1st I want to thank you for all the help you have given me. I started shooting a couple of years ago at age 60. After many rounds I have discovered that I shoot best when I shoot mostly the way you shoot. 1. Increasing distance: As a former bean counter, when I became proficient at 5yds, I went to 10 then to 15yds. I shoot at a range. At 15yds I hit a plateau. The reason was I had to bring the target in to see my shots. When I went back to 10yds I started improving again because I was getting instant feedback2. Cowboy shooting: In soccer a good way to get better at dribbling on grass is to dribble on concrete. So what you say makes sense… again :-)3. One handed shooting: When you shoot one handed you have cut the pie into smaller pieces; good idea. Interestingly I am left handed. Most all pistols have a clockwise bore. That makes the reaction to the pistol counterclockwise. So the handle is being ripped out my fingers and not pushed into my palm. That’s my excuse I am sticking to it. You can see the pistol twist in this video. There is a great PDF one can download. US Army Marksmanship Unit Pistol Training Guide. One of the tidbits it suggests is to grip the pistol front to back like a vice instead of a death grip.4. Grip exercises: I wish I could find a good routine online. The challenge with strength training is that muscles tend to plateau. The plateau is overcome by using what is called muscle confusion. Muscle confusion, in my humble opinion, is one of the reasons that makes P90X a great training tool. P90X does not focus on grip. Lastly I want to thank you and John again for all the enjoyment and ideas you have shared with us. Concerning John, strapping young lad (not the heavy metal band). BTW anyone who likes Black Sabbath is okay in my book.
@mejt223, My advice is to get used to the small grips - learn to shoot with them. I prefer small grips because I've invested a lot of time with them. The proof is in the pudding; regardless how the gun feels when you pick it up, if you can shoot it well, what difference does it make?
thank you sir Hickock, had this handtrainer sitting 10 inches next to me for the last 15 Years and i didnt use it. I will use it now while i watch your videos
Simply amazing!! With 30 plus years of shooting..and still counting, you cannot compare yourself with Hickok! He makes it look easy but I'm telling you, I tried one hand shooting and I missed a lot but he is absolutely right, after some 20 rounds I managed to hit the targets with one hand!!..Thanks Hickok..you're the man!! :)
Being a new gun owner grip and trigger control is what I feel are my main issues. Thank you for these tip videos. Going to the range today and will try these tips out.
Being a one handed shooter due to a nasty injury some twenty plus years ago, I totally agree with the fact that it Does make you focus more on trigger control and sight alignment. Mostly on trigger in my opinion. And the fact that you really need to pay attention on grip and grip control as well. And the fact that a twenty some odd ounce pistol/revolver feels like sixty pounds in a manner of minutes doesn't hurt either.
Mr. Hickok45 you are a great help to us new shooters. You need to give yourself credit you are help us learn. Keep the videos comming and the best channel on here so thank you
I'm right handed, but many years back, had a wrist injury (Almost amputated my hand) and HAVE to shoot left handed. It feels uncomfortable, but my index and middle finger on my right hand, are mended? together, so when I squeeze the grip, my index finger squeezes as well, and could pull the trigger, without my knowledge. Not good!! So, I refrain from shooting right handed, even though it feels "right", but could end in disastrous results. I'm going to give this one handed shooting a try, I always use my right hand as a comfort?, but maybe this will help me to improve my aim. (I was good back in the day, LOL RH) Thanks for the vid.
I suffered stroke five years ago. I always loved shooting but worked so much I didn't have time to pursue it. Having so much time on my hands I got back into the sport, I go to the range 2-3 times a week. I would agree with your thoughts on one-handed shooting I have use of only my right hand. It makes you very aware of grip, sight picture and especially trigger control. I have worked on this for years to get to the point of shooting fairly consistently. Keep up the good work I check daily for new videos, your videos on grip and trigger control have helped a lot especially with striker fired pistols. Thanks
Too funny when John annotates what his Dad is attempting to convey to us. That being said, the annotation really did clarify what Hickok is trying to say.
I could hear the reset when you were transitioning at about 4:05. Releasing the trigger just to the "reset" point really helped be lately in a class that we were doing transitioning with both weak and strong hands. Definitely helped with my trigger control. I guess you can say a light came on for me. Good stuff!
