Originally Posted by
Nomercy448
Then when she went to his class, he "corrected her form" and taught her that she should cock the hammer on her revolver with her right thumb (firing right handed), rather than using the off-handed thumb as I had instructed her. He also taught her the SERIOUSLY old-school grip style of holding the off-hand palm up and setting the grip on the palm (pistol in right hand, setting the end of the grip in the middle of the left palm), and using basically a weaver off-set stance, rather than the more amatuer-friendly isoceles style I had taught her.
Wow!!! Is this guy certified by an organization? If he holds a NRA certification, I would contact the NRA.
First, as you know cocking the hammer with the strong hand thumb when using a two handed grip changes your grip so accuracy goes down. His incorrect method of cocking the hammer with the strong hand thumb is also much slower. A majority of shooters incorrectly cock the hammer with the thumb of their strong hand. Show them the advantages of cocking the hammer with the thumb of the support hand, and they will never go back to the other slower and less accurate method.
Second, the dreaded cup and saucer method has so many disadvantages over the traditional two handed
revolver grip with the support hand thumb over the strong hand thumb.
The Weaver stance or a variation of it has its advantages, but so does the isosceles. Once they master the isosceles, then they may want to work on a variation of the Weaver. One advantage the Weaver does have is your body presenting a thinner target for a threat from the front or back. However, if you can't hit it is worthless.