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> I disagree.  A gun for FT (sitting of course) is better with LESS weight
out
> front unless you use a butthook, as your center of balance is allready
too far
> back if you shoot off the knee anyway, and muzzle weight tends to make
you lean
> back more.  An offhand gun should be frontheavy, as rearward weight does
> nothing at all to steady the gun, just pushes down on your feet more
(unless
> you are not really contacting the shoulder enough with the butt), and
your
> frame should support the gun weight not your muscles!  Muscles are used
to lift
> the gun of course, but that effort is the same no matter where the center
is
> ... so if you have sufficient friction against the shoulder and cheek,
the
> weight will all be borne by the front hand, which should be braced
against hip
> or ribs, making upperbody strength a non-issue  (some of the most
muscular
> shooters are the worse cases in learning this, as they ahce the OPTION to
doing
> it wrong for most of the match, then thier style fails when they tire). 
Wanna
> see great form, look at top offhand shooters that are either skinny guys
or
> girls ... they don't mind frontheavy guns at all (I have pretty good form
too,
> but you can't actually see where my bones might be!  ld
> 
> 
> 
> --
>  (Larry Durham)
  
Wow! Thanks for the info . You've given me something to work on. I knew
some of this,but not all of it. Do you like the front hand palm up or down?
Down would let the gun rest on the boney part of your hand (Knuckles) and
would seem to be best unless recoil is a problem. The idea that a muzzle
heavy gun is not the best for sitting never occured to me. It makes sense,
especially to me as I often have problems(depending on the terrain) of
keeping my weight forward enough to avoid that leaning back. It probably
explains why I'm so much more comfortable shooting my better balanced FWB 
sitting than the nose heavy Daystate. It's going tobe fun to see If I can
increase my comfort level in shooting standing / off-hand by working on
supporting the gun as per LD's instructions. The real proof will be when I
go to ,Del. County and see if I can better my scores at the end of the
course where I drop way to many targets.
 Phil.P.
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