Very good tip! I see exactly what you mean. It should teach me how to keep the gun more stable during the trigger pull. I’ll definitely practice this!👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks for the grip tip! I see the value in this. I'm new to Glocks. I shoot a Glock 17 (Gen 3). I notice that I consistently get "limp wrist" malfunctions when I recently tried shooting with my weak hand. I discovered this to my surprise in a recent training class I attended. I'm in the process of learning how to work around my "weak hand" weakness. I can get the Glock 17 to cycle when deliberately firming up my grip and arm. hickok45, my hand will be on a grip master in the coming days. :))
Awesome fundamental work...this would benefit anyone. Strong hands are a blessing, large ones even more so...but using what you've got with these techniques is going to improve your gunnery on the range. Thanks as always, you keep turning out exactly what we want and especially what we need! 5 stars my friend.
(Years later) I'm glad I found this, came to this channel b/c of specific reviews, but now I'm interested in some ideas ABOUT shooting. There are so many compact powerful lightweight pistols out there now, they're a challenge just to shoot BADLY. I go to a local range and often see people just bang away for an hour, use fifty bucks worth of ammunition, and the target is still in pretty good shape, you know? So, it's not just me. I just this week found out that there are (many) whole books about just one aspect of pistol shooting! Roh-oh! Also, for my own part I think some light exercise is really helping, things for hands and arms... and not drinking so much coffee!
@1antisupercat , I don't have a need for them personally, but if others think the porting helps them, why not! I just like all the blast going out the end of the barrel. :-)
back in the very old days, Viet Nam era, US Army taught people to shoot the 45 using the one hand stance. Basics were grip, sight picture, breath, trigger control. Out in the field no one cared as long as you hit what or who you were shooting at.
The oldschool one in your left hand my dad used to have.. I remember it used to be hard to squeeze as a kid.. Haven't seen that type in a while. Love your vids Hickok !!
Tried out my dad's Walker Colt reproduction and due to the size of the grips, it was a lot easier to shoot one handed. Though shooting the darned thing was like trying to aim a bus.
Great video. I totally agree with you. This WILL make the shooter more accurate. Compate it to shooting pool on a 9 foot table and then going to your local bar and shooting on an 8 foor table. If you can shoot on a 9 footer you will clean up on an 8 footer.
@@davegoodwin1848 - Only because he's not said much that's politically incorrect; + he's made Giggle [Gargoyle?] lots of $$ !! If Wild Bill Hickok began waxing eloquent on the 2nd Amdt & sharing contrary opinions on evil, nutcase-lawbreakers who occasionally crawl out of their holes & start killing people, no surprise if they de-monetized the videos. Leffty-leaning socialmedia have gotten more brazen about censoring conservative political beliefs, including banning, locking them out, Etc
Great vid - I would have never thought about the one handed shooting, but the minute you started talking about it something clicked in my brain, lol:) Thought I had aneurism, but it was just a logical thought - not used to those:) Great idea and really forces you to concentrate as the tiniest bit of sloppiness and you're waaaay off! Awesome.
Finally found a video about one hand technique. I need advice I learned shooting one handed with revolvers up to 44mag . Now trying to shoot one hand semi- auto struggling with a new problem of high and left . Every shot is a surprise. I am wondering if because the trigger on my XDM is farther forward might be making me push left in the follow through.
@Richn62 , No, they just pick on me. Maybe because I pick on them all day long! :-) With my long "fangers," I contact the trigger way lower than any "expert" would advise, but it works. You don't want to copy me on that one.
Geat advice. I started shooting 1 handed cowboy shooting last year. I use a heavy old vaquero. Now when I shoot a glock or a sig 2 handed. Its a lot easier to shoot tight groups.
LOL, that gripmaster you have is sold at music stores. Musicians use them to build individual finger strength. It helps to allow for better individual finger control. I have been using one for years and it's has helped my finger control.
Spot on Mr H. Having a background of bullseye shooting, where single handed is mandatory, it can really make two handed shooting seem a breeze. (I still manage to miss though!).
