RPB wrote:Ok, my turn .... first time shooting an automatic, I think in the 1980s, I had my weak hand wrist directly behind the slide.... learned fast that slide goes backwards nearly as hard as the bullet goes forward ... X-Rays were needed
My turn then. I was shooting a friend's 1911 at the range one day after having taken a long time away from handguns. I kept shooting low and to the left so I started looking for why I was doing that. Decided it was my hand placement and where my thumbs were going. So I tried right (strong) over left and was working to make that work, but my right thumb kept having placement issues because of where the safety was on this pistol. So in a moment of stupidity I tried putting my left thumb over the right and behind the other hand. I retain a scar on the knuckle of my thumb to this day from where the slide bit me
. I was literally sucking my thumb at the range right after that one.
