Proper Grip for Auto-Pistols - James Yeager

[Shay]

Was someone killed @ the 2:25 mark?!?

Probably not. Just someone forward of the place where Yeager was shooting.

 

[chezuki]

Probably not. Just someone forward of the place where Yeager was shooting.

While I usually prefer a more definite answer to "was someone killed" type questions, I'm sure you're correct. The camera angle made it look as though the guy was walking right into the line of fire (and it didn't even appear to be a very controlled fire).

While I really don't have a problem with the down range camera during controlled fire, walking forward of the line during "hey, watch me shoot with 2 fingers" is not something I would personally do.

 

[JetGirl]

I still say he's got monkeys tattooed between the empty casings on his arm.
Nobody ever verified any different...
so I'm going with that.

It's OK, James...
Everybody loves them some crazy monkey.

 

[Tinman]

While I like the video, I disagree with his assertion that it's the points of contact that make the rifle easier to shoot.

I think it was Larry Vickers that said it a few years back. (I'll paraphrase here) Your shooting a rifle that weighs 8 - 10 pounds with a trigger that weighs 2 to 5 pounds verse a pistol that weighs 1 to 2 pounds with a trigger that weighs 5 to sometimes upwards of 10 to 12 pounds. It only makes sense that if it takes more pressure to pull the trigger than it takes to move the weapon, it's going to be harder to shoot well.

Made sense to me then, still does today.

Tinman....

 

[the1kidd03]

While I like the video, I disagree with his assertion that it's the points of contact that make the rifle easier to shoot.

I think it was Larry Vickers that said it a few years back. (I'll paraphrase here) Your shooting a rifle that weighs 8 - 10 pounds with a trigger that weighs 2 to 5 pounds verse a pistol that weighs 1 to 2 pounds with a trigger that weighs 5 to sometimes upwards of 10 to 12 pounds. It only makes sense that if it takes more pressure to pull the trigger than it takes to move the weapon, it's going to be harder to shoot well.

Made sense to me then, still does today.

Tinman....

I can appreciate that explanation. I think there is truth to both though.

From a phsyics/structural standpoint the points of contact make sense as well. Think of a long arm on a crane. The very end of it has a considerable amount of movement and "wobbly-ness." But if you brace it with even a single support partial way to the end of the boom at a 45 degree angle it makes it significantly more rigid and stable.

 

[the1kidd03]

I still say he's got monkeys tattooed between the empty casings on his arm.
Nobody ever verified any different...
so I'm going with that.

It's OK, James...
Everybody loves them some crazy monkey.

Although I'm sure those are the cartridge links for a belt fed weapon like a SAW, this is hilarious...

 

[Rob377]

While I like the video, I disagree with his assertion that it's the points of contact that make the rifle easier to shoot.

I think it was Larry Vickers that said it a few years back. (I'll paraphrase here) Your shooting a rifle that weighs 8 - 10 pounds with a trigger that weighs 2 to 5 pounds verse a pistol that weighs 1 to 2 pounds with a trigger that weighs 5 to sometimes upwards of 10 to 12 pounds. It only makes sense that if it takes more pressure to pull the trigger than it takes to move the weapon, it's going to be harder to shoot well.

Made sense to me then, still does today.

Tinman....

Compare a tuned 1911 with a 1.5lb trigger and a GI M16 with an 8lb trigger at 100yds and let us know how that theory plays out. It'll be easier to get hits with the rifle.

There's some truth to it, sure. But as the sole explanation, it's seriously lacking.

 

[armedindy]

where his beard and why does he look fat?

 

[cedartop]

where his beard and why does he look fat?

Because he was fat when he made the first vid. I give him credit for taking care of that.