I agree completely Hickock45. One hand shooting helps and to me running a revolver in double action for a while really brings me back to the fundamentals. I can lay down the wheel gun and pick up a glock, xd, 1911... etc and I just fly ... until bad habits take over again LOL
I've been shooting "seriously" for about 4 years now. I used to fall for all of the stupid tips, and I really thought they would make a difference, if I just kept practicing those silly nuances. Examples like... Stance, perfect grip, perfect trigger control, perfect sight alignment, even things like trigger finger placement. I've discovered something.... All of these things are only about 5% of shooting. No lie. I was wasting my time!!! Here's how I discovered it... I noticed that when I was dry fire practicing, that it was VERY EASY to hold the sights dead on, as I pulled the trigger. Pretty much anybody that can clip their toenails can do this with ease. It's a VERY SIMPLE TASK. Trust me. You're not a superhero if you can manage a perfect dry fire. I started thinking.... Hmmmm, if I could see my hits while dry firing, I would literally hit everything, all of the time. 2" groups, from 10 yards easily. So... I started realizing that the main secret to shooting was to pull the trigger as if the gun was empty. Basically trick myself into dry firing, with live ammo. Here's the thing with shooting... If you're not shooting the same groups with live ammo, as you would potentially shoot while dry firing, your problem IS NOT any of the things I mentioned earlier. You are simply doing "something" different, right before you break the shot. A lot of people call it "flinching". You're doing one of two things... Your squeezing the gun a little tighter, right before you break the shot(which makes the gun torque itself off target). Or... You're pushing forward, and down on the gun, right before the shot breaks, to get a head start on recoil control(this of course makes you hit low, and sometimes left). There ya go... That's 95% of what's causing you to shoot poorly. If you're not practicing THIS, then you're on the wrong road to becoming a good shooter. These instructors rarely mention this, but it's the most important TIP that there is. Period. Like Rob Leatham says... You can smack the trigger with an axe handle, as long as you don't move the gun, while doing so. I'm just tired of instructors acting like shooting a pistol is something that's PHYSICALLY HARD. IT IS NOT!!!! Shooting is a mental game. Oh, and this wasn't meant towards Hickok. He's awesome!!! He's actually talked about this topic before.
ok... so i was just watching your 1st grip video and said to myself, "hey it might help if i got my hand squeezer thing", then clicked this video lol Great tips by the way, and videos of all sorts you are an inspiration to me as a shooter!!!
@hickok45 I agree with you, I dont drink or smoke so all the money that I would waste on those I spend it on ammo which is not a waste at all, more like an investement on skills who may come handy one day.
WOW...looks like you cleaned up and got fancy in this video...lol! Nice job as usual and glad I am finally catching up on some off the older basic videoa.
I remember firing solely with one hand in the past, even hearing "It's a handgun, not a 'handsgun,'" said then. With so many using two hands now, I've found trigger pull to be much easier re: coordination. One hand shooting can be more coordination-demanding.
I squeeze my handgun as firmly as I can, with BOTH hands, without shaking. This has made me a much better shooter. Especially, for double taps, and triple taps. If you can fire a live round, exactly like when you are dry firing, you are well on your way to becoming a very accurate shooter. Just imagine that there's a coin sitting on the front sight, and you don't want it to fall off. DO NOT anticipate the recoil!!! It takes lots of practice...
Ha! Duelist is coolest. Double Duelist is even more coolest. Gunfighter is righter. Here is suggestion for a short video. Two 45 Colt SAA clones with full house real black powder cartridges and 250 gr boolits (suggest PRS boolits). Late enough in morning to see well, but early enough for some humidity and your choice of gunfighter or double duelist at close big targets FAST. It will be a short video, because the camera will not be able to "see" for much more than one or two "stages" of ten rounds each. But cool factor WAY UP THERE! prs
Thumbs low grip gives you the most strenth and retention. When you make a fist you don't leave your thumb open. I place my non-dominant thumb over my dominant thumb. It might be old-fashioned but it works way better than thumbs forward.
I don't even THINK about all the various "acceptable" grips (thumbs up, thumbs down, or whatever). I just grab it the way it seems most effective for me. :-)
Really like your 'stuff'. I believe all four activites are commendable....tho now that I'm over sixty, I do more of the shooting than the other three...
Yah Hickok after thinking about it I'm sure with slow fire you probably would let the trigger out until it reset but in rapid fire it would be very difficult to let the trigger out until it resets rapidly.
Great advice as usual, you are a great teacher,your students have to admire you.What part of your finger do you like to make contact on your trigger? Thanks for all your vids!!
Hickok, You can shoot better one-handed from a long distance than I can two-handed at a closer distance. I’d love to spend about 2 days shooting/training with you. I feel like I’d become a sharpshooting marksman if I could shoot half as good as you.
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1st I want to thank you for all the help you have given me. I started shooting a couple of years ago at age 60. After many rounds I have discovered that I shoot best when I shoot mostly the way you shoot.
