Taming the muzzle flip

[jeep45238]

Think that your shooting is good enough to bank your life on? Think that you can compete in your pistol shooting sports with your carry gun effectively? Finding that micro compact pocket rocket to be pretty snappy when you're shooting it? Maybe it's time to change things up at the range!

YouTube - 2 handed recoil management.m4v (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcRQ1J-GilE)

[jeep45238]

Just a bit of an update/bump.

For those that have problems with muzzle flip/recoil, keep in mind that the smaller the distance between the bore and the top of your hand, the less felt recoil/muzzle flip you will have. Kahrs/M&P's, and 1911's all have relatively low bore heights in relation to the frame already - Kahrs however have no beavertail to limit how high you can grab the gun.

Keep in mind in the photos below that I'm driving the gun with a full fledged 100% grip force with both hands. I also find that men's medium sized gloves are generally too big for me - so it isn't an optical illusion done by somebody with monster mitts. One thing that will drastically help most people is to change how they begin their grip. Many people will put their hand on the gun, and then tighten the middle, ring, and finally pinky finger. If you reverse that and do pinky, ring, middle, you'll find that you're jamming your fingers up higher on the gun and creating a more secure grip. I have some odd clauses on the edge of my fingers lengthwise from getting crushed by the above finger into the frame.



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My weapon hand is so high up on the tang/beavertail that it literally sheilds the cocked hammer from view. This further reduces the distance between the bore and my hand, which reduces muzzle flip. Instead of the gun snapping upwards, it pushes backwards, and follow up shots can be done very quickly. Notice that my support hand is driven up all the way to the trigger guard, and my finger tips are interlaced between the knuckles on my weapon hand. This is more or less allowing me to maximize contact between my hands and the gun, which is limiting the path of least resistance for recoil to travel, and is allowing me to drive the gun instead of being it's b!tch. You'll also see that there's an aggressive forward cant to my support hand - this forces my support arm to be on the same plane as my weapon arm, effectively absorbing almost the same amount of recoil in the same direction allowing me to run the gun faster without sacrificing grip strength/position on the gun. I run my arms out to the point where my elbows lock, then back them off just a little bit - it seems to help the most.

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My weapon thumb is lifted up to allow my support hand to get as high as possible on the gun, and open up the grip/frame for my support hand to get as much real estate as possible. If you find that doing this causes premature slide lock, lower your weapon hand thumb to force your support hand lower and away from the slide stop. You'll eventually figure out what works well for your body build and gun setup, and will find your own reference points on the gun that will allow you to be consistent in the application of your technique.




Be the gun's master, not it's b!tch.

[PigButtons]

Thanks for the encouragement Jeep. Keep it coming.

[TheSorb]

I appreciate your helpful advice jeep...good food for thought!;)

[jocko]

port it!!

[jeep45238]

port it!!


While that definitely works, that's not quite technique, now is it :music: