Defensive Rifle Hand Positions
Mike CentolaDescription
Rob Pincus is with rifle specialist Mike Centola of Allstar Tactical to discuss where the support hand should be placed on a long gun. Mike demonstrates a few positions and talks about what situations they might be used in. Both Mike and Rob agree that different circumstances will dictate different hand positions, and personal preference will influence support-hand placement on a rifle.
All right, I'm here with Mike Centola of all-star Tactical. He is a rifle guy. He builds some great rifles. If you haven't seen him yet, check out All Star Tactical. What I want you to do right now is talk to me about where your support hand goes on the rifle because we've seen all kinds of things. I remember when everybody had to have your hand up on the mag. Well, nowadays everybody wants to have their thumb way over the board outstretched because that looks cool. So tell me what you think. So basically, I think there's several different ways based on personal preference. I personally prefer, depending on the length of the hand guard, the thumb over a board. I feel you have good long range stability. Um, for movement. This is nice because you're nice. Your body's tight. You, you can react very well, however you can swing a lot. Um So I think I I'm not a big fan of the, the vertical grip here, but I like the angled floor grips. Um, it really is going to come down to personal preference, but I think I like the longer hand guards. So you can really kind of push pull, mitigate your recoil and really get a good stable shot. Cool. I like the fact that you talk about how different circumstances are going to dictate different hand positions. And that's really what I think, I think ultimately, we have to realize that there's different reasons to have your support hand in different places. If you're down in a kneeling position and you want to get that stability from the leg, for example, and your arms stretched out straight, you're not gaining anything from being down here, right? So we know we want to come back and get that leg onto the hand or get that hand onto the leg. In this case, we might want to be back at the, the mag. Well, for some reason, and as we all know, there are many technical advantages to being able to shoot fast and move that muzzle very precisely when your hand is fully outstretched. So I think we're on the same page when it comes to that, your circumstances are going to dictate and your personal preference is certainly going to influence your choice when it comes to support hand position on a long gun.
When using the grip on the fore stock, be sure to bring the elbow directly under the weapon for better stability. (Something I learned shooting M1 Garands years ago). Your arm tends to get tired if you don't support the weapon this way.
Nice video, and I like the fact that you recognize that both the situation and personal preference will come into play when choosing a support hand position. I have heard a lot of folks say they don't like the vertical grip. I'm not necessarily a fan either, however I use a vertical grip with a built-in bipod, so that I have the option of that bipod position anywhere I go. However, there is a weight penalty with that configuration, and I do begrudge that added weight... Anyway, please keep the great instructional videos coming!
Good video! Addresses something that many new shooters want to know and why. Way to go, PDN!
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