1. Increasing distance: As a former bean counter, when I became proficient at 5yds, I went to 10 then to 15yds. I shoot at a range. At 15yds I hit a plateau. The reason was I had to bring the target in to see my shots. When I went back to 10yds I started improving again because I was getting instant feedback2. Cowboy shooting: In soccer a good way to get better at dribbling on grass is to dribble on concrete. So what you say makes sense… again :-)3. One handed shooting: When you shoot one handed you have cut the pie into smaller pieces; good idea. Interestingly I am left handed. Most all pistols have a clockwise bore. That makes the reaction to the pistol counterclockwise. So the handle is being ripped out my fingers and not pushed into my palm. That’s my excuse I am sticking to it. You can see the pistol twist in this video. There is a great PDF one can download. US Army Marksmanship Unit Pistol Training Guide. One of the tidbits it suggests is to grip the pistol front to back like a vice instead of a death grip.4. Grip exercises: I wish I could find a good routine online. The challenge with strength training is that muscles tend to plateau. The plateau is overcome by using what is called muscle confusion. Muscle confusion, in my humble opinion, is one of the reasons that makes P90X a great training tool. P90X does not focus on grip.
Lastly I want to thank you and John again for all the enjoyment and ideas you have shared with us. Concerning John, strapping young lad (not the heavy metal band). BTW anyone who likes Black Sabbath is okay in my book.
Let's see if I can hit something... aaah - the thimble on the tree branch (psst - it's 1,000 yards away!)
@mejt223,
My advice is to get used to the small grips - learn to shoot with them. I prefer small grips because I've invested a lot of time with them. The proof is in the pudding; regardless how the gun feels when you pick it up, if you can shoot it well, what difference does it make?
Thanks for sharing your experience with pistol shooting and maintenance. Your tips are always helpful.
thank you sir Hickock, had this handtrainer sitting 10 inches next to me for the last 15 Years and i didnt use it. I will use it now while i watch your videos
Dang,he makes it look so easy.
Yup
Who the hell gives the greatest grandpa ever a thumbs down?
Dumbasses that's who.
Envy makes them folk a bit crazy ... like they're touched in the head!
I was thinking the same thing, who wouldn't want 45 as they're best friend and mentor.
Leftists.
Other gealous grandpas
Simply amazing!! With 30 plus years of shooting..and still counting, you cannot compare yourself with Hickok! He makes it look easy but I'm telling you, I tried one hand shooting and I missed a lot but he is absolutely right, after some 20 rounds I managed to hit the targets with one hand!!..Thanks Hickok..you're the man!! :)
Your videos are so informal, not to mention the sharp, quick humor we need in times like this. Thank you.
i really hope the outdoor channel gives you your own half hour show. seriously the best gun videos on the internet by a mile and then some
This gentleman’s shooting is absolutely flawless
Brilliant man. Good, old fashioned , straight talking sensible American . Miss that generation.
Let's see if I can hit something, clang, clang, clang, clang. I really feel sorry for any fool that would get into a gun fight with this guy.
Being a new gun owner grip and trigger control is what I feel are my main issues. Thank you for these tip videos. Going to the range today and will try these tips out.
Being a one handed shooter due to a nasty injury some twenty plus years ago, I totally agree with the fact that it Does make you focus more on trigger control and sight alignment. Mostly on trigger in my opinion. And the fact that you really need to pay attention on grip and grip control as well. And the fact that a twenty some odd ounce pistol/revolver feels like sixty pounds in a manner of minutes doesn't hurt either.
Have enjoyed your videos since very near the beginning of your putting them on here. Keep them coming.
Mr. Hickok45 you are a great help to us new shooters. You need to give yourself credit you are help us learn. Keep the videos comming and the best channel on here so thank you
Always find your presentations to be both informative and highly enjoyable. Keep up the good work. :-)
I'm right handed, but many years back, had a wrist injury (Almost amputated my hand) and HAVE to shoot left handed. It feels uncomfortable, but my index and middle finger on my right hand, are mended? together, so when I squeeze the grip, my index finger squeezes as well, and could pull the trigger, without my knowledge. Not good!! So, I refrain from shooting right handed, even though it feels "right", but could end in disastrous results. I'm going to give this one handed shooting a try, I always use my right hand as a comfort?, but maybe this will help me to improve my aim. (I was good back in the day, LOL RH) Thanks for the vid.
