Kind of sounds like our firearms instructor at the department I just started at. Great guy, and when I tried to qualify (3 days after having my cast removed from a broken arm at the wrist - it was a "no-go") he started in with "hold it like this, put your hand here, all of the guys shoot better when they do it this way..." So, for the sake of argument, I appeased him. After 8 weeks in a cast, my wrist just wasn't having it. I was limp wristing (obviously) so each shot locked the slide back, I'd rack it, fire another round, rinse and repeat. After starting therapy, my grip strength in the non-broken wrist was 136 lbs.; 26 in the broken wrist. But every shot I fired was in the 10 ring. For obvious reasons, we scrapped that portion of the days events.
What he didn't know about me, is the lowest score I had ever received when qualifying (prior to coming to the department after a 10 year hiatus from law enforcement) was 296/300. So I know how to shoot. I just didn't tell him. I did however, since the recoil is in the shoulder and not the wrist, go on that day to qualify with the AR-15 and the 12 Gauge. Part of our shotgun qualification was to load and fire 5 rounds in less than 20 seconds. I did it in 11 seconds, using the broken wrist to load the shells with. The record, which was our instructors, was 9.5 - If only I were healthy...
So I'm fairly certain I wasn't holding it wrong, too high, too low, or like a girl, or wishing I held it like a girl. My way works just fine for me. :grin: ::rambo::
