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1. I noticed the person in the picture shooting has incorrect posture. It is a fairly typical mistake most inexperienced shooters make instinctively, and detracts from accuracty. Instead of leaning back, the shooter should actually be leaning forward a bit, slightly crouched, similar to a boxer’s ready stance. With training, this can be corrected fairly quickly.

   1. Hi Benjamin, the person, my fiancé Nikki is simply showing how to correctly hold a handgun ie, in these two pictures which show the correct positioning of the shooters hands. She also had on high heels at the time, good thing my picture didn’t show you that huh? LOL

      If you missed it in part one of this article I clearly mentioned correct positioning and explained what shooters need to be aware of, thanks for reading.

2. The directions given for dry fire are insufficient. The gun should be triple checked that it’s unloaded. All amunition must be removed from the practice area. And dry fire does NOT relieve you of the responsibility to point the gun only in a safe direction. So the aiming point must be placed on a surface that will safely stop the bullet – with only minimal property damage and NO personal injury.

   1. Hi Chris, well thank you for making it safer for everyone reading.

3. I shoot standing, kneeling, sitting, prone, laying on my side, laying on my back, using two hands, using both my right and left hand. I shoot single rounds, double tap, totally unload mag. If you THINK (in a protect yourself and loved ones situation) that the “bad” guys are going to wait until you get into your CORRECT shooting posture you are already dead…improvise & practice–not sitting on a bench or using sandbags or getting into your correct position–this will get you killed. Almost ALL TV shows and movies (new and old) are total BS!! NO standing at 40 paces at high noon doing a quick draw–no walking down the street 4 wide side by side down to the corral..NO double fisted semi auto blasting and reloading new mags flying out of thin air…LOSERS were shot without warning and usually in the BACK!!! Criminals and “bad” guys are cowards and kill you without much of a warning, if any. ALWAYS keep your awareness level HIGH—very HIGH now-a-days. BE REALISTIC–STOP WATCHING TV AND “BS” MOVIES–GET TO YOUR FAVORITE PLACE AND SHOOT, SHOOT, SHOOT AND PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE.

   1. Yes shooting and training from different positions and actually getting out to practice is always going to be beneficial to shooters. We do a lot of weak hand and one hand training just in case. Another thing I think is important is to get some practice in when the weather is bad out. It might not be a nice sunny day with no wind when you find out you have to defend your life…

4. Thanks for all the info in the article. You’ve made me rethink my shooting practice and take into consideration if I am practicing bad habits or not.

   1. Why thank you glad you enjoyed it.

5. One more comment or bonus about revolvers is unlike semi automatic magazine feed handguns which disperse your expenses cartridges onto the ground, you walk away or run away with your brass.

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