I suffered stroke five years ago. I always loved shooting but worked so much I didn't have time to pursue it. Having so much time on my hands I got back into the sport, I go to the range 2-3 times a week. I would agree with your thoughts on one-handed shooting I have use of only my right hand. It makes you very aware of grip, sight picture and especially trigger control. I have worked on this for years to get to the point of shooting fairly consistently. Keep up the good work I check daily for new videos, your videos on grip and trigger control have helped a lot especially with striker fired pistols. Thanks
Thanks for all the acquired knowledge and skill which you so enthusiastically and generously share with us. Smedley
The only hickock45 video I've watched that he didnt say life is good at the end!
He could have said life is easy at the end of this one.
Too funny when John annotates what his Dad is attempting to convey to us. That being said, the annotation really did clarify what Hickok is trying to say.
I could hear the reset when you were transitioning at about 4:05. Releasing the trigger just to the "reset" point really helped be lately in a class that we were doing transitioning with both weak and strong hands. Definitely helped with my trigger control. I guess you can say a light came on for me. Good stuff!
Very good tip! I see exactly what you mean. It should teach me how to keep the gun more stable during the trigger pull. I’ll definitely practice this!👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks Hickok45!
Good point on grip strength. Rice bucket workouts are an excellent way to strengthen grip and improve dexterity.
good advice. I'll try it on Sunday at the range. Sunday is Funday
Speaking of grip, i do believe mr. Hickok has paws instead of hands lol.
Thanks for the grip tip! I see the value in this. I'm new to Glocks. I shoot a Glock 17 (Gen 3). I notice that I consistently get "limp wrist" malfunctions when I recently tried shooting with my weak hand. I discovered this to my surprise in a recent training class I attended.
I'm in the process of learning how to work around my "weak hand" weakness. I can get the Glock 17 to cycle when deliberately firming up my grip and arm.
hickok45, my hand will be on a grip master in the coming days. :))
Awesome fundamental work...this would benefit anyone. Strong hands are a blessing, large ones even more so...but using what you've got with these techniques is going to improve your gunnery on the range. Thanks as always, you keep turning out exactly what we want and especially what we need! 5 stars my friend.
(Years later) I'm glad I found this, came to this channel b/c of specific reviews, but now I'm interested in some ideas ABOUT shooting. There are so many compact powerful lightweight pistols out there now, they're a challenge just to shoot BADLY. I go to a local range and often see people just bang away for an hour, use fifty bucks worth of ammunition, and the target is still in pretty good shape, you know? So, it's not just me. I just this week found out that there are (many) whole books about just one aspect of pistol shooting! Roh-oh! Also, for my own part I think some light exercise is really helping, things for hands and arms... and not drinking so much coffee!
@1antisupercat ,
I don't have a need for them personally, but if others think the porting helps them, why not!
I just like all the blast going out the end of the barrel. :-)
It's worth a great deal coming from someone that shoots as well as you. You're right- I shoot one handed, but nowhere near as often as I should.
Nice tips. I’ll try the one handed long range shooting. I do need to work on my trigger control more.
Thanks for sharing this.
back in the very old days, Viet Nam era, US Army taught people to shoot the 45 using the one hand stance. Basics were grip, sight picture, breath, trigger control. Out in the field no one cared as long as you hit what or who you were shooting at.
I was wondering about doing hand exercises to strengthen my grip up, I think I will now. Thanks hickok!
Awesome, really good tips and tricks. Always appreciate the advice.
Thanks for the great vids. I will work on shooting with one hand and strengthening my grip.
The oldschool one in your left hand my dad used to have.. I remember it used to be hard to squeeze as a kid.. Haven't seen that type in a while. Love your vids Hickok !!
Tried out my dad's Walker Colt reproduction and due to the size of the grips, it was a lot easier to shoot one handed. Though shooting the darned thing was like trying to aim a bus.
Great video. I totally agree with you. This WILL make the shooter more accurate. Compate it to shooting pool on a 9 foot table and then going to your local bar and shooting on an 8 foor table. If you can shoot on a 9 footer you will clean up on an 8 footer.
Thank you, good advice right along with some very nice shooting, Cheers.
for everything you have taught me i should send you a check.
You do every time you watch a video, like, or subscribe.
@@davegoodwin1848 - Only because he's not said much that's politically incorrect; + he's made Giggle [Gargoyle?] lots of $$ !!
