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Originally Posted by masraum
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+1 although my left "weak" hand is rotated even farther forward (wrist basically locked fully rotated forward) and I try to grip as high as possible to minimize recoil for faster follow up second shots. This is how the "majority" of the best defensive pistol grip their spoons and once one gets used to it, it provides a very stable repeatable index for "fast" accurate shooting.
After switching to this grip for IDPA, I now use it even on my target .22's for slow fire bullseye although it's strong points are not really that important for slow firing.
Bob Vogel gives a pretty good explanation of this style of grip/index/stance here and why it matters for fast defensive pistol shooting.
If you watch him on youtube shooting in contests, you will notice that even when shooting .45 caliber the gun barely moves in between shots which allows him to acquire his front sight for follow up shots almost instantly.
Once you get this figured out and maintain a firm high grip, the difference in recoil control is simply amazing..... Of course if you only ever plan to slow fire at a range doing only bullseye type work, then changing to a new grip is probably not worth the effort.