Taurus How-To Series: How to Grip a Revolver Always keep firearms pointed in a safe direction. Always keep your finger off the trigger until ready to shoot. Never point a gun at anyone or anything that you do not intend to shoot.
Yeah. Thumb over thumb is to control up and down movement while thumbs forward is to control side to side movement. I agree. It is personal preference. I was taught thumb over thumb way back before thumbs forward began to be used. We did not use thumbs forward because of the obvious liability of interference with the slide on an autoloader and interference with the cylinder of a revolver. In fact my instructor told me he would whip me if he saw me with thumbs forward. I was taught that thumbs forward was not to be used since it can cause user malfunctions that could get me killed. I was taught one handed shooting and that shooting hand grip never changes regardless of the pistol type. The support hand is only for support of the shooting hand. If the thumbs get too far forward though the user runs the risk of side blast injury from the cylinder on the thumb too far forward. Also do not allow that thumb forward to interfere with the cylinder rotation because you will prevent the cylinder from its proper rotation just like on an autoloader preventing the slide from its proper cycling. Get used to shooting one handed first and then add the support hand. I would suggest that folks go watch the video titled Grip Your Handgun Like a Professional | Tactical Rifleman. Both methods are covered.
Interesting video. Being an old school peace officer, now long retired, I carried a S&W Mod 28 in 357Mag. in uniform patrol. Trained extensively with it for decades. Also carried a 1911A1 in 45Auto in the service. Then, no one was laying their offhand thumb alongside the frame and slide. And to this day I cannot shoot in this manner. Years of shoving my right hand into a tight grip of the left is so ingrained into my shooting, that forcing my left thumb against the weapon produces very poor results. I suppose that this old dog can't learn new tricks.😏
Same here. I cannot use the thumbs forward even if I wanted to and I have tried. It is not natural for me. I was taught one handed shooting first and support hand to be used only for better control with two points of contact. Thumb over thumb. When I use the support hand on a revolver my support hand thumb will simply stick out or fold down when using a single action or shooting in single action, otherwise thumb over thumb never changes regardless of pistol type autoloader or revolver. This is because it is automatic for me to use my shooting hand thumb to cock the hammer as I would if shooting one handed. I was taught thumb over thumb way back before thumbs forward began to be used. We did not use thumbs forward because of the obvious liability of interference with the slide on an autoloader and interference with the cylinder of a revolver. In fact my instructor told me he would whip me if he saw me with thumbs forward. I was taught that thumbs forward was not to be used since it can cause user malfunctions that could get me killed. I was taught one handed shooting and that shooting hand grip never changes regardless of the pistol type. The support hand is only for support of the shooting hand. I would suggest that folks go watch the video titled Grip Your Handgun Like a Professional | Tactical Rifleman. Both methods are covered.
My first hand gun ever was a Taurus G2c it was straight trash. But I’ve always wondered how their revolver line is. They have some good looking revolvers I’ve just been too afraid to spend my money on one because of all the problems I had out of their g2c
Shot placement with the thumb forward was terrible. Shot placement with thumb over was much better. From video thumb over was within 2" the thumb forward was about six inches.
Thumb over thumb is to control up and down movement while thumbs forward is to control side to side movement. Both work. It is personal preference. I would suggest that folks go watch the video titled Grip Your Handgun Like a Professional | Tactical Rifleman. Both methods are covered. Folks have to be far more careful using thumbs forward so that their thumbs do not interfere with the movement of slides and cylinders.
You can't come to a conclusion about which grip choice is better for the rest of us, with just this one individual shooting only 4-rounds from a gun he's likely unfamiliar with.