If Wild Bill Hickok began waxing eloquent on the 2nd Amdt & sharing contrary opinions on evil, nutcase-lawbreakers who occasionally crawl out of their holes & start killing people, no surprise if they de-monetized the videos. Leffty-leaning socialmedia have gotten more brazen about censoring conservative political beliefs, including banning, locking them out, Etc
Great vid - I would have never thought about the one handed shooting, but the minute you started talking about it something clicked in my brain, lol:) Thought I had aneurism, but it was just a logical thought - not used to those:) Great idea and really forces you to concentrate as the tiniest bit of sloppiness and you're waaaay off! Awesome.
Finally found a video about one hand technique. I need advice I learned shooting one handed with revolvers up to 44mag . Now trying to shoot one hand semi- auto struggling with a new problem of high and left . Every shot is a surprise. I am wondering if because the trigger on my XDM is farther forward might be making me push left in the follow through.
@Richn62 , No, they just pick on me. Maybe because I pick on them all day long! :-)
With my long "fangers," I contact the trigger way lower than any "expert" would advise, but it works. You don't want to copy me on that one.
Geat advice. I started shooting 1 handed cowboy shooting last year. I use a heavy old vaquero. Now when I shoot a glock or a sig 2 handed. Its a lot easier to shoot tight groups.
Good thing I exercise my hand every night. ;)
makes a lotta sense. thnx for your tips and techniques
LOL, that gripmaster you have is sold at music stores. Musicians use them to build individual finger strength. It helps to allow for better individual finger control. I have been using one for years and it's has helped my finger control.
👍🏼😎🤘🏼🔫
Great information, I will definately try this next time I go shooting.
Spot on Mr H. Having a background of bullseye shooting, where single handed is mandatory, it can really make two handed shooting seem a breeze. (I still manage to miss though!).
I agree completely Hickock45. One hand shooting helps and to me running a revolver in double action for a while really brings me back to the fundamentals. I can lay down the wheel gun and pick up a glock, xd, 1911... etc and I just fly ... until bad habits take over again LOL
11 years old still gold
Simply brilliant, as usual. Many thanks!
thx for the vid, I'm a new shooter and could use all the advice I could get. Well appreciated...
I've been shooting "seriously" for about 4 years now. I used to fall for all of the stupid tips, and I really thought they would make a difference, if I just kept practicing those silly nuances. Examples like... Stance, perfect grip, perfect trigger control, perfect sight alignment, even things like trigger finger placement. I've discovered something.... All of these things are only about 5% of shooting. No lie. I was wasting my time!!! Here's how I discovered it... I noticed that when I was dry fire practicing, that it was VERY EASY to hold the sights dead on, as I pulled the trigger. Pretty much anybody that can clip their toenails can do this with ease. It's a VERY SIMPLE TASK. Trust me. You're not a superhero if you can manage a perfect dry fire. I started thinking.... Hmmmm, if I could see my hits while dry firing, I would literally hit everything, all of the time. 2" groups, from 10 yards easily. So... I started realizing that the main secret to shooting was to pull the trigger as if the gun was empty. Basically trick myself into dry firing, with live ammo. Here's the thing with shooting... If you're not shooting the same groups with live ammo, as you would potentially shoot while dry firing, your problem IS NOT any of the things I mentioned earlier. You are simply doing "something" different, right before you break the shot. A lot of people call it "flinching". You're doing one of two things... Your squeezing the gun a little tighter, right before you break the shot(which makes the gun torque itself off target). Or... You're pushing forward, and down on the gun, right before the shot breaks, to get a head start on recoil control(this of course makes you hit low, and sometimes left). There ya go... That's 95% of what's causing you to shoot poorly. If you're not practicing THIS, then you're on the wrong road to becoming a good shooter. These instructors rarely mention this, but it's the most important TIP that there is. Period. Like Rob Leatham says... You can smack the trigger with an axe handle, as long as you don't move the gun, while doing so. I'm just tired of instructors acting like shooting a pistol is something that's PHYSICALLY HARD. IT IS NOT!!!! Shooting is a mental game. Oh, and this wasn't meant towards Hickok. He's awesome!!! He's actually talked about this topic before.
Hickok - Thanks . . . very useful info!
One of the best you tubers out there.
