1 Hand Gun Stuff --- Watch Me!

[Paul Gomez]

I've been a proponent of learning to work the pistol with one hand for a long time. Why? Of course, the obvious answer is Injury to one hand. Another, less obvious, but more common occurrence is situations where one hand is being used to perform a task such as opening a door or controlling/guiding someone.
Another aspect is confidence. Simply put, if you are confident manipulating the gun with your offhand, everything else is easy.

I divide my practice into thirds. 1/3 Right Hand Only, 1/3 Both hands, 1/3 Left Hand Only. The basic gun skills are the same regardless of how many hands you get to use. They are Drawing, Shooting, Reloading and Addressing Stoppages.

Here are a couple of clips illustrating my take:

Gunhand Only Gun Stuff
Offhand Only Gun Stuff

 

[SpeedRacer]

Good stuff, as always!

 

[Tulse Luper]

So, Advanced Handgun - when and where?

 

[Guate_shooter]

Great stuff like usual Paul

It freaking amazes me some of the comments in youtube though ....................

LAWDDDDD some people shouldnt be allowed to reproduce

 

[Paul Gomez]

So, Advanced Handgun - when and where?

Hah! The two main pistol classes that I do are IPS and RPM [yes, both TLAs!]. Integrated Pistol Skills is my take on a broad spectrum defensive pistol class. Robust Pistol Manipulations has a narrower focus in which I address gunhandling with a heavy emphasis on running the gun with both hands and right hand only and left hand only. Neither class is a prereq for the other. For someone who has done no formal training, IPS will cover more ground while RPM with cover more reps on a more limited skillset. Obviously, I think both classes are very good, but I am a little biased.

 

[eagle359]

I took the RPM class with Paul several years ago. If you CCW it is a must-do. IMVHO