Pistol Grip Analysis By Michael Seeklander

by Nicholas C

Published: April 6th, 2015

pistol grip analysis by michael seeklander

Michael Seeklander posted this video on Facebook. He breaks down the shooter’s grip, for firing a pistol, into some very simple and easy to follow steps.

His demonstration of what the support hand can do alone is rather impressive.

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Wolfgar on Apr 06, 2015

I can attest Mike Seeklander is one of the best firearm instructors in the world. I shot with him at a local match where he was giving a class that same weekend and he is very impressive. The difference between good shooters and masters is always the way the basics are performed. It was this exact problem of how I was applying my grip pressure that made the difference for me.

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- Fluffy Assaultbunny on Apr 07, 2015
  
  @Wolfgar Big respect to Mike Seeklander!
  Tod Jarrett also has a great brief lesson the exact same course of though and presentation. https://www.youtube.com/wat...
  
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Sam on Apr 06, 2015

Yech support hand. Olympic shooters and I don't use it.

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- Claymore on Apr 07, 2015
  
  @sam Nobody is shooting back at them LOL.
  
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- Sam on Apr 08, 2015
  
  @claymore No, indeed, not at me when I'm one-handing it either. If that were to happen I'd switch to a different shooting range. I'm not sure what your point is though :P
  
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- Claymore on Apr 08, 2015
  
  @sam The point is they can one handed because NOBODY is shooting at them while they are shooting. Other operational people may have people shooting back so they need to use the two handed holds.
  
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- Dan on Apr 08, 2015
  
  @claymore I think he was being silly
  
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- Sam on Apr 08, 2015
  
  @Dan Yes, but sincere also. I know there are various two-handed-is-more-tactical narratives, but I don't subscribe to the ones I know about and there are probably others. So the shooting-back scenario alone doesn't have any definite meaning to me, with respect to the support hand.
  
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- Sam on Apr 08, 2015
  
  @claymore I get that people feel the need to use the support
  hand. I see it as like having two hands on the steering wheel,
  it works OK, some drivers feel more comfortable that way especially in stressful situations, but I wouldn't call it mechanically necessary. With handguns, even in a military situation or the like I don't
  think it's totally necessary to hold a gun like a squirrel clutching a
  nut (that is to say with both hands). Then there are the
  disadvantages of doing it that way such as getting the gun further away from one's face and the simplicity of not having extra muscle groups involved and acting against one another.
  
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- Sam on Apr 08, 2015
  
  @sam excuse me, having the gun closer to the face, that should have been, as a disadvantage of the two hand hold.
  
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