My god.. you are like a sniper with handguns... very nice
@gragrn ,
Thanks. I keep trying to convince my students that I'm "brilliant," but they're just not quite gullible enough! :-)
ok... so i was just watching your 1st grip video and said to myself, "hey it might help if i got my hand squeezer thing", then clicked this video lol
Great tips by the way, and videos of all sorts
you are an inspiration to me as a shooter!!!
Dang! I really wish I could shoot some steel! I like the "instant gratification" factor!
For me 100% correct,but I didn't realise it till I saw this.
Lmao, Hickok. I laughed so hard at that :) I needed that. Another reason to watch the videos, good entertainment.
@hickok45 I agree with you, I dont drink or smoke so all the money that I would waste on those I spend it on ammo which is not a waste at all, more like an investement on skills who may come handy one day.
very interesting advice, i'll have to try that next time i go shoot
WOW...looks like you cleaned up and got fancy in this video...lol! Nice job as usual and glad I am finally catching up on some off the older basic videoa.
I exercised my hand last night hickok ;)
That would be awesome! ;) I love the show, but with hickok in it it would be a 100 times better! =)
Awesome, I will have to do some one handed shooting on my next range trip!
yes very helpful as a new handgun shooter
Going to give that one handed drill a try.
hickok45, you're amazing!
Great video I wish I could shoot as well as you with both my hands
Great videos learn a lot from you. Thanks
Have no fear, they know. They'll just never tell you, until many years later.
@mixwell1983 ,
I probably do both, depending on what and how fast I'm shooting. I really never think about it, to tell you the truth.
Hickok45 is good
Surprised Hickok didn’t give “squeeze the trigger, don’t yank” a mention.
I remember firing solely with one hand in the past, even hearing "It's a handgun, not a 'handsgun,'" said then. With so many using two hands now, I've found trigger pull to be much easier re: coordination. One hand shooting can be more coordination-demanding.
flinch control is the key
I squeeze my handgun as firmly as I can, with BOTH hands, without shaking. This has made me a much better shooter. Especially, for double taps, and triple taps. If you can fire a live round, exactly like when you are dry firing, you are well on your way to becoming a very accurate shooter. Just imagine that there's a coin sitting on the front sight, and you don't want it to fall off. DO NOT anticipate the recoil!!! It takes lots of practice...
Just AWESOME to watch!
@geckobreeder69,
Glock 26 or G23
@blackwater2275 , The new one is a Sony CX150.
Ha! Duelist is coolest. Double Duelist is even more coolest. Gunfighter is righter.
Here is suggestion for a short video. Two 45 Colt SAA clones with full house real black powder cartridges and 250 gr boolits (suggest PRS boolits). Late enough in morning to see well, but early enough for some humidity and your choice of gunfighter or double duelist at close big targets FAST. It will be a short video, because the camera will not be able to "see" for much more than one or two "stages" of ten rounds each. But cool factor WAY UP THERE!
prs
I learned to shoot one hand, still feels more natural to me than two handed, anyway great vid!
Not bad shooting, cowboy. Nice vid, thanks.
good tips thanks hickok
Thumbs low grip gives you the most strenth and retention. When you make a fist you don't leave your thumb open. I place my non-dominant thumb over my dominant thumb. It might be old-fashioned but it works way better than thumbs forward.
I don't even THINK about all the various "acceptable" grips (thumbs up, thumbs down, or whatever). I just grab it the way it seems most effective for me. :-)
I want to see hickok45 on top shot as well. Although, I think he's better then that mainstream crap.
Really like your 'stuff'.
I believe all four activites are commendable....tho now that I'm over sixty, I do more of the shooting than the other three...
Yah Hickok after thinking about it I'm sure with slow fire you probably would let the trigger out until it reset but in rapid fire it would be very difficult to let the trigger out until it resets rapidly.
Great advice as usual, you are a great teacher,your students have to admire you.What part of your finger do you like to make contact on your trigger? Thanks for all your vids!!
Hickok,
You can shoot better one-handed from a long distance than I can two-handed at a closer distance.
I’d love to spend about 2 days shooting/training with you. I feel like I’d become a sharpshooting marksman if I could shoot half as good as you.
I'm not sure if it's just the camera angle, but that is one unique thumb grip... haha... it's gotta work, there's a clang on every pull!
I broke my right wrist and have only been shooting pistols (mostly a .22 1911) left handed for a while now, it takes some getting used to.
+Harrison I hear you. I just posted about it myself. I have to shoot lefty now as well (injury) and yes, takes a lot to get used to!!
Thanks again Captain. Good food