Buck Yeager probably checks wiener lengths with his right hand, so he needs to be proficient with the left when it comes to simultaneous weapon manipulation. Oh yea and it’s a good idea to know what to do in case you get injured.
As much shit as I give this guy for putting photographers down range and being a egotistical dickhead, I really do like watching his videos.
*facepalm* at the rail mounted knife at 5:10. I wonder if he will work using one of those into any of his courses? haha
Thoughts? Do you guys practice weapon manipulation with both hands on a regular basis?
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There was a course of fire at a local IDPA match last month that went with 6 shots with the gun in the right (or strong) hand, 6 shots your choice and 6 shots with the gun in the left (or weak) hand.
The kicker was, you could shoot weak-handed with a support hand if you want.
I’ve never done that: I practice weak-hand only when I run thru a Dot Torture Drill, but gun in the weak hand with the strong hand supporting seems… wrong.
But I still need to practice it.
Oh, and for REAL fun, look up some one hand-only reloading and malfunction drills. I can see the value in learning them, they just seem real awkward to use.
At 1:24 he says not to use two fingers… At 4:42 he uses two fingers it seems.
Just saying, that James Yeager Approved picture… I stumbled upon the origin of the photo… Her… His… Name is Buck Angel… Dear Lord… I don’t know what to think…
I thought you were joking, guess “Buck” has been an in joke all along and I just wasn’t paying attention.
http://tqnation.wordpress.com/2010/03/15/tq-nation-exclusive-interview-buck-angel-2/
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Do you guys practice weapon manipulation with both hands on a regular basis?
I’m sure there’s a that’s what she said or something in there
I don’t go into as much detail, but I do practice with my weapons right handed and left handed. You never know what could happen….
I’ve tried shooting with my weak hand a few times at the range, and, while I can see its theoretical usefulness, I don’t see it being useful to practice every single time.
I would like to work it into training a bit more often. You never know. I’m looking into an FNP/FNX-9 as a new IDPA gun just because a lot of the old guys like to design weak-hand only stages.
Can’t stand the guy, never want to click on his videos.
Where did he get that training frame???
Anyways, as a leftie, I usually shoot with my right hand I should actually be switching since I am left eye dominant.
My condolences go out to my friend though, who is right handed, left eye dominant. What’s worse is that he was born with the inability to wink/close one eye and keep the other open.
It’s actually a very good idea to practice with both hands. The mind seems to focus on a threat and the threat to most is the gun, not the person. I’ve seen a lot of hits on hands during force on force stuff. If you run bad guy targets with weapons under stress, you will see a lot of hits at or near the weapon the target guy is holding. Assuming the hit doesn’t destroy your firearm or you happen to have a back up I wouldn’t want to try to learn how to shoot off hand when it counts. Then again, if you have a proper shooting grip, you’re probably hosed anyway since it will hit both hands.
Like a broken clock that’s right twice a day, it’s a good idea to learn to manipulate a firearm with both hands. It’s painful to admit that Buck Angel is correct. But I still can’t bring myself to click the video link.
knife mounted on a rifle, Has Buck ever heard of a bayonet?
but that’s a rifle mounted on a knife, it’s different.