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#57 · Post by **#57** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 1:48 am

at the advise of some Ive altered my hold . it was pointed out that I needed a straight wrist. I was holding the rifle in the flat of my palm. with my wrist bent at almost 90deg.Im trying to find a comfortable position thats stable. the most stable Ive gotten is with my elbow firmly on my ribs I make a fist, knuckels up. and set the rifle on top of my knuckels. this is firm contact of bone to bone all the way up to the rifle. it also alows my bicept and forearm to be relaxed. BUT, even with the minor recoil of rimfire it bites my knuckles. theres a stock bolt and mag well right there. the second best Ive found has my first two fingers on each side of the mag and thumb on the trigger guard. this requires a slight twist of my fore arm and puts a little tention on the fore arm. I can only hold this position for a min before it causes its own shake. should I keep practicing till I can hold this way or keep looking for a better hold? #57 PS would it help if I posted a pic in this hold? Thanks all.#57

hambone49 · Post by **hambone49** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 6:32 am

Hi 57, I use the thumb and fingers hold because I am tall and this allows my elbow to ride on my hip bone, a good thing. We have been experimenting with the reverse hand hold, whereas put your hand on the fore end normally, turn your hand around and slide it all the way back, even on the trigger guard if you like. If you search some more, you will find many holds, but remember, whatever works for you. Try Smallbore Rifle Sihouette for a start, he has a lot of pix of holds. _bone

dwl · Post by **dwl** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 7:28 am

57

There's lots of different hold because we're all built different. No one is going to mistake me for the Wilson sisters!

I've used the Knuckles-Up hold, but only for offhand rifles with deep, wide forends. For Silhouette I tried the flat palm but my wrists are too stiff (damn stubborn more like it). Next was the palm up and fingers to the left but that put too much tension in the forarm. Then palm up fingers right which reduced tension quite a bit and I used that for better than a year. After that was one I copied from an All Army national champ who put the forend in the vee between the thumb and fore finger. This rotated the palm to face more to the rear and reduced twist and tension in the fore arm even more. Last I tried the famed split finger, which really is a minor change to the prior hold but by moving the one finger to the left side of the stock, reduced twist and tension in the fore arm even more and gained me about an inch more in fore arm length pushing my elbow lower for better support.

Keep experimenting, during practice of course. Your mileage may vary.

dwl

#57 · Post by **#57** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 12:21 am

Thanks Hambone I had seen that site before but had forgotten that they had such good pics. my elbow wont get anywhere near my hip so that hold is out for me. but I can see the advantage if I could get there. DWL I have stiff wrists too due to an auto crash where I broke both arms so Ill keep trying till I find one that I can get to work. I did put a taller mount on to allow for a lower hold and that seems to be helping. #57