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Developed by the late Jack Weaver, the Weaver Stance is the classic defensive handgunning posture.

One such innovator was L.A. County Sheriff’s Deputy Jack Weaver. He worked on several stances and grips over time and figured out that a more stable and aggressive two-handed grip would afford him the accuracy, speed and precision he needed. At first he aimed his weapon at the target in a semi-point-shoot method. To improve his consistency and precision during the shoots, Weaver experimented with raising the weapon higher to eye level for precision-aimed shots. His accuracy and winning percentages improved immediately. Thus was born the Weaver Stance and Grip. (I discuss the Weaver Stance and Grip in great detail later in this book.) It consists of a 30° bladed stance with the firing-side foot pulled back about four to six inches from the firing line and combined with an overlapping two-handed grip.

The Weaver Stance and Grip proved to be a winner. It assisted in managing recoil and allowed Weaver to deliver rapid-fire multiple shots with considerable accuracy. Soon, his fellow shooters adopted this shooting position and today the Weaver is universally used by all shooters in the field of defensive guncraft. (Jack Weaver passed away in Carson City, Nevada, in July of 2009.)