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Basic Firearms Operations: How To Hold A Gun<\/span><\/h1>\r\n

Remember your first driving lesson? Did you ever stomp on the brake instead of the gas pedal, or worse still, hit the gas instead of the brake? Remember how awkward it felt to try to coordinate the steering wheel, gas and brake (and maybe the clutch and gear shift as well)? All those feelings of excitement, possibility and little bit of terror are exactly what people who are new to guns feel the first time they handle a gun. You didn\u2019t learn how to drive overnight. It took practice and patience for you to become a good driver. The same is true with firearms ownership. You learned how to drive, new gun owners need to learn how to hold a gun.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Properly holding your gun as you shoot is important for three reasons. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

1.) Your Safety<\/span><\/h3>\r\n

Your safety depends on you knowing how to hold a gun correctly. I recently watched a new shooter pick up a pistol and try to shoot it with their support hand thumb braced on the webbing of their strong hand. This put their support thumb right where the slide would hit as the gun cycled, which it did, resulting in a trip to the first aid kit to patch themselves up.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

2.) The Safety of Those Around You <\/span>
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This doesn\u2019t just impact you. Knowing how to hold a gun is important for the safety of everyone at the range. Dropping a gun during recoil because of an improper grip places you and everyone near in danger.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

If you\u2019re shooting and your gun falls out of your hand, let it fall. Pretty much every modern firearm has undergone some sort of drop testing to make sure they don\u2019t discharge if they fall out of your hand. Trying to grab your gun on the way down means you might grab it by the trigger. This in turn might cause a <\/span>negligent discharge<\/span><\/a>, and that might be bad for you and everyone around you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

3.) Consistent Accuracy<\/span><\/h3>\r\n

There is a strong connection between knowing how to hold a gun and making fast, repeatable hits with your gun. A proper grip keeps your gun under control as it recoils and allows you to properly align your sights as you bring your gun up to shoot. A good grip also means quickly re-acquire your sights if a follow-up shot is needed. The bottom line is, there really are no downsides to learning how to hold a gun the right way. Let\u2019s look at how to do that, with three common types of firearms.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n