Revolver cocking technique

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cdncowboy

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I'm new to revolver's and was wondering how you #### your pistol? ... with left or right thumb? I am right handed and so with my Super Blackhawk it feels right to #### with left thumb as the hand comes up to support the right hand on the grip. This way I have a firm grip on the pistol with my dominant hand and there is no "juggling" of the gun trying to hold it and #### it at the same time. It also seems faster.

I'd be interested in your opinion on the matter for those with experience with revolvers.
 
cdncowboy said:
I'm new to revolver's and was wondering how you #### your pistol? ... with left or right thumb? I am right handed and so with my Super Blackhawk it feels right to #### with left thumb as the hand comes up to support the right hand on the grip. This way I have a firm grip on the pistol with my dominant hand and there is no "juggling" of the gun trying to hold it and #### it at the same time. It also seems faster.

I'd be interested in your opinion on the matter for those with experience with revolvers.
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You are on the right track - keep at it...
 
You're doing it the proper way for when using two hands. You don't want to disturb the grip of the strong hand.

The only time I use my strong hand thumb to #### a single action is when I'm shooting in my cowboy action matches, or practicing for them, using the one handed "duelist" style. This is my preferred style since I never saw Clint or John shooting two handed in any of their movies.... :D
 
You're doing it the proper way for when using two hands. You don't want to disturb the grip of the strong hand.
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I agree. Everytime that you change your grip, you take the chance of holding the gun slightly differently and changing the point of impact.
 
I always use my weak hand as to keep positive grip with my strong.

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Man you gotta just LOVE them single actions.
 
dan belisle said:
Once the recoil level gets higher you probably won't want to leave your thumb behind the hammer. - dan
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I agree with Dan. I would not #### and fire the pistol as the fella did in the youtube video posted here. It appears he just likes speed as that is not the correct hand positioning to fire a pistol. I would #### with left thumb and then return it to align it with the right hand thumb in a parallel position. Correct hand positioning becomes even more important with higher recoil. My .02.
 
Someone suggested not getting in the habit, hold an auto one day yada yada..
Besides video being left handed, thats my revolver grip and it works great with 44mag.

I wouldnt hesitate to try a 500 the same way, the guns going to lift not spin on your hand.
Actually watched someone tear off some finger nail on the cylinder release doing the two thumbs on a 460V.
 
girlie hands

I don't know but I never have a problem holding gun and cocking it with my thumb safely and I own some real cannons?...maybe you guys have high trigger pulls or need to work on that grip...ha,ha :ban:
 
cdncowboy said:
I agree with Dan. I would not #### and fire the pistol as the fella did in the youtube video posted here. It appears he just likes speed as that is not the correct hand positioning to fire a pistol. I would #### with left thumb and then return it to align it with the right hand thumb in a parallel position. Correct hand positioning becomes even more important with higher recoil. My .02.
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There is practically no recoil in a .38 or .357 in one of my other videos, do what you are comfortable with.

That said I see where you are coming from but I even shoot .44 magnum without a concern of such issue.

marlin58 said:
I don't know but I never have a problem holding gun and cocking it with my thumb safely and I own some real cannons?...maybe you guys have high trigger pulls or need to work on that grip...ha,ha :ban:
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Mhmmmmmmm all in your technique.
 
cdncowboy said:
I agree with Dan. I would not #### and fire the pistol as the fella did in the youtube video posted here. It appears he just likes speed as that is not the correct hand positioning to fire a pistol. I would #### with left thumb and then return it to align it with the right hand thumb in a parallel position. Correct hand positioning becomes even more important with higher recoil. My .02.
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I should ammend this statement as I sound a bit like a know-it-all jacka$$ here. My appologies. What I meant was that that was not the way I like to hold a pistol and it is not correct hand positioning for me. At the end of the day I think you should do whatever is comfortable for you.

As I said, I am a newbie to a revolver so all input is appreciated folks. :)
 
Cocked&Locked said:
it's a redhawk, just shoot it DA. Practice and you'll shoot it faster and just as well inside 20 25 yards. Then you don't have to move your grip at all
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Those redhawks and all 6 shooters for that matter are a ton of fun to shoot 100 yard gongs with.

Semi autos are a bit more challenging but still pull it off decently, but the long sight radius makes a world of difference.
 
I saw a guy shoot a hole in the ceiling of the Wapiti Shooters Club, trying to #### a revolver. When he'd shoot, he did sort of a Clint Eastwood move. He'd let his hand come up, and #### on the way back down. One time he forgot to let his finger off the trigger. The range officer made him pack up and leave. When I started looking at the ceiling, there were a lot of other holes there, besides the one he made. Nowadays, I try to hit the range, when it's not too busy.

I keep my weak hand on the bottom of the grip, so it's actually easier to #### with my right hand. I don't have to loosen my grip. It helps to have really long fingers(and thumb).
 
boxcoach said:
he did sort of a Clint Eastwood move
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I used to work at a public rental range (no PAL required) for 2 years and of all the things I saw, this was always my single biggest pet peeve... the Dirty Harry elbow bend. I won't get too much into philosophy here but turning your body while holding a loaded gun can happen because the vast majority of the time, you are not holding something that can kill someone if you point it at them. Finger on the trigger when you pick up the gun, that's also instinctive and the way you've picked up everything for the first xx years of your life before you held a gun.... forgiven. Picking up a gun and then bending your elbows 90 degrees to point it at the ceiling before you bring the gun down to aim and shoot is a conscious movement and you are only doing it because of Hollywood and that makes me hate you a little bit lol. There was always a certain demographic of people who almost always did this... seriously drove me insane. Doesn't help this demographic is one of the ones that also is the worst at listening to instructions.
 
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