hit at what you are aiming at.

I think this is mostly true.
This is how I was taught 50 yrs ago.
I have now changed as to the photo with parallel thumbs, but I'm not sure I shoot any better.
IF you look at a bunch of professional shooters, you will see that there is a variety of stances and grips.
What works best for you does not necessarily work best for me.
And changing a style does not necessarily improve your shooting.
But, it doesn't hurt to try.

[Vinnie Boombatz]

Thanks for all the replies, everyone!

I get it with the mindset of, "whatever works for you as long as you're hitting your target." Same things cam apply to playing guitar. I've been playing for a long time, and int he last several years started taking it a little more seriously, and have pretty much adopted the "whatever works for you" approach. That's for sure a valid approach, but it can also get you in trouble once you start to refine things and progress, and then you'll find yourself taking a bunch of steps backwards and having to relearn how to do things properly, when you could have just learned it the right way the first time, hence the reason I asked the question.

I have found that I do prefer one way over the other. Hoping to get out to the range Thursday to experiment some more (and try it out with a couple different handguns. All I've owned are a couple Berettas and pick up an XD-9 tomorrow (it's actually ready for pickup today, but I have class all day today until 4pm and won't get a chance to go pick it up).

I love the Berettas (92FS, M9A1) and have fine-tuned them and dialed them in to made them even better with a few simple, and pretty affordable changes (decocker only kit, oversized mag release, D-spring and Beretta walnut grips).

[rodralig]

That's for sure a valid approach, but it can also get you in trouble once you start to refine things and progress, and then you'll find yourself taking a bunch of steps backwards and having to relearn how to do things properly, when you could have just learned it the right way the first time, hence the reason I asked the question.

And that is the FUN part! It is all about LEARNING and EVOLVING!

Remember that it was Weaver way back... And now it's Isoceles... Do you think it would be Iso all throughout? I bet it is going to "change" again...

Iron sights before, and now carry optics...



PS: I am right now "re-learning" / "re-doing" my reload to adapt to new use cases: presbyopia, moving faster between positions, type of gun, etc. It's a few steps backward as I am again slow since it is still a conscious set of actions... And it's hard... But that is part of learning/growing!




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[Pofoo]

Doesn't matter as long you are able to hit at what you are aiming at.

I think this is mostly true.
This is how I was taught 50 yrs ago.
I have now changed as to the photo with parallel thumbs, but I'm not sure I shoot any better.
IF you look at a bunch of professional shooters, you will see that there is a variety of stances and grips.
What works best for you does not necessarily work best for me.
And changing a style does not necessarily improve your shooting.
But, it doesn't hurt to try.

[n8vrmind]

https://youtu.be/C4yOIL40dcQ

[Whiskey3]

Thumbs forward, for me.

[beretta929mm]

anywhere that will not interfere with your handgun's operation.
thumb forward is not for revolvers

[OCEquestrian]

thumb forward is not for revolvers

Agreed, I should have made that clear in my post above...

[hambam105]

How many trips back & forth to that place does it take just to figure out where your support side thumb belongs for optimum grip?

Ask for your money back.

[9kracing]

This made sense to me so it's what I do

[OCEquestrian]

This made sense to me so it's what I do

^^^^ THIS is one of the very best video's on correct semi auto handgun grip I have seen. Not only is it correct, like any good professional instructor, he explains why and then he demo's why!

[Pofoo]

I see a few different ways to place the support hand thumb. Some rotate the wrist and have the thumb more forward facing. Others will place the support hand thumb over the firing hand's thumb.

What's the right way? Front Sight teaches the second way mentioned above, but it seems like more people use the first technique mentioned.

I can also see the second way mentioned not being favored by Front Sight because it makes it tough to see if the trigger finger is off the trigger because the support thumb is obstructing the view.

I'm assuming that this picture is just for training purposes only.
If you put a straight edge along the bottom edge of the slide, you will see that this guy is going to get a major slide bite on his top hand.

[QuinnBayArea]

No one right way but there are some wrong ways...

Oh well - use what works best for you!

Did you see the video of a USPSA shooter that made Grand Master in a few months and was more-or-less in the Top 20 in the Nationals, shooting a sub-compact Glock 26?

If so, did you see his unconventional grip?

Personally for me - shooting hand thumb is flagged up to allow space on the grip handle for the support hand to better hold the gun. My long support hand thumb is pointed down. See photo... Allows me to further cant my support hand further to aid in recoil management at speed.

It works well enough for me in sports shooting - accuracy at speed. In my first time at Front Sight in December 2018 - DGed with a perfect score. So, it does work.





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Is this the guy that did MilSim AirSoft for years in Japan I think? He was on a TRex Arms YouTube video, had never fired a real gun, but did MilSerp AirSoft for years. YouTuber thought he was being punked the guy did so well.


My method is: as much skin as I can get on the gun.