Weaver stance
The Weaver stance ( German about Weaver stand ) is a special posture that is related to the shooting of handguns . It was developed by Deputy Sheriff Jack Weaver in shooting competitions in the late 1950s.
description
The weaver stance is a two-handed technique in which the strong hand holds the pistol or the revolver while the other hand grips the firing hand. The firing arm is almost extended, while the elbow of the supporting arm points clearly downwards. The shooter pushes forward with the firing arm and pulls back with the other hand, whereby the weapon is held very firmly and the recoil deflects little from the target.
The Weaver stance is one of the five components of "Modern Technology" by Jeff Cooper .
history
The Weaver stance was developed in 1959 by pistol shooter and Deputy Sheriff Jack Weaver, who was a shooting instructor at the LA County Sheriff's Mira Loma shooting range. At that time he took part in Jeff Cooper's Leatherslap competitions, in which the aim was to hit twelve 45 cm large balloons about 7 meters away in a duel . Weaver developed his technique as a way to quickly bring the weapon to eye level and to shoot quickly with aim, and was thus superior to the (untargeted) hip-shot technique that was common up to that time.
This technique was adopted as "the Weaver stance" by the author and shooting instructor Jeff Cooper, who used it in many books and articles. When Cooper opened his shooting school in 1977, he designed his "modern technique" around a formalized "classic weaver stance". Although the technique was later replaced by the modified isosceles stance for competition and combat use , the Weaver stance is still a common technique of many shooters.
literature
- Siegfried F. Huebner : Radical Combat-Schießtechniken, WSV-Verlag, 1998, ISBN 3-923995-14-8