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Topic subjectRE: Shooting as you point your fing
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634, RE: Shooting as you point your fing
Posted by blamour, Wed Apr-22-20 08:06 PM
Actually the old Remington 51, the predecessor to the pistol you are talking about is one of the best pointing pocket pistols ever made. Certain people, with different shaped hands, shoot pistols differently but most seem to like the 1911 and the old Rem 51 when it comes to autos.

When I was taught to shoot, some of it by my Dad who was a very good shot and some of it by stunt man Rodd Redwing and FBI agent Jim Worrell, I was told to get the pistol up into my peripheral vision even if I didn't have time to align the sights. This is not what is taught today where there is emphasis on keeping the gun closed to the body. That takes up less space and helps you keep control of the gun ... probably good tactics for training people, who didn't grow up with guns, to quickly become expert in defense situations.

The 1911 and the Rem 51 are considered good because of their grip angle and, in my opinion, because they are single stack magazine guns. Their narrow grips give you a good sense of where the muzzle is pointing. the grip angle gives you the up and down alignment and the narrow grip helps you determine side to side.

In S&W revolvers I've shot guns with factory "coke bottle" grips, which have very little feel to them, and custom Roper grips which look very similar but are more slender. The Ropers literally aim the gun for you. It's astonishing. A set of original Ropers can be worth more then a lot of pistols and the modern, and equally excellent, Keith Brown copies are also expensive but nothing beats a pistol